Tirupati/Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): Relatives of a deceased COVID-19 patient staged protests on Sunday morning here at Padmavati Hospital alleging that medical negligence had led to the death of their family member.
Yet another COVID Care Centre is set to come up on the Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT-T) campus located in Yerpedu mandal of Chittoor district.The district administration is contemplatin
Authorities fudging number of deaths at Ruia hospital, allege opposition leaders
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BJP seeks judicial probe and ₹25 lakh to kin of deceased
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BJP seeks judicial probe and ₹25 lakh to kin of deceased
Two days after the death of 11 COVID patients at the SVR Ruia Government Hospital owing to the reported disruption in oxygen supply, the opposition parties have accused the authorities of not releasing the actual number of fatalities.
BJP leaders submitted a representation to the government through Chittoor Collector, demanding a judicial probe into the tragedy, apart from a compensation of ₹25 lakh to the kin of the deceased. In the memorandum submitted to Revenue Divisional Officer Kanaka Narasa Reddy on Wednesday, they alleged that the authorities had fudged the death figures and pegged it at eleven, though it was ‘higher’.
War room formed to monitor oxygen management
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Following the Ruia incident, the district administration has hurriedly formed a war room to monitor the requirement, supply and usage of oxygen at various public and private hospitals in Chittoor district.
The control room, formed in tune with the COVID Instant Orders 119, will continuously monitor the data pertaining to oxygen in the district, announced Joint Collector (Health) S. Veerabrahmam.
Participating in a meeting along with the Revenue Divisional Officer Kanaka Narasa Reddy here on Tuesday, he gave instructions to the special officers to keep an eye on the oxygen supported beds and the inflow/outflow of patients. Oxygen is currently being supplied from a plant in Yerpedu, while two more plants in Chittoor and Vadamalapet will be operational soon.