Goa Governor holds meeting with CM Pramod Sawant to review Covid situation in state ANI | Updated: May 15, 2021 01:03 IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 15 (ANI): Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Friday held a meeting with Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane, via video conferencing and reviewed the COVID-19 situation in state.
The Governor enquired about vaccination planning, oxygen supply, awareness, testing, involvement of university students and volunteers and other relevant issues, the official release said.Koshyari is also governor of Maharashtra.
On May 11, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane had informed that 26 patients admitted to the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital had died due to lack of oxygen. However, more deaths were reported on the subsequent days.
O2 shortage claims 13 more lives in Goa; 75 dead in 4 days
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New Delhi: Relatives and Health workers cremation of the body of covid-19 affected victims for last rites at Nigambodh ghat crematorium in New Delhi on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.(Photo: Wasim Sarvar/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, May 14 : Thirteen Covid patients died at Goa s apex government hospital, the Goa Medical College, in the early hours of Friday owing to oxygen mismanagement, even as the death toll of patients who died between 2 am and 6 am at the premier facility in the last four days reached 75.
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Goa Forward Party files police complaint against CM, others on COVID-19 deaths due to oxygen shortage ANI | Updated: May 14, 2021 16:21 IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 14 (ANI): Goa Forward Party (GFP) on Thursday filed a complaint with the police against Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Secretary Parimal Rai and nodal officer for oxygen allocation to hospitals Swetika Sachan for causing deaths of several COVID-19 patients due to interrupted supply of oxygen in Goa Medical College Hospital .
GFP Employees Forward convenor John Nazareth filed the complaint at Agacaim police station under Sections 336, 337, 338 and 304(A) read with Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
By Manas Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) - At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin.
At least two Indian states have said they plan to dose their populations with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to protect against severe COVID-19 infections as their hospitals are overrun with patients in critical condition.
The move by the coastal state of Goa and northern state of Uttarakhand, come despite the World Health Organization and others warning against such measures. The current evidence on the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients is inconclusive, WHO said in a statement in late March. Until more data is available, WHO recommends that the drug only be used within clinical trials. Merck, a manufacturer of the drug, has also said available data does not support using the drug as a COVID-19 treatment.