12 May in 7:00 Deutsche Welle
As patients struggle to find available hospital beds, life-saving drugs and medical oxygen, a flourishing black market is fleecing hapless people across the country,
Deutsche Welle reports. When Anumeha Kumar, who works as a bank clerk in the southern city of Hyderabad, contracted the coronavirus and had to be admitted to a hospital for treatment of severe COVID symptoms, her family was forced to shell out almost 43,000 Indian rupees (€480/$585) to get hold of the antiviral drug remdesivir through the black market. We had no other option as she was in need of this and it was not available anywhere. All pharmacies said they had run out of stock and we tried everywhere, Pradeep, her brother, told DW.
Trio thrashes, threatens doctor for not allowing them to enter covid ward
Trio thrashes, threatens doctor for not allowing them to enter covid ward
ByBellie ThomasBellie Thomas / Updated: May 11, 2021, 06:00 IST
Three people unleashed their fury on
doctors of a
private hospital in Thindlu for not allowing them into the
covid casualty ward to meet their friend, who was being treated there. The three persons attacked the duty doctor and brandished a dagger to threaten him.
The
Kodigehalli police have booked Masood and two others who are yet to be identified by the cops for criminal assault and intimidation along with sections under the Karnataka Prohibition of Violence Against Medicare Service Personnel and Damage to Property in Medicare Service Institutions Act, and also under The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance.
Despite lockdown orders, the establishment was found to be clandestinely operating by giving backdoor entry to customers and serving them liquor and food behind the locked doors of the dining area, police said. Fifteen people including the manager, cook and waiters along with the soliciting customers were rounded up and booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Bombay Prohibition Act, Disaster Management Act and for violating the in-force Epidemic Diseases Act- 1897.
Restaurants and eateries have been allowed to operate just parcel services in compliance to the mandated guidelines. While further investigations were underway, the MBVV police have rolled up their sleeves to seek cancellation of excise permits and other licenses awarded to such erring establishments which were putting the lives of others at risk by encouraging the spread of the deadly pandemic. However, the owner and operator who are the actual beneficiaries of the trade are still at large. Despite b
This kind of pandemic profiteering has aggravated patient distress and even led to a loss of lives. People are taking desperate measures to try to keep loved ones alive. In some cases, they are turning to unproven medical treatment or otherwise to the black market for life-saving medications that are in short supply, Anil Bhan, a surgeon, told DW.
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Pappu Yadav demands FIR against Rudy for hoarding ambulances
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Patna, May 8 : Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, the four time MP and president of Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) has demanded an FIR against BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy under the Epidemic Diseases Act.
Yadav was the one who discovered more than 30 ambulances from the office of Rudy on Friday. He alleged that the MP had kept ambulances under personal capacity despite these being purchased from the MP fund. It is extremely shocking that Rudy is giving an excuse for the non availability of drivers. The ambulance was purchased from the money of taxpayers. In this case, the ambulances should be deployed at government hospitals of the district and the state government should appoint the drivers. Under what capacity, Rudy has kept those ambulances in his own office. Why is he saying that the ambulances were kept insi