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Dr Harsh Vardhan inspected preparedness at the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre and Hospital
Dr Harsh Vardhan also stated that the Central government has also assured unhindered transportation of oxygen in Delhi
The government also assured that strict action will be taken against those who try to create hindrance in transportation
New Delhi: In the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country is struggling to cope up with the growing demand for oxygen. There have been reports of oxygen shortage from various parts of the country. Amid complaints of oxygen shortage in Delhi hospitals, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday (April 24) said that Delhi has been allotted more than the oxygen quota it had asked for and it is the state government s responsibility to rationalise and plan for it.
Delhi allotted more than its oxygen quota, state govt s responsibility to rationalise it: Dr Harsh Vardhan
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The meeting was held virtually.
Amid the spike in Covid-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the high burden states over the prevailing Covid-19 situation there. The meeting was held virtually.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, and officials of the Health Minister were present at the meeting along with the Chief Ministers of the various states.
Shortage of oxygen in Delhi
There s a huge shortage of oxygen in Delhi. Will people of Delhi not get oxygen if there is no oxygen-producing plant here? Please suggest whom should I speak to in Central Govt when an oxygen tanker destined for Delhi is stopped in another state?: Delhi CM in meeting with the PM.
Chhattisgarh CM urges uniform cost of COVID-19 vaccine for Centre, states ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 14:05 IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 23 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday urged that the cost of COVID-19 vaccines should be uniform for the Centre as well as states.
Baghel, during the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urged that, The cost of COVID-19 vaccines should be same for both Centre and state government.
Chhattisgarh CM also urged that the states, who are producing the life-saving drugs, not to obstruct the supply of the same.
He also asked the Centre to provide an action plan for the vaccination drive for all above age 18 years, which will start on May 1.
Express News Service
HYDERABAD: Though the State government’s dashboard on status of beds indicates ample availability, many private hospitals in Telangana are turning down Covid-19 patients in need of oxygen and ICU support, leaving their families in a lurch. Reportedly, private hospitals are being forced to arbitrarily downsize bed strength owing to acute shortage of oxygen.At 12 pm on Thursday, the real-time dashboard showed that 460 oxygen beds were available at private hospitals in Hyderabad district.
However, when Express spoke to nearly 12 hospitals which, as per the dashboard, had 10-50 beds each it was found that the data was largely incorrect. Amongst these 12 hospitals, only two had a handful of oxygen beds.It may be mentioned that the dashboard had listed at least 120 private facilities with oxygen beds, but a majority of them had just 1-2 beds in all.
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