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Topic: Covid care centre

Gasping Covid patients on floor with the dead, doctors at breaking point in east UP hospitals

With just 1,400 hospital beds between them, East UP rural districts Ballia and Ghaizpur are struggling with a caseload of nearly 10,000 active cases.

Delhi govt website shows vacant Covid beds in 46 hospitals, but only one confirms availability

CM Kejriwal had directed officials to ensure real-time bed availability is reflected on website. Hospitals cite volume of patients, shortage of oxygen, manpower, for discrepancy.

People forgot about Covid as cases dipped, we were not prepared when it returned: UP minister

Speaking to ThePrint, UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh acknowledged that the Covid numbers are overwhelming, and the existing infrastructure ill-equipped to handle the crisis.

UP’s unprepared district hospitals now frontline as Lucknow turns away Covid patients

Lack of hospital beds in Lucknow is seeing patients flock to nearby districts, where hospitals are equally burdened, if not worse off due to insufficient facilities.

Medicines, hospital beds, oxygen — Youth Congress chief wants to solve any kind of Covid crisis

Indian Youth Congress chief Srinivas B.V. and his team have been responding to distress calls on social media, and claim to have helped as many as 20,000 people free of cost.

‘Saw man dying unattended’: PGIMS Rohtak battles staff Covid surge as patient count rises

67 doctors & staffers tested positive for Covid at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Saturday. As many as 174 have tested positive in past six days.

Kejriwal govt reverses hospital order after non-Covid patients cry ‘do we not matter’

The Delhi government had earlier reserved 14 private hospitals for treatment of Covid patients only. Now they have been allowed to increase bed capacity to treat non-Covid patients too

Why Haryana CM Khattar’s Karnal constituency is facing a Covid crisis

While Haryana is battling sharp spike in cases, situation in Karnal, which has 12-14% positivity rate, is worse. District officials say proximity to Punjab, location on GT road are factors.

‘No bed, no ICU, everything was full’: Hospital trauma returns to Maharashtra as cases climb

From a lag in getting Covid test results to struggling to find Remdesivir as well as finding space in hospitals, families of patients and even doctors say the situation is troubling.

Those not wearing masks should do community service at Covid centres, Gujarat HC directs govt

Gujarat High Court order to state govt says nature of duty shall be decided by authorities considering age, qualification and gender of rule violators.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.