A study has revealed that policy, political interference and inconsistency in testing have led to more deaths in Bengaluru than Chennai in the second wave of the Covid pandemic.
The national Covid-19 death ratio was 1% in the week ending May 7 and rose steadily through the month as the second wave peaked in mid-May. It remained 1.1% from mid-May till last week but climbed up. As per health ministry statistics, on Monday death ratio was 1.17% or rounded off to 1.2%.
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May 30, 2021 23:00 IST
Despite ‘exorbitant’ tariffs, many COVID-19 patients are flocking to private hospitals as they get individualised attention and better facilities. It doesn’t help government hospitals that Delhi Ministers and healthcare workers too are opting for private facilities
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Attendants of patients outside Lok Nayak Hospital.
| Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
Despite ‘exorbitant’ tariffs, many COVID-19 patients are flocking to private hospitals as they get individualised attention and better facilities. It doesn’t help government hospitals that Delhi Ministers and healthcare workers too are opting for private facilities
On April 22, when 38-year-old Amit Gupta, a doctor working at Delhi government-run Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital, tested positive for COVID-19, he was admitted at the same hospital. But not for long. “There was no space for new admissions and we had to clear