-TheNewsMinute.com The Union government has been blamed for sitting on a pile of essential medical tools such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators while daily thousands of COVID-19 patients hustled for oxygen cylinders and hundreds died gasping for breath. Days after the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) stated that COVID-19 relief aid was being distributed effectively in response to concerns raised by media reports, The Reporters’ Collective has found that...
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SC says shift jailed journalist Siddique Kappan to Delhi hospital, Centre objects
-The Indian Express The court added that meanwhile Kappan is at liberty to approach "the concerned courts for the grant of bail or to challenge the proceedings or for quashing the chargesheet”. Saying that the “most precious fundamental right to life unconditionally embraces even an undertrial”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that journalist Sidhique Kappan, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police and charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), be...
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 »Instead of showering flowers give us good meals, says quarantined staff of AIIMS Rishikesh -Vineet Upadhyay
-The New Indian Express They stated that it is doubtful whether health workers will ever trust the state of Uttarakhand and will render their services if the state continues to treat them in this manner. DEHRADUN: In serious discrepancy, 15 health workers including doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh are being provided poor food in quarantine facility. At least three staff of the AIIMS were tested positive for the COVID-19...
More »Rs. 50 lakh meant for PPE redirected to PM-CARES fund, allege AIIMS resident doctors
-The Hindu Association also says accommodation was not being arranged for doctors The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Resident Doctors’ Association has alleged that the administration and CSR section has redirected the 50 lakh from Bharat Dynamics to the PM-CARES fund rather than meeting the original purpose of buying personal protection equipment. AIIMS has denied this stating that funds were not received in the first place. AIIMS RDA also said that...
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