As Sushil Kumar Srivastava s breathlessness worsened, his family bundled the 70-year-old into a car and drove him to a hospital in the capital of India s northern Uttar Pradesh state, where he tested positive for the coronavirus.
A man waits to get an oxygen tanker filled for a Covid-19 patient, at a refill station in Allahabad in India.
Photo: AFP
After the private hospital turned the retired government official away because it didn t have any vacant beds, his son Ashish bought two oxygen cylinders and drove his father on a hunt for a hospital that could admit him. All the hospitals asked for a referral letter from the chief medical officer s (CMO) office, Ashish said, referring to the top healthcare official of the city of some 3.5 million people.
India s most populous state fighting losing battle for COVID-19 beds and tests
21.04.2021
As Sushil Kumar Srivastava s breathlessness worsened, his family bundled the 70-year-old into a car and drove him to a hospital in the capital of India s northern Uttar Pradesh state, where he tested positive for the coronavirus.
After the private hospital turned the retired government official away because it didn t have any vacant beds, his son Ashish brought two oxygen cylinders and drove his father on a hunt for a hospital that could admit him. All the hospitals asked for a referral letter from the chief medical officer s (CMO) office, Ashish said, referring to the top healthcare official of the city of some 3.5 million people. At the office, Ashish said nobody helped him. I was shooed away by the police, he said, when he tried to meet the CMO.
As Sushil Kumar Srivastava's breathlessness worsened, his family bundled the 70-year-old into a car and drove him to a hospital in Lucknow, where he tested positive for the coronavirus.
Vinay Srivastavaâs death shows UPâs healthcare system has collapsed
The journalist almost live tweeted his death while begging the Adityanath government for help.
21 Apr, 2021
âThey didnât admit him for want of a document,â an exasperated Harshit Srivastava said over the phone from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He had lost his father, Vinay Srivastava, to Covid a few hours earlier. His voice quivered with emotion and anger. It was April 17, and tweets
posted by Vinay less than 24 hours before had gone viral.
In a series of
tweets, Vinay, 65, a journalist of 35 years, noted that his oxygen level was falling precipitously and begged for help to get admitted in a hospital, including from chief minister Adityanath. The help never came and he soon died. His death, almost live tweeted, exposed the collapse of UPâs healthcare system and the callousness of its functionaries.
Yogi s helpline comes to aid of Covid patients
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Yogi s helpline comes to aid of Covid patients. Image Source: IANS News
Lucknow, April 18 : With the Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) failing to respond to the needs of Covid patients, it is now the Chief Minister s helpline which is coming to the aid of Covid infected persons.
Out of the 8,16,962 people who have contacted the CM Helpline through its toll free number 1076 for different kinds of support, it has addressed issues of 8,13,930 people to date.
According to the government spokesman, the CM Helpline has also contacted 13,526 corona positive patients living in home, or hospital isolation so far to enquire about their health and offer them appropriate medical advice regarding doses of medicines and quarantine rules.