Chamarajanagar: The death of 24
COVID patients in Chamarajanagar District Hospital within 24 hours due to oxygen shortage has sent shock-waves among the relatives of patients who are yet to come to terms with the tragedy.
While a host of VIPs are visiting Chamarajanagar and at a time when Government authorities and political leaders are giving statements to suit their convenience and political leanings, there is no one to console the families who have lost their loved ones in a tragedy that was totally avoidable.
Even as the Government insisted that not all deaths were due to oxygen shortage, the families of the victims accused the authorities for not ensuring at least basic facilities at Government hospitals that are frequented mostly by poor.
Centre steps up medical oxygen allocation for State
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Kerala will now get 150 tonnes of oxygen
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Kerala will now get 150 tonnes of oxygen
The Union government has increased the medical oxygen allocation for Kerala from 99 tonnes to 150 tonnes a day, said R. Venugopal, Deputy Chief Controller of Explosives, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) for Kerala and Lakshadweep, and nodal officer for medical oxygen supply.
The revised oxygen supply plan is also meant for other States like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Centre’s order said the revised allocation was in keeping with the rise in demand for medical oxygen.
Set aside 25% beds for COVID care, CM tells private sector
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The People wait to undergo COVID-19 testing at a railway station during COVID-19-induced lockdown in Kozhikode on Saturday.
The State government has asked the private health sector in the State to go in for large-scale capacity building so as to help the State increase its health system capacity for COVID care. The government has also asked private hospitals to set aside a minimum of 25% beds exclusively for COVID care.
Giving the details of the discussions he had with representatives of the private health sector on Saturday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the private sector had assured the government of full cooperation in tackling the crisis. Private hospitals would give a report on the occupancy situation in hospital beds, ICUs, and ventilators on a daily basis to District Medical Officers (DMOs). The data would be put in the public domain and updated daily on the e-jag
Kerala to deploy mobile RT-PCR units in high-risk areas
April 15, 2021
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A two-day intensive diagnostic test campaign will also focus primarily on those who come increasingly in contact with the public during service delivery. Mobile RT-PCR units will be pressed into service in areas identified with high risk or enhanced rate of Covid-19 transmission in Kerala. Simultaneously, a two-day intensive diagnostic test campaign will focus primarily on those who come increasingly in contact with members of the public during service delivery.
This group includes frontline workers, residents near potential Covid-19 clusters, the crew of public transport, hospitality, tourism, shops, hotels, markets, and other delivery centres, an official spokesman quoted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as saying at the end of a high-level meeting held here on Thursday.
"Having regard to the plight of the differently abled children, their rights.the DHS is directed to take appropriate decision and promptly too", the Court said.