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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visits Goa Medical College and Hospital on May 11, 2021. Photo: Twitter/@DrPramodPSawant
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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who visited the State-run Goa Medical College and Hospital, said the gap between the “availability of medical oxygen and its supply to COVID-19 wards in the hospital might have caused some issues for the patients . Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said these fatalities occurred between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., but remained evasive about the cause.
According to the government, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Chhattisgarh were among 18 States and Union Territories showing continued plateauing or decrease in daily new COVID-19 cases. Addressing a press conference, a senior official, however, said Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Punjab were among 16 States and Union Territories showi
The WHO said Ivermectin should only be used on Covid patients in clinical trial settings.
New Delhi:
The Goa government on Monday approved use of ivermectin - an orally-administered drug used to treat parasitic infections - for treatment of COVID-19 patients over the age of 18.
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said the drug would be available at all health centres, and urged all those eligible to take the medication even if they had no symptoms for coronavirus. He called it a prophylaxis treatment, as a preventive . Patients will be treated with ivermectin 12mg for a period of five days. Expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan, found a large, statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery and viral clearance in COVID-19 patients treated with Ivermectin, he said.
26 die of oxygen shortage at Goa hospital; CM blames dearth of oxygen truck drivers
By IANS |
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Tue, May 11 2021 20:21 IST |
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Goa Cm Pramod Sawant.. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, May 11 : Lack of expert drivers manning trucks ferrying oxygen has led to the oxygen shortage crisis in Goa s top hospital, Goa Medical College, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, even as Health Minister Vishwajit Rane claimed that 26 persons died within four hours due to shortage of oxygen at the apex health facility.
Rane, who has been at loggerheads with Sawant over control of the state s Covid management apparatus, has now urged the Bombay High Court to probe the oxygen shortage issue at the Goa Medical College and take over the Covid management system at the health facility.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited the Goa Medical College and Hospital and met patients
Panaji:
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today said 26 COVID-19 patients died at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the early hours and sought an investigation by the High Court to find out the exact cause.
He said these fatalities occurred between 2 am and 6 am which is a fact , but remained evasive about the cause.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who visited the Goa Medical College and Hospital, said the gap between the availability of medical oxygen and its supply to COVID-19 wards in the GMCH might have caused some issues for the patients even as he stressed that there is no scarcity of oxygen supply in the state.
24 Covid patients die due to oxygen shortage in Karnataka government hospital
Lack of expert drivers manning trucks ferrying oxygen has led to the oxygen shortage crisis in Goa s top hospital, Goa Medical College, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, even as Health Minister Vishwajit Rane claimed that 26 persons died within four hours due to shortage of oxygen at the apex health facility.
Rane, who has been at loggerheads with Sawant over control of the state s Covid management apparatus, has now urged the Bombay High Court to probe the oxygen shortage issue at the Goa Medical College and take over the Covid management system at the health facility.