Some India Hospitals Ask COVID-19 Patients To Leave If They Can’t Get Own Oxygen Ventilators
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Many clinics and hospitals have turned away patients due to a shortage of medical supplies
Experts say the shortage is a product of years of neglect of India s public health system
Some hospitals in India are turning away COVID-19 patients who couldn’t procure their own oxygen ventilators as the country’s medical supply chain remains crippled by a surge in cases.
Many small clinics and hospitals in the southern city of Hyderabad have told attendants to take away patients diagnosed with coronavirus after their families failed to get their own oxygen cylinder or ventilator.
Busy April for NGO with over 2,500 calls seeking COVID care
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70% of the calls received by Helping Hand Foundation were from Hyderabad residents, mostly seeking oxygen cylinders
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70% of the calls received by Helping Hand Foundation were from Hyderabad residents, mostly seeking oxygen cylinders
Hyderabad-based NGO Helping Hand Foundation (HHF), which has been running tele-medicine services for COVID-positive persons in home isolation, received more than 2,500 calls last month for help with care. The organisation also provides doorstep delivery of health resources such as oxygen and nursing care.
Of the total calls, 70% were from Hyderabad and the remaining from other districts of Telangana. From the State capital, over 45% calls related to requirement for oxygen cylinders, 5% for Remdesivir injections for patients admitted to hospitals, and rest for online consultation.
Hyderabad: Survey reveals impact of Covid-19, floods on old city residents’ lives One out of three children left school education to start earning
By Sameer| Updated: 14th April 2021 2:08 pm IST Representational photo
Hyderabad: A survey conducted by a non-governmental organization (NGO), Helping Hand Foundation revealed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and Hyderabad floods on old city residents’ lives. For the purpose of the survey, the NGO selected 7200 households spread over 20 different localities located in the old city of Hyderabad.
According to a report published in the Times of India, the survey found that both Covid-19 and floods have hit the poor hard. It also found that 80 percent of the households lost properties, jobs, and wages. Around 30 percent of the blue-collar workers left with no option but to become daily wagers.
Updated Jan 23, 2021 | 09:04 IST
This is the first time in Telangana that a mosque has built a gym for women with an expert trainer. The goal behind the gym is to decrease the chances of communicable ailemts in women living in the slums. Hyderabad mosque opens fitness centre for women, first time in state | Photo Credit: Representative Image
Hyderabad: A mosque at Rajendranagar, Masjid-e-Mustafa, has set up a fitness centre with a gym for women staying in the neighbouring slum areas.
This is the first time in Telangana that a mosque has built a gym for women with an expert trainer. The goal behind the gym and the fitness centre is to decrease the chances of communicable ailments in women living in the slums. A professional woman trainer has been roped in to train women in exercises, in two sessions.