Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 27 (ANI): Stressing upon the need for early diagnosis as well as treatment of coronavirus, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Tuesday appealed to people to visit the healthcare facility immediately even with mild symptoms before converting mild infection of COVID-19 into a deadly disease.
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Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday said the State was left with only 1.9 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine due to the lesser supply of the vaccine from the Centre.
“Out of this available stock, more than 1 lakh doses expected to be used today [April 26],” said Mr. Sidhu, adding that about 1.5 lakh beneficiaries got vaccinated as on April 25 and Chief Minister Punjab Amarinder Singh has already raised the alarming situation of Punjab due to increasing cases of COVID and demanded regular supply of COVID-19 vaccine and oxygen from the Centre. He said that the State government is organising vaccination at all the primary health centers and health wellness centers as well as special camps in the rural areas. He said the health department had written a letter to the Union Ministry of Health on April 22, demanding 10 lakh doses of vaccine.
Amarinder Singh says oxygen supply in Punjab extremely critical, urges Centre to enhance daily quota ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 22:18 IST
Chandigarh [India], April 26 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday urged the Centre to enhance the daily quota of medical oxygen as the state is facing a critical situation of the supply due to surge in COVID-19 cases.
In a tweet, the Chief Minister said, The situation of oxygen supply in Punjab is extremely critical due to rising COVID-19. I request Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to urgently enhance daily quota and to ensure allotted Liquid Manufacturing Oxygen supplies are released to Punjab.
6 die in Amritsar hospital after oxygen supply disruption, health minister says inquiry on
Neelkanth hospital says it is still trying to arrange for oxygen supply to the facility, hospital head alleges govt hospitals are being prioritised.
Chitleen K Sethi 24 April, 2021 2:07 pm IST Text Size:
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Chandigarh: At least six patients on oxygen support in a private hospital in Amritsar died following a disruption to the oxygen supply in the facility last night. Of them, five patients were suspected to be Covid positive.
While confirming the development, Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Khera told ThePrint Saturday morning that his team was at the hospital to assess why supply to the hospital was disrupted.
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