Vax at home proposed for the specially abled
Vax at home proposed for the specially abled
BySalonee MistrySalonee Mistry / Updated: May 25, 2021, 19:08 IST
Social workers, caregivers request the civic body to arrange the jabs at home for the specially abled
Weeks on from when the
vaccination drive started in
Maharashtra, the struggle to get a jab for many irrespective of their age group, continues till date. Just like everyone else, COVID-19 has badly affected people with special abilities as well. A community already restricted in their movements owing to their physical challenges, have further been restricted because of the pandemic. Their restriction in movement also spills over to them, not being able to go to the
PMC looks at 80% beds for children
ByVicky PathareVicky Pathare / Updated: May 24, 2021, 06:00 IST
█ COVID-19 THIRD WAVE PREPARATIONS
paediatric patients
The Pune Municipal Corporation (
PMC) is all set to acquire 80 per cent of the beds at paediatric intensive care units (PICU) and neonatal intensive care units (NICU) in all registered private hospitals.
In anticipation of the third wave of the
COVID pandemic likely to affect children at large, the PMC has written to around 97 private hospitals telling them to keep PICU and NICU beds ready. This includes 17 big city hospitals including the Sahyadri hospital, KEM hospital,
Poona hospital,
Jehangir hospital and Ruby Hall Clinic. The PMC has also instructed private hospitals with over 30 beds to be prepared.
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PATNA: Amid the acute oxygen availability crisis with people running from pillar to posts, 129 jumbo-sized cylinders are in the possession of Rohtas police possession for more than 24 hours due to pending legal formalities after they were seized from a black marketeer.
These oxygen cylinders could save precious lives. Besides the cylinders, police also recovered many regulators fitted with pressure gauges and flow metres for use in these cylinders.
The Rohtas police along with the district administration and a drug inspection team had conducted a raid at a shop named Vikash Traders located at Vaishnavi complex on Station Road under the Dehri police station area on Friday after receiving input about hoarding and black-marketing of oxygen cylinders.
PMC eliminates 60 staffers on bill audit and bed mgmt duty across pvt hospitals
PMC eliminates 60 staffers on bill audit and bed mgmt duty across pvt hospitals
ByPrachee KulkarniPrachee Kulkarni / Updated: Nov 2, 2020, 06:00 IST
PMC had claimed that their bill audits saved over Rs 2 crore for many citizens; REPRESENTATIONAL PIC
Sudden move questioned by activists amid fears of second wave; they moot pressure from facilities; PMC’s health chief justifies step saying cases are less
The sudden move of
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to eliminate all its staffers deployed for COVID-19 bill auditing and bed management at the city’s private hospitals has raised several questions.