Page 27 - Hospitals

Those above 18years to get Covid-19 vaccines in Mumbai private hospitals

People above 45 years would continue to receive vaccines at 63 government and municipal centres

Harsh Vardhan visits soon to be operational Covid centre in Delhi

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visited the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre in Chhatarpur and oversaw the preparations for the reopening of the centre with the addition of 500 oxygenated beds

Delhi hospitals raise SOS signal over oxygen shortage, seek help from govt

More hospitals in the national capital continued to send out SOS calls reporting shortage of oxygen and sought help from authorities to ensure supply

Covid-19 crisis: Hospitals scrape bottom of barrel as oxygen runs out

Not just patients, social media is seeing cries of help from big hospitals which have often been left with just a few hours of supply

Second wave: 1,000 tankers out on long road as patients gasp for breath

Not about supply of oxygen alone, it's also about transportation and storage

Second Covid-19 wave: Delhi records 19,486 cases, Maharashtra over 63K

The Maharashtra government has asked the Centre to cancel all elective surgeries and admissions in a bid to save medical oxygen from running out

Create more Covid-19 centres to hike number of beds with oxygen: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday directed officials to ensure that the beds shown on the Delhi Corona app are actually available in real-time at hospitals and create.

The second wave: Covid-19 testing labs look at ways to ramp up capacity

Now demand is growing almost 100 per cent week-on-week, leading to a testing crisis, said an industry insider.

How bad is India's Covid situation & why? Watch to witness ground reality

The number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high with over 200,000 infections being reported in a day, while the active cases surpassed the 1.4 million- mark on April 15. In this video, we are trying to look at the grim ground reality across the country due to the worsening Covid situation. From labourers fearing job loss, a possible migrant exodus to people flouting coronavirus norms at will, the video gives the prevailing situation as India battles odds to fight the pandemic.

Hospital staffer held for black marketing of antiviral drug remdesivir

An employee of a private hospital was arrested for allegedly trying to sell a vial of remdesivir injection at an exorbitant price in Maharashtra's Pune city, police said on Wednesday. Based on a tip-off, a decoy customer was sent to Bhavani Peth area on Tuesday and the accused Shivaji Sawant was caught while attempting to sell a vial of remdesivir for Rs 7,000, a senior crime branch official said. Amid shortage of the anti-viral drug, cases of black marketing have been reported, in which the Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune police have already arrested some people in separate cases. The accused works as an assistant in a private hospital and was in possession of two vials, the official said. The family of a COVID-19 patient at the hospital had procured extra vials of the injection and had given it away to the hospital, and Sawant had somehow managed to get hold of two vials, which he tried to sell at an exorbitant price, he said. The accused has been arrested under relevan

Second Covid-19 wave: Hospitals running out of beds, staff overstretched

A year later, non-Covid treatments fall off priority list again

Convert some govt, private hospitals into Covid-19 facilities: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday directed officials to convert some government and private hospitals into dedicated COVID-19 facilities to cope with the alarming rise in the number of cases in the national capital. Terming the COVID-19 situation in Delhi "very serious", the chief minister also asked the officials to request the Centre to increase the number of beds for COVID-19 patients in its hospitals in the city, an official statement said. Kejriwal said the number of beds in government and private hospitals must be at par with that in November last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak. He also directed the officials to convert some private and government hospitals into dedicated COVID-19 facilities, according to the statement. He added that the objective of his government is to provide the best COVID-19 treatment facilities to the people of Delhi. "We will further request the central government to increase COVID beds in central government hospitals as

3 jumbo hospitals to come up in Mumbai as coronavirus situation worsens

In view of a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, the Maharashtra government has decided to set-up three jumbo field hospitals in Mumbai in the next five-six weeks

37 doctors test positive for Covid-19 at Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital

At least 37 doctors of Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus, as per the hospital sources on Thursday

Pune authorities ramp up bed capacity as coronavirus cases continue to rise

The civic administration in Pune city on Thursday said it is constantly working to increase the bed capacity for COVID-19 patients to ensure that there is no paucity.

ICU beds: Maharashtra struggles, others fare better as Covid-19 cases rise

At Maharashtra, the epicentre of the second wave of Covid-19 in India, the health infrastructure is facing a fresh challenge as cases multiply

Beds capacity at Delhi's pvt hospitals escalated from 15% to 25%: Jain

As Covid cases continue to surge in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that the number of beds in private hospitals has been increased from 15% to 25%

Sharad Pawar discharged from hospital, condition stable: NCP leader

Pawar recently underwent a procedure for a gall bladder issue

Delhi sees 3,594 fresh cases of coronavirus, records 14 more deaths

Delhi recorded 3,594 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday, the highest daily count this year, while 14 more people died due to the infection, taking the death toll to 11,050

Second Covid-19 wave: Lessons from last year in mind, hospitals prepare

Civic corporations in Maharashtra are ramping up hospital beds even as health minister Rajesh Tope said there was no bed shortage