As COVID-19 cases continue to rise dangerously in Karnataka, five cabinet ministers have been appointed by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to manage the pandemic in the state. While Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar will manage oxygen supply, Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan will be in charge of Remdesivir, other COVID-related drugs and human resource management. Home minister Basavaraj Bommai and Revenue minister R Ashok have been given charge of bed availability and bed-related issues in medical colleges, private and government hospitals. Minister of Forest Department Arvind Limbavali has been given the responsibility of in-charge of the COVID-19 war room call centre and management of treatment to patients in proper time.
Karnataka: 7 Deaths in Government Hospitals Blamed on Oxygen Shortage
Four people died in the morning in Kalaburagi government hospital and three in Belagavi government hospital allegedly due to shortage of the life saving gas.
A patient wearing an oxygen mask is wheeled inside a COVID-19 hospital for treatment in Ahmedabad, India, April 26, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Bengaluru:Â Oxygen crisis deepened in certain parts of Karnataka on Tuesday, with the deaths of seven COVID patients in Kalaburagi and Belagavi allegedly due to oxygen shortage.
According to sources, four people died in the morning in Kalaburagi government hospital and three in Belagavi government hospital allegedly due to shortage of the life saving gas.
4 arrested in Bengaluru bed for cash scam, 4 nabbed for questioning
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Bengaluru, May 5 : The Bengaluru police have arrested four persons besides nabbing another four for questioning over the cash for bed allotment scam in hospitals that was unearthed by Bengaluru South MP and BJP leader Tejasvi Surya.
Joint commissioner of Police (Crime), Sandeep Patil, tweeted that in two separate cases, the Central Crime Branch police team has arrested four persons so far and conducted searches in eight locations, besides picking up four others for questioning in connection with the case.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), Harish Pandey, the accused persons include one Nethravathy (40), a social worker, and Rohith Kumar (22), her nephew. They were apprehended following sting operation conducted by the police.
CCB conducts search operations in eight BBMP war rooms, 4 arrested
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The Central Crime Branch police on Wednesday arrested four people in connection with the bed allotment scam. Police teams conducted search operations across eight Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike war rooms in the city before detaining staff for questioning. As many as seven people, including two doctors, have been questioned.
A police officer part of the investigations said that there appears to be software discrepancies in the blocking and unblocking of beds. Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police , said two FIRs have been registered as part of the investigation. The identities of the arrested are yet to be revealed.