Assam strengthens health care infrastructure amid surging COVID-19 cases, black fungus threat
Noting that mandatory institutional isolation of all COVID-19 patients in the 50+ age group has started, Health Minister Kesab Mahanta said, 2,245 such patients had been kept in the facilities.
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GUWAHATI: To deal with the second wave of the pandemic, Assam is continuously increasing the number of oxygen-supported beds, and it also has enough stock of Remdesivir vials, state Health Minister Kesab Mahanta said on Friday.
Addressing a press conference here, Mahanta said, there are about 13,863 beds for treatment of coronavirus patients in government hospitals and COVID-19 Care Centres (CCCs), including 787 ICU beds, 11,154 isolation beds, and 1,922 oxygen-supported beds, Mahanta said.
Read more about Assam strengthens health care infrastructure as Covid-19 cases surge on Business Standard. Assam is continuously increasing the number of oxygen-supported beds, and it also has enough stock of Remdesivir vials, state Health Minister Kesab Mahanta said on Friday.
Still Incarcerated, Peasant Leader Akhil Gogoi Is Sworn in as Assam MLA
Gogoi alleged he was mistreated and manhandled by the authorities while being taken from the hospital where he is being treated to the assembly building.
Jailed rights activist Akhil Gogoi arrives at the Assam Legislative Assembly to take oath as an MLA in Guwahati, Friday, May 21, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Guwahati: Incarcerated peasant leader and Right to Information (RTI) activist Akhil Gogoi made history on Friday by taking an oath as an elected Assam MLA while still in prison.
But before making history, he alleged that the authorities âmishandledâ, âpushedâ and âshovedâ him, âtreating him like an animalâ and putting him in a dilapidated bus before he could take oath.
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