COVID-19 vaccine- Serum Institute of India
Covid-19 vaccine shortages have hindered India’s attempt to run a huge vaccination drive. In addition, the shortage of beds in the Urban and rural areas put additional pressure on the health infrastructure. Earlier, Central government announced the vaccination drive for above 18 will be started from May 1. However, Many states didn’t start this phase for the above 18 people due to the shortage of vaccines.
Many hospitals are denying to take more patients because of the shortages of beds and other medical facilities. In Bengaluru, Officials from Bengaluru’s civic body, the BBMP, have been accused of accepting bribes in exchange for the allocation of hospital beds reserved for Covid-19 patients. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and other BJP MLAs discovered that BBMP officials were charging bribes to assign beds reserved under the government quota for Covid-19 patients in collusion with outside agents. Getting Beds on time has became a major ch
Over 357,000 fresh cases reported India reported 357,229 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 20.2 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 3,449 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 222,408. The active caseload is at 3.4 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 16.6 million. As many as 159.9 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 1.7 million were given on Monday.
NIMHANS helpline sees 40% jump in calls amid second wave Distress calls at the 24x7 helpline run by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru have surged by 40 per cent in recent weeks, a report in ThePrint said. Furthermore, calls from those needing critical consultancy where people might have probable mental health and psycho-social issues have nearly doubled. “People are in distress. The calls for quality con
Ghaziabad: With the district administration acquiring few more hospitals, the number of Covid facilities in Ghaziabad has increased to 50 and total beds to 3,272.
But 96% of the beds are occupied and according to the records, there are no ICU/ventilator beds available in the district.
The administration, on the other hand, is clamping down on the private hospitals where non-serious and non-Covid patients are occupying beds.
“As of now, we have 50 Covid hospitals, with a combined bed capacity of 3,272 in Ghaziabad and 497 vacant normal beds which we are trying to equip with oxygen and ICU facilities,” said an official from the district administration.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 28 (ANI): An indoor stadium in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar is being converted into a COVID care centre to accommodate more patients affected by novel coronavirus.
Sardar Patel COVID Centre Sees Desperate Patients Queue up Outside Even Before It Opens
Officials said that many patients and other people who had gathered outside had not registered themselves for the mandatory pre-admission assessment, hence they could not be allowed in.
The facility was opened to accommodate the large number of cases in Delhi. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: Chaos prevailed outside the Sardar Vallabbhai Patel COVID-19 Care Centre (SPCCC) here as a huge crowd of desperate patients and their attendants gathered at the facility for getting admission even before it began operating this morning.
Located at the Radha Soami Beas campus in the Chhattarpur area of south Delhi, the facility has been opened in view of Delhi registering a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, a shortage of oxygen beds and its healthcare system getting overwhelmed.