Representative Image ANI | Updated: May 19, 2021 20:03 IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on the basis of a complaint, asked the Union Health Ministry and the Delhi government to consider providing adequate medical care and financial protection to all the contractual medical and paramedical staff deployed by them.
This may include getting medical insurance to facilitate their treatment in private hospitals in these testing times.
Issuing the notices to the Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Chief Secretary, Delhi, the Commission has asked them to submit an action taken report in the matter within two weeks.
Read more about Covid-19: Delhi gets 3 out of 21 oxygen plants from France amid shortage on Business Standard. The national capital has received three out of the 21 Pressure Swing Adsorption oxygen plants from France and is likely to get the remaining later this month, officials said on Saturday.
Delhi receives 3 out of 21 oxygen plants from France amid Covid second wave
Delhi receives 3 out of 21 oxygen plants from France amid Covid second wave
As the second wave of Covid-19 rages on, Delhi on Saturday received three out of 21 Pressure Swing Adsorption oxygen plants from France. The others are likely to be received later this month.
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UPDATED: May 9, 2021 08:13 IST
Delhi received 3 out of 21 oxygen plants from France on Saturday. (Photo: PTI file image of medical equipment received from France)
The national capital has received three out of the 21 Pressure Swing Adsorption oxygen plants from France and is likely to get the remaining later this month, officials said on Saturday.
The national capital has received three out of the 21 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plants from France and is likely to get the remaining later this month, officials said on Saturday. The three PSA oxygen plants donated by France have been installed at Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra Hospital in Narela, Ambedkar Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital. The Union Health Ministry and the Ministry of External Affairs are monitoring it. They are expected to reach us during this month, Ashish Kundra, prinicpal secretary, Transport and OSD (Health) said at an online briefing. Of the total oxygen supplied to Delhi presently, an average of 29 per cent is supplied by the Railways and an average of 71 per cent is via roadways, Kundra said.