Oxygen shortage hits patients undergoing treatment at home in Mysuru
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May 04, 2021 19:50 IST
Dealers have been instructed by the district administration against giving oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients in home quarantine
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Dealers have been instructed by the district administration against giving oxygen cylinders for COVID-19 patients in home quarantine
After his 80-year-old mother started experiencing breathing difficulties, Shafi, a resident of Udayagiri in Mysuru, desperately knocked on the doors of medical oxygen suppliers in the city for an elusive oxygen cylinder, but in vain.
Unable to identify vacant oxygenated beds in any hospital in the city, he had no option, but to run around for an oxygen cylinder to relieve her of the breathlessness she was facing after giving a sample of her swab for COVID-19 test, which later turned positive.
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May 05, 2021 10:36 IST
Authorities say both patients had come in a critical condition and families had been informed about oxygen shortage
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People wait outside a oxygen production unit at Peenya Industrial Area in Bengaluru on Tuesday. K. MURALI KUMAR
Authorities say both patients had come in a critical condition and families had been informed about oxygen shortage
Two patients, including a 38-year-old mother of two children, died in the wee hours of Tuesday at Arka hospital in Yelahanka, allegedly due to non-availability of oxygen. Hospital authorities said both patients had come in a critical condition and the families had been informed about the oxygen shortage.
Another case of illegal sale of Remdesivir uncovered
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The Drugs Control Department, which is working with the Central Crime Branch police in its drive against the black marketeering of Remdesivir, busted yet another racket where a private hospital in Varthur allegedly purchased vials illegally to treat patients.
Acting on a complaint filed by Harish A.R., Drug Inspector, the Varthur police on Saturday registered an FIR against Thrivikram Reddy, Managing Director of Sahasra Hospital. He has been booked for cheating and also under various sections of the Drug Control Act.
While on an inspection of the hospital, Mr. Harish requested the hospital for purchase details of the injections and also the patients’ case details. “The hospital staff failed to produce the files. In his complaint, Mr. Harish said he suspects that the hospital had purchased the injections in black market to make profits illegally and sought a detailed investigation to
Delhi government sets up control rooms to manage COVID-related drugs
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Last Updated: Apr 19, 2021, 12:05 PM IST
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In an order, the government s Drugs Control Department said that the step has been taken to address reports of acute shortage of COVID-19 management drugs due to a sudden rise in COVID-19 cases in Delhi .
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The Delhi government has set up two control rooms to monitor and manage the supply of COVID-19 management drugs amid a massive rise in coronavirus cases in the national capital. Delhi on Sunday recorded the biggest jump in its daily COVID-19 tally with 25,462 fresh cases, while the positivity rate shot up to 29.74 per cent meaning almost every third sample being tested in the city is turning out to be positive.