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Home Secretary asks States not to restrict movement of medical oxygen
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Home Secretary asks States not to restrict movement of medical oxygen
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has informed Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh that their demand for 10 litre and 45 litre jumbo oxygen cylinders and additional ventilators having high flow nasal canula will be met very soon, a statement from the Union Health Ministry said.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla has also written to all States to ensure that no restriction is imposed on the movement of medical oxygen between States and Union Territories. In the letter he asked the States not to limit supply only to hospitals run in a particular State. “There shall be free movement of vehicles carrying oxygen in cities without any time limit or inter-city restri
To work with State, district authorities to provide treatment.
The Union Health Ministry has advised Central ministries and their PSUs to dedicate their hospital beds for COVID-19 management in States/ UTs and to ensure that details of such dedicated hospitals/blocks be provided to the public.
In a release issued on Friday the Ministry said, “To substantially augment the hospital infrastructure for effective clinical management of severe COVID-19 patients across the country, the Health Ministry has advised all Central Ministries to issue instructions to the hospitals under their control or their PSUs to set-up exclusive dedicated hospital wards or separate blocks within the hospitals for COVID Care, as was done last year,” noted the Ministry release.
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Calling for curbs on ‘super spreader’ gatherings, Ashwani Kumar said, ‘The right to life stands at the pinnacle in the hierarchy of constitutional rights’
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Congress leader and former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar. File
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Calling for curbs on ‘super spreader’ gatherings, Ashwani Kumar said, ‘The right to life stands at the pinnacle in the hierarchy of constitutional rights’
Former law minister Ashwani Kumar on Friday wrote to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and other judges of the top court to take note of the worsening coronavirus situation and issue “suitable directions” to Centre and State governments to ban political rallies, protest assemblies, and religious or festive congregations of more than 50 people.