Keeping in view the risk to non-Covid patients in accessing medical facilities in hospitals amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Odisha government has allowed the activation of telemedicine service for them. The state government on Thursday issued an order asking telemedicine platforms to provide distance medical assistance to the needy.
Odisha s COVID-19 tally mounted to 6,92,382 on Sunday as the state reported its highest single-day spike of 12,852 new cases, despite undergoing lockdown for more than two weeks, a health department official said. The state also registered 28 fresh COVID fatalities, the biggest one-day count, which took the toll to 2,484, he said. Of the new cases, 7,195 were reported from quarantine centres and the remaining 5,657 detected during contact tracing. Khurda district, which comprises the state capital Bhubaneswar, recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 1,909, followed by Cuttack (1,073), Angul (874), Sundergarh (848), Kalahandi (668), Mayurbhanj (586) and Balasore (508). The remaining cases were registered in several other districts. Taking to Twitter, the Health and Family Welfare department said, Regret to inform the demise of twenty-eight COVID positive patients while under treatment in hospitals.
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A woman has given birth to a baby having two heads and three hands at a private nursing home in Kendrapara district on Sunday, doctors said.
The newborn with the rare medical condition was born to Umakant Parida and his wife Ambika, residents of Kani village in Rajnagar area, according to Odisha TV.
Dr. Debashis Sahoo, a paediatrician of the district headquarters hospital of Kendrapara said, “The newborn is eating with two mouths and breathing with two noses and is actually conjoined twin sisters who share a single body, three arms and two legs.”
“The baby was delivered by caesarean section at a private hospital and later shifted to Kendrapara district headquarters hospital. She is physically fit now, but we have shifted her to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics (Sishu Bhawan), Cuttack, for specialized treatment,” Dr Sahoo added.