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Delhi gasping for oxygen for 3rd day in a row, hospitals raise alarm
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Patna: Workers unload oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patient at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), amid the rise in Covid-19 cases across the Country, in Patna, On Thursday, 22 April, 2021.(Photo:AFTAB ALAM SIDDIQUI /IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 22 : With an exponential surge in Covid-19 cases in the national capital, hospitals with Covid infected patients in need of oxygen support continued to raise the alarm over shortage of oxygen to draw the attention of the Delhi Government s healthcare system.
The Delhi government stated on Wednesday that the city is gasping for oxygen for the last over 50 hours. The healthcare system of the Delhi government has been on its toes since the last few days with Delhi battling for beds to accommodate the increasing Covid infected patients daily.
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Community Pharmacists seek equity in health sector
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By Chioma Obinna
Pharmacists under the auspices of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, have called for equity in appointments in the health sector, blaming the poor health system on what they described as ‘greed and avarice.
The pharmacists alleged that greed on the part of the professional group in the sector has continued to encourage the inequitable spread of privileges and resources of players in the sector to the detriment of consumers of health.
In a press statement made available to Good Health Weekly and tagged: “We Must Save the Health System in Our Country Now” and jointly signed by the National Chairman, Dr. Samuel Adekola, and the National Secretary, Pharm. Ambrose Ezeh noted that consumers of health had been short-changed by the Government and providers.
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