A quick bite for those queuing up at hospital
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May 15, 2021 12:32 IST
In coordination with 10 personnel from the Kilpauk police station, a non-profit is distributing more than 1,000 meal packets every day at KMC
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In coordination with 10 personnel from the Kilpauk police station, a non-profit is distributing more than 1,000 meal packets every day at KMC
Recently, 52-year-old K. Valliappan, a marginal farmer from Uthukottai village near Tiruvallur, was seen waiting in the queue at Kilpauk Medical College Hospital (KMCH) to get Remdesivir, an antiviral drug that is being used in the treatment offered to COVID-19 patients.
Tested positive, his wife had been admitted to the District Headquarters Government Hospital. As he did not have any proxy to maintain his place in the queue, he stood there for a long time, unable to take a break to have his food. Fortunately, a young Armed Reserve (AR) constable gave him a free food packet.
The mudra of service
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May 14, 2021 04:38 IST
Classical-arts group Samarpana starts a fundraiser to procure oxygen-related resources to help five Government hospitals in Chennai
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Some of the members of Samarpana. Photo: Special Arrangement
Classical-arts group Samarpana starts a fundraiser to procure oxygen-related resources to help five Government hospitals in Chennai
The Coronavirus is etching images in our collective consciousness, with painful mordants. Helpless gasps for oxygen is one.
Equally indelible are images of a generous response to this crisis from the common people. Recently, Kadamai Education and Social Welfare Trust was featured in another section of
The Hindu for how its members tuk-tuk around Chennai, with oxygen “on tap” in their modified autorickshaws.
Public Works Department to add 12,900 oxygen beds soon
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It is getting requests for more beds daily from hospitals across the State
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It is getting requests for more beds daily from hospitals across the State
As the demand grows, the Public Works Department (PWD) is expediting the work on providing 12,900 additional oxygen beds across Tamil Nadu in four or five days.
It has so far provided 6,650 beds equipped with oxygen support to many hospitals for COVID-19 patients. In Chennai, nearly 1,770 beds with oxygen lines are ready for use at major hospitals, including Kilpauk Medical College Hospital.
Besides 1,000 more beds at major Chennai hospitals, similar infrastructure is being created at 11 other hospitals in and around the city, including peripheral hospitals and Government RSRM Lying-in Hospital. Only 25% of the work is pending.