Upset with her father for misbehaving with her future in-laws, a 22-year-old woman in West Bengal allegedly smothered him to death. The incident took place at their residence in Chowbhaga Majhipara, Anandapur. The woman was allegedly upset as her marriage was called off.
The accused was identified as Moumita Majhi. On November 2 last year, Majhi noticed that her father was alone at home and was experiencing physical discomfort. Following this, the woman allegedly smothered her father to death.
The incident came to light when Majhi’s mother Susama found his body lying on the floor. The man was rushed to the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital where he was declared brought dead. Initially, the family accepted that it was a case of natural death,Â
The state government has provided private hospitals with a list of government-run Covid vaccination centres in the city where they can send recipients of Covid vaccines who have taken their first dose at their units and are awaiting the second.
A letter sent to the heads of private Covid vaccination centres on Friday had a list of 173 government-run vaccination centres.
Thousands of people who took their first Covid shot at private hospitals are calling up the hospitals every day asking when they would get their second dose.
All private hospitals stopped Covid vaccination on May 1, the day the new vaccination policy of the Centre took effect. In the new system, private hospitals have to procure vaccine doses directly from manufacturers.
The Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital is facing a shortage of medical oxygen, resulting from a rapid surge in the demand for the lifesaver amid an unrelenting second wave of Covid-19 infections.
A senior official of the state health department admitted on Wednesday that the oxygen supply to the hospital was not enough to cater to all patients.
Ajay Chakraborty, the state’s director of health services, called it an “unprecedented situation”.
Reports of patients dying because of oxygen shortage have come from many parts of the country, but supply in the state was reported to be adequate so far.
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In the wake of coronavirus spreading rapidly, to combat the shortage of beds, the West Bengal government added 1000 Covid beds on Tuesday. As the second wave hits the country, to combat the shortage of beds, the West Bengal government added 1000 Covid beds on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI
Kolkata: In the wake of coronavirus spreading rapidly, to combat the shortage of beds, the West Bengal government added 1,000 Covid beds on Tuesday. Earlier the state had reported cases of hospitals denying patients due to lack of beds.
“We have enhanced beds in MR Bangur Hospital, ID Hospital and Medical College Hospital while Calcutta National Medical College and RG Kar Medical College have been added to the existing Covid treatment facility in Kolkata with 50 and 60 beds respectively,” said an official at Swasthya Bhawan as per