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Video clips and photographs were apparently shot by an attendant of a patient
After disturbing photographs of patients, including a woman, lying naked on the floor of a washroom and bed in a COVID-19 hospital in the tribal dominated Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district went viral, a high-level probe has been ordered.
Video clips and the photographs were apparently shot by an attendant of a patient at the dedicated COVID-19 hospital set up at Bankisole near the district headquarter town of Baripada.
The Mayurbhanj administration had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) last year. After a brief closure, following the first wave of pandemic, the hospital started functioning again when COVID-18 cases rose.
Cars lined up to enter the basement of a shopping mall in the city for a drive-in vaccination initiative which started on Saturday
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) plans to use the stadium of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) here and two more shopping malls for drive-in vaccination of those waiting for their second dose in the 45-plus age group. These three new vaccination sites together can vaccinate 1500 people per day.
Additional district urban public health officer (ADUPHO) Antaryami Mishra said they will be able to inoculate at least 500 beneficiaries in each facilities. “We will have drive-in vaccination in force at Esplanade mall, where it had been launched on Saturday. The space in the two more shopping malls DN Regalia and Utkal Galleria has been assessed. Considering that there is basement parking area with enough entry and exit points and outdoor parking area, we have selected the malls. Our aim is to avoid crowding at the vacci
The Odisha capital, whose foundation was laid by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on this day in 1948, turned 73 on Tuesday. The city, which has seen tremendous development over the past few decades, was ranked second in the Centre’s Ease of Living Index 2020 with a population of less than a million.
A number of functions were held here on Tuesday to mark its 73rd anniversary amidst Covid restrictions.
Recalling Bhubaneswar’s journey, Pradosh Patnaik, senior journalist and brother of economist Prabhat Patnaik, said: “The foundation of the city was laid on April 13, 1948, by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Bhubaneswar was designed by German town planning engineer Otto H. Koenigsberger in 1946. In the course of its journey through 73 years, the city has witnessed unprecedented development.”