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20 vehicles of Dial 112 from each district to serve as ambulance in Haryana: Vij ANI | Updated: Apr 28, 2021 15:13 IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], April 28 (ANI): Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday informed that he has ordered to provide every district with 20 vehicles of Dial 112, which will function as ambulances amid the COVID-19 pandemic. I have ordered to provide 20 vehicles of Dial 112 to every district, they can work as an ambulance. We have a lot of vehicles of Dial 112. We also have the facility of stretchers, said Vij.
Speaking to ANI about the current status of Haryana s COVID care facilities, he said, I have also asked the district commissioners to increase the capacity of beds (COVID-19 care centres). This will require medical staff also, and I have appealed to IMA to spare some doctors. We have also put around 1,400 senior class MBBS students on duty in various districts so that the hospitals can function properly.
Gurugram: No ambulance, families carry Covid-19 victims in autos, private vehicles for cremation
Gurugram: No ambulance, families carry Covid-19 victims in autos, private vehicles for cremation
Families are forced to carry Covid-19 victims in auto-rickshaws and private vehicles for cremation in the absence of ambulances in Gurugram.
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UPDATED: April 27, 2021 22:21 IST
A family was forced to carry Covid-19 victim in private car for cremation in the absence of ambulance in Gurugram. (Photo: India Today/ Tanushree Pandey)
Amid an unprecedented health crisis due to the Covid-19 second wave, families in Haryana s Gurugram are being forced to take Covid-19 victims for cremation in auto-rickshaws and private vehicles in the absence of ambulance services.
Haryana govt placed orders for COVID-19 vaccines, says Anil Vij ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 20:57 IST
Chandigarh [India], April 26 (ANI): Haryana Health MinisterAnil Vij on Monday said that the state government has placed an order for a total of 66 lakhs of COVID-19 vaccines.
He also announced that the vaccines will be provided free of cost to citizens above the age of 18.
In a tweet, he said, Haryana Govt has placed an order for 40 lacs Covishield Vaccine and 26 lacs for Covaxin Vaccine. The vaccine will be provided free to everybody above 18 yrs of age in Haryana.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday informed that about 1.1 crore people above the age of 18 years will be administered COVID-19 vaccination across the state from May 1 and an amount of Rs 880 crores would be spent on the vaccine administration, which would be borne by his government.
COVID-19: Haryana govt seeks cylinders from factory owners to supply oxygen ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 22:18 IST
Chandigarh [India], April 26 (ANI): Haryana Health MinisterAnil Vij on Monday informed that the state government has directed all factory owners in the state to deposit cylinders in their possession to the government in view of a shortage of oxygen cylinders in hospitals amid the COVID-19. All factory owners in Haryana have been directed to deposit all cylinders they have with respective Deputy Commissioners as there is a great shortage of cylinders in Hospitals, Vij said in a tweet.
Earlier in the day, the Minister took to Twitter saying, Haryana Government has placed an order for 40 lakhs Covishield vaccine and 26 lakhs for Covaxin Vaccine. The vaccine will be provided free to everybody above 18 years of age in Haryana.