INDIA
500 oxygenated beds to be made operational in Delhi in 3 days
The Delhi government had sought medical officers and paramedical staff from the Ministry of Home Affairs to man the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre in Chhatarpur, which is being re-operationalised. The covid care centre and hospital was closed on February 23, 2021.
PM Modi to now address virtual rallies in West Bengal on Friday
In a statement, West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said: "The Prime Minister has had to cancel his visit to Bengal on April 23, in which he was scheduled to address four rallies across four districts and 56 Assembly constituencies." "BJP Bengal unit and the voters of West Bengal were looking forward to his visit but we realise the gravity of the situation and the rationale for him not being able to make it in person."
PM Modi directs to ensure smooth, unhindered supply of oxygen
The Prime Minister said that there is a need to fix responsibility with the local administration in cases of obstruction. He also stressed that the states should come down heavily on hoarding. The directives were issued during a high-level meeting led by the Prime Minister to review oxygen supply across the country and discuss ways and means to boost its availability.
Indian Railway starts Oxygen Expresses to meet demands in hospitals
"First Oxygen Express with liquid medical oxygen (LMO) tankers is going to start its journey for Mumbai from Visakhapatnam tonight," the Railways said in a statement. Tankers filled with LMO at Visakhapatnam are being transported through roll on-roll off service.
Health system crumbling, don't play petty politics: Raj Thackeray to PM
"I fail to understand why the Central government has decided to control the purchase and distribution of Remdesivir. It is the state government's machinery - its Health Department, local institutions such as municipal corporations and staff at all levels that are at the forefront of this crisis," he said.
Delhi facing oxygen shortage despite Centre increasing its quota: Manish Sisodia
Addressing a press conference, Sisodia, who is also the nodal minister for Covid management in the national capital, warned that more than a dozen hospitals have oxygen stock that will last for just a few more hours.
Remdesivir not effective in patients requiring ventilation: PGI doctor
G.D. Puri, HoD of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, said that if the drug has to be rationally used, it should be used within the first seven to eight days in Covid-19 patients developing room air hypoxia, meaning oxygen saturation less than 94 per cent. Remdesivir was the first drug to be approved by the US FDA for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
Arvind Kejriwal urges UP, Haryana to unite against Covid-19
Kejriwal's remarks came a day after the Delhi Government blamed both the Haryana and UP governments for blocking oxygen supply to Delhi. Addressing a digital briefing, Kejriwal also pledged to provide resources such as oxygen, essential medicines and medical personnel, including doctors, to other States as and when these were in a position of being shared.
Apollo Hospital Joint MD demands green corridor for oxygen tanker movement
In a series of tweets, she has tagged the Prime Minister office, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Piyush Goyal to help as she earlier alleged that the Haryana Police was creating hurdles. "As I tweet, an oxygen tanker is outside the gate of Air Liquide Panipat plant at IOCL and he is not being allowed inside Haryana police are stopping it & not letting the oxygen out of Haryana. Need urgent intervention," she said.
Situation like national emergency, SC asks Centre for national plan
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde said: "We want to see a national plan on the issue." The bench also appointed senior advocate Harish Salve as amicus curiae in the matter. The bench said: "We want to know. In regard to the four issues: supply of oxygen, supply of essential drugs, method and manner of vaccination. And, we want to keep the power to declare lockdown with the states."
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