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West Bengal adopts mass infection policy amid India's COVID-19 surge

The disaster unleashed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reckless policies in the current surge of the pandemic implicates the entire ruling establishment.

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Bengal better equipped but cannot rule out another wave of COVID-19: doctors

Bengal better equipped but cannot rule out another wave of COVID-19: doctors
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Covid-19 | Caution remains the best weapon against possible third wave, say doctors in Kolkata

Covid-19 | Caution remains the best weapon against possible third wave, say doctors in Kolkata
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Coronavirus | 43 doctors die in Bengal in second wave


Coronavirus | 43 doctors die in Bengal in second wave
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Doctors’ body calls the figure ‘unacceptable and alarming’.
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A health worker collecting a swab sample from a woman to test for the coronavirus at a primary health centre in Siliguri in West Bengal on May 24.
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Doctors’ body calls the figure ‘unacceptable and alarming’.
As many as 43 doctors have died till date in West Bengal since March 20, when the second wave of COVID-19 began to hit the State, according to a doctors’ body, which called the figure “unacceptable and alarming.”
“Considering that about 105 doctors died between April and December 2020 during the first wave, the number of 43 in just two months is unacceptable and alarming. And we are not even counting the deaths of nurses and other healthcare workers,” said Dr. Koushik Chaki, a founding member of the West Bengal Doctors’ Forum (WBDF), calling for immediate vaccination of healthcare workers and also their family members.

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Emergency care: Patients can seek immediate admission in any hospital in Bengal


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It will be institution’s responsibility to run a rapid antigen test, says government
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A COVID-19 survivor flashes victory sign with a health worker, wearing PPE suit, during his discharge from a government run COVID-19 hospital, in Kolkata, Monday, May 10, 2021
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It will be institution’s responsibility to run a rapid antigen test, says government
The West Bengal government has issued an order that allows patients needing emergency care to seek immediate admission in any hospital — government or private — without a COVID-19 report.
It will be the responsibility of the hospital to admit patients without delay and run a rapid antigen test (RAT). In case they test positive, they will be sent to the COVID-19 ward and in case negative, they will have to undergo the RT-PCR test and be treated on the basis of its outcome.

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Uneasy silence grips Kolkataas COVID-19 cases mount


Election results no longer uppermost on people’s minds
An uneasy silence has gripped the city of Kolkata, whose streets were witnessing dizzying political activity until recently but where arterial roads are now ruled by the sound of hurrying ambulances.
The question uppermost on the minds of its people is no longer ‘Who will come to power?’, but ‘What if we need hospitalisation due to COVID-19?’ Hospitals in the city are already refusing admission citing lack of beds and the situation expected to unfold in the coming days is unlikely to be vastly different from what’s playing on in many other parts of the country, where patients are gasping for timely attention.

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Uneasy silence grips Kolkata as COVID-19 cases mount


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Hospitals in the city are already refusing admission citing lack of beds
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Hospitals in the city are already refusing admission citing lack of beds and the situation expected to unfold in the coming days.
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Hospitals in the city are already refusing admission citing lack of beds
An uneasy silence has gripped the city of Kolkata, whose streets were witnessing dizzying political activity until recently but where arterial roads are now ruled by the sound of hurrying ambulances.
The question uppermost on the minds of its people is no longer “Who will come to power?” but “What if we need hospitalisation due to COVID-19?” Hospitals in the city are already refusing admission citing lack of beds and the situation expected to unfold in the coming days is unlikely to be vastly different from what’s playing out in many other parts of the country, where patients are gasping for timely attention.

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COVID-19 | In Kolkata, as life returns to near-normal, doctors warn against laxity


In Kolkata, life has returned to almost-normal.
 
‘There is a drop in the number of cases for now, but that does not mean the worst is over’
During troubled times — be it curfew or a calamity — it is the roadside hawkers who first go missing and their return is often an indication that the storm has blown over. In Kolkata, they are back with a vengeance — even though COVID-19 hasn’t made an exit yet. It’s that time of the year when Christmas is round the corner and the weather is at its pleasant best.
Pavements are dotted with tiny mountains of Nagpur oranges, piles of cheap garments, displays of daily-need knick-knacks. The establishments in front of which the hawkers have spread out their wares are open too, be they shops or offices or banks. If you discount the sight of students going to their schools or colleges, life in Kolkata has returned to near-normal or — if you like — the new normal, considering that security guards now check your temperature and spray sanitiser on your hands.

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