-Livemint.com * SC issued notices to the Centre and state governments of Delhi, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu * The case will be next heard on 17 June NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said covid-19 Patients were treated “worse than animals" in Delhi, and sought response from the state government in a suo-motu cognizance taken on various reports highlighting the ill-treatment of Patients and manhandling of bodies of the deceased. The...
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Number of recoveries exceed active cases for first time, says Union Health Ministry
-PTI/ The Hindu The country has recorded 279 new fatalities due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 7,745 The number of recovered COVID-19 Patients has exceeded the total active cases in India for the first time on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. India reported close to 10,000 new instances of the infection in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8 a.m., pushing the country’s...
More »Delhi’s hospitals only for its ‘residents’, says Arvind Kejriwal
-The Hindu Central government facilities are open to all. As complaints mounted on social media of poor treatment at Delhi’s hospitals, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that all government and private hospitals in the city would only treat Delhi residents till the rising COVID-19 cases are contained. While informing people of this first-of-its-kind decision in the country to “reserve” hospitals even as cases mushroomed in the national capital, Mr. Kejriwal, said...
More »Plea to keep Delhi hospitals open to all -Pheroze L Vincent
-The Telegraph It’s unclear whether any decision by the state government would have a bearing on central facilities like the AIIMS Health rights groups have appealed to the Delhi government not to close its hospitals to Patients from outside the capital amid suggestions the administration would take a decision on the matter on Sunday. A Delhi government source said an expert committee had in a report to the state government said Delhi’s health...
More »Chief Minister of Delhi urged not to close the state's doors to outside Patients
-Letter addressed to Chief Minister of Delhi dated 5th June, 2020, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Delhi and other CSOs Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Delhi along with several other civil society organisations have urged the Delhi Government to work within the provisions of the Constitution of India, and not seal its borders to the needy Patients from other states. In these times of crisis and disarray, the most important need is to stand by...
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