Prevent Further Loss : An Urgent Appeal to the Health Minister by Public Health Practitioners
We, concerned public health practitioners, urgently request the Government of India, particularly the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to implement the following without delay.Â
Dr Harsh Vardhan. Photo: Twitter/@drharshvardhan
Dear Dr Harsh Vardhan,
 The ongoing second wave of COVID-19 in India with over 3.32 lakh new cases counted in the last 24 hours is extremely concerning and demands imperative and urgent action.
This is necessary in the immediate term as well as through longer term preparedness to mitigate the current medical and humanitarian crisis and to prevent its further escalation. We, concerned public health practitioners urgently request the Government of India (GOI), particularly the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) to implement the following without delay.Â
Delhi: Sri Ganga Ram Hospital Gets Oxygen Enough for 1.5 Hours ; Citywide Crisis Continues
The struggle for hospital beds and key medicines has persisted in the national capital.
Family members of COVID-19 patients outside an oxygen-filling center to refill their empty cylinders, as demand for the gas rises due to spike in coronovirus cases, in New Delhi, Friday, April 23, 2021.
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New Delhi: At a time oxygen, medicines, injections and hospital beds for COVID-19 patients have grown to be most the country’s primary concern, people living in the national capital, who had managed to get relatives admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital had breathed easy.