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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Topic: hospital beds

1 doctor for 1,511 people, 1 nurse for 670 — Covid exposes India’s healthcare ‘fault lines’

The 15th Finance Commission, in a first-of-its-kind stock-taking exercise in the backdrop of Covid pandemic, has put out statistics about chronic shortages in India’s health system.

Mobile hospitals inside cargo containers — how India is preparing for next disease outbreak

The hospitals, to be set up through new PM health fund, will be stationed in Delhi & Chennai and moved during disasters or disease outbreaks to buttress India's health infrastructure.

Why Delhi’s third Covid wave is seeing late admissions, longer hospitalisation

Patients’ duration of stay has gone up at 5 of 7 Delhi hospitals ThePrint spoke to. Patients are arriving late, and thus spending a longer time recovering.

HC stays AAP govt order asking 33 private hospitals to reserve 80% ICU beds for Covid patients

Justice Navin Chawla said the order is arbitrary, unreasonable and violative of fundamental rights of citizens guaranteed under the Constitution.

Mirror Now on netas choosing private hospitals, Sushant Singh Rajput’s call lists on Aaj Tak

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Covid recovery rate in Bengal dips sharply in last 2 weeks, experts unable to find reason 

West Bengal’s capital Kolkata is also facing an acute shortage of beds. Govt data showed that of the 3,819 beds in private & state hospitals, only around 750 are vacant.

Private schools must not cancel admission of students unable to pay fees by 30 June: HC

The Gujarat High Court also issued guidelines on Covid testing prices by private labs and asked if online classes for nursery school kids was healthy.

Delhi govt issues order fixing cost of Covid-19 isolation, ICU beds at private hospitals

Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said over 60% beds in private hospitals will be dedicated to Covid-19 patients and will be provided at subsidised rates.

Covid has exposed Kejriwal. He is no transparent, reformist or in-control chief minister

Kejriwal's handling of Covid has taken the sheen off what he claims to stand for. He is not that transparent and able administrator.

On Camera

There’s too much Akshay Kumar on screen. Take a break and come back with a Hera Pheri

Every few months, a new release raises the question: Can this film save Akshay Kumar’s career? So far, the answer has been a resounding no.

Pilots, engineers, maintenance crew — skilled worker shortages add to crisis in aviation sector

India’s aviation space is grappling with more than just a pilot deficit problem as industry experts highlight the need for the government and the aviation regulator to step in.

Hardened shelters, radars, defence systems & more — IAF quietly upgrades bases focused on China

New infra projects involve not just repair work of runways and creation of additional taxi ways to enable better tempo of operations, but also storage of spare parts and munitions.

44 years on, two things that have changed in Modi’s BJP, and one that hasn’t

As the BJP heads for a likely third successive term in power, it's fascinating to debate how true it looks to the original proposition: a party with a difference.