In the Class III category, there is a requirement of 466 nursing staff, pharmacists and laboratory technicians while 337 Class IV posts of ward attendants and others are vacant.
Overcharging ambulance gets RTO notice
Overcharging ambulance gets RTO notice
ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 06:00 IST
The patient was shifted from Naidu hospital to Ayush hospital around 2.30 am on March 28
Action comes after Mirror reported van provider’s exorbitant pricing of Rs 19K for 16 km that kin of COVID-positive patient had to bear this week
The
ambulance service provider found overcharging to ferry a 45-year-old
COVID patient from Bopodi from one hospital to another.
According to RTO officials, they measured the distance of only 16 km and for which the ambulance provider charged Rs 19,000 to the family. “This is gross violation of government diktat and further action will be taken after we get their reply,” said an RTO official.
One year of COVID-19 outbreak in Maharashtra: Prevention norms key, says expert
Dr Patsute said people followed the COVID-19 prevention protocols in 2020 and as a result, the spread of the virus could be contained by the year-end.
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Passengers line up to get their temperatures checked at a train station in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Photo | AP) By PTI
PUNE: One year after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Maharashtra, use of masks, physical distancing, hand hygiene and vaccination remain the key tools to contain spread of the viral infection, says an expert.
On March 9 last year, a Pune-based couple who had returned from a Dubai trip tested positive for coronavirus.