‘Schemes related to children, pregnant, lactating women must remain functional’
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Food rights group urges CM to proactively trace kids testing positive
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Food rights group urges CM to proactively trace kids testing positive
The Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan (DRRAA) on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal demanding that all schemes related to children, pregnant and lactating women should remain functional and be considered essential services.
In view of several children being affected by COVID, the DRRAA has also demanded that there should be a special mechanism in place to track children who test positive, test their families and provide care.
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DELHI, India Anish left his 10-day-old daughter with his mother while he waited at a crematorium with his wife’s body. He and Jyoti had stuck together through all the challenges of pregnancy during the pandemic and had been looking forward to raising a family. “Eight days after Jyoti gave birth to our baby girl, she started feeling breathless. Initially we thought that this must be just a postpartum issue but within no time her oxygen levels dropped from 80 to 40 on the pulse oximeter,” explained Anish.
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As she gasped for breath, Anish managed to get her admitted to a private hospital in southwest Delhi and provide oxygen support but soon that too wasn’t enough. Even with support, the oxygen saturation in her body plummeted to 30. “She needed an ICU bed. We called everywhere, pleaded with everyone, but it wasn’t available,” he said.
Tragic tale of children who lost both their parents to COVID-19 pandemic
By Mohammed Hussain Ahmed| Posted by Neha | Updated: 3rd May 2021 8:24 pm IST Representational photo
New Delhi: A 14-year boy sat in his home motionless for hours next to the dead bodies of his parents who fell prey to Coronavirus.
The boy at his home in North Delhi finally mustered up courage to go to his relative’s house.
According to an NGO worker, the boy could not speak for many minutes and when he did, he hardly spoke something.
The boy’s mother was between 35 – 40 years of age. First, his mother fell prey to the virus and then his father contracted the disease. Doctors prescribed them medicines for their home treatment. They succeeded in getting an oxygen cylinder.
DCPCR launches helpline for children left orphaned during COVID pandemic
Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairman Anurag Kundu will keep a close watch and ensure that the issues raised by the callers are addressed within 24 hours, the statement said.
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A panel of counsellors is being constituted to address the anxiety, loneliness and trauma of the children in such situations. (Photo| R Satish Babu, EPS) By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has launched a helpline number to address the needs of those children who have been left orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic, a statement said on Friday.