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NEW DELHI: With novel coronavirus cases surging in the city, hospital beds are quickly running out of availability.
Delhi recorded 4,033 coronavirus cases on Sunday, the highest daily count this year, as the positivity rate rose to 4.64 per cent, according to the health department.
Adding to the worrisome positive cases figure is the fatality count in the past 24 hours with 21 patients losing their lives.
This is the highest since January 1, when an equal number of fatalities were reported. Over 50 per cent of the ICU beds with ventilators are currently occupied in the national capital.
As per the Delhi corona app, 414 out of 790 such neds are already occupied. Lok Nayak Hospital, the largest facility under the Delhi government, which has 50 ICU beds with ventilators, has only four available currently.
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Tulsi Das Chawla is 104 years old and Khazan Singh is 103. There is something common between the former Indian Foreign Service officer and the farmer, other than the fact that they are above 100. Both are recipients of first doze of Covid-19 vaccines. In Delhi’s inoculation drive, senior citizens have outnumbered health-care workers so far. But the stories of these two, who have went past three figures, stand out because of the age factor.
Sitting by the study table at his East Patel Nagar house, Chawla looks pleased and proud of becoming a centenarian beneficiary of the vaccination process. “If I can handle Partition, I can handle anything,” says Chawla, in loud and clear English. “Getting the jab was a smooth process. There were no complications. The system at the hospital was good. Doctors were cordial. After knowing my age, the staff came forward and took photos with me,” chuckles Chawla, who got the shot a week ago at Sir Ganga Ram Hos
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NEW DELHI: For the past year, Mohammad Sameer’s existence has been revolving around a single bed. His access to the world outside is only through his mobile phone.
“Mujhe normal zindagi chahiye, jaise mere baki dost log ghumte hai (I want my normal life back, like my friends). I just hope I walk, run soon. I want to go to school, have all the fun like other boys,” says the 17-year-old lying on his bed, at home in the Johri Pur area.
Hit by a bullet during the northeast Delhi riots last year, the lower part of Sameer’s body is paralysed. All that he remembers is on February 24, he was returning home after offering prayers at Kasabpura when he was shot. The bullet hit him on the right side of his chest. Unfortunately, the bullet shell got stuck in the backbone.
Never-ending wait for Northeast Delhi communal riots relief
Besides non-monetary compensation and financial loss, another factor that has hit the shop owners here is a reduced workforce.
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Brahm Singh’s garage was completely burnt down. He is yet to receive any compensation from the government. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
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NEW DELHI: Brahm Singh, 65, is yet to recover from the mental and financial distress that he had to experience during the communal riots last year.
As many as 65 vehicles parked at his garage located at the juncture of Karawal Nagar, Shiv Vihar and Mustafabad in northeast Delhi were reduced to ashes in a few hours after a mob attacked the property.