Bhutan oxygen plant will be ready in 40 days, says Minister Pijush Hazarika
The scarcity of oxygen during the COVID-19 pandemic is nationwide.
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BAKSA/TANGLA: The scarcity of oxygen during the COVID-19 pandemic is nationwide. Amidst the scarcity, Assam sees a flicker of hope for oxygen supply from the under-construction plant in Bhutan.
As instructed by Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of State for Health Pijush Hazarika and former Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary visited the ongoing oxygen plant at Samdrup Jhangkhar in Eastern Bhutan on Sunday.
The works of the oxygen plant were started in the Himalayan Kingdom last year, but the work had to be put on hold during the lockdown.
Sarbananda Sonowal has been visiting a number of districts, said the opposition. (File)
Guwahati, Assam:
The Congress-led alliance in Assam has complained to the Election Commission about the alleged violation of the model code of conduct by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the guise of COVID-19 management .
Sources in the Election Commission told NDTV that the complaint will be probed to check if there is a violation or not.,
In a letter, the 10-party alliance has asked the election body to bar the leaders from travelling to different districts to hold meetings.Pointing out the model code of conduct is still in effect in Assam with the results of the three-phased state elections yet to be declared, the alliance says that during the political transition period, where the status of the government is a care taker government, no minister should visit any district.
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No shortage of beds for one week in government hospitals, says Himanta Biswa Sarma
Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that there would not be any crisis or shortage of beds for COVID-19 patients in government hospitals in the city for the next one week.
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GUWAHATI: Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that there would not be any crisis or shortage of beds for COVID-19 patients in government hospitals in the city for the next one week.
Sarma told reporters at the Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) premises on Saturday afternoon that even though the number of COVID-19 patients is increasing on a daily basis in the city, the government hospitals including the GMCH and the MMCH have adequate number of beds.