Three persons from Lakshmipuram in Indiranagar allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old nursing student and her father on Friday evening, alleging their family was the cause of spreading Covid-19 infections.
BENGALURU: Three persons from Lakshmipuram in Indiranagar allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old nursing student and her father on Friday evening, alleging their family was the cause of spreading Covid-19 infections.
Police have taken up a case of assault and criminal intimidation against three persons named by student Priyadarshini R. Her neighbours Prabhu, his brother Arjun and their cousin Ram are the alleged suspects.
Priyadarshini told police that her mother tested positive in September 2020 and recovered. Since then, the suspects blamed her family members for infections in the area. Her father Rajendra Prasad found the trio abusing his family members in filthy language on Friday evening. He objected to the language. The trio allegedly assaulted Prasad. Priyadarshini noticed Ram w
N Manjunatha Prasad, principal secretary, revenue department, said: “The plan is to reach all citizens, especially vulnerable communities that do not have access to health care and/or information to avail healthcare services in coordination with ward committees.”
He said ward-level community triage has been successful in many cities, including Mumbai. “Currently, there is a delay in informing test results to the patient due to the centralised ICMR process followed by BU (Bengaluru Urban) number generation process,” he added.
“Now, there is a 12-hour delay from identification to admission due to inefficient mechanisms. The goal is to ensure that bed turnaround time is reduced. This is done by ensuring that no person with mild symptoms is admitted to hospital, a severely ill persons is discharged within ten days and a person with moderate illness is shifted to CCCs within five days,” he said.