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A special Covid vaccination camp for physically and mentally challenged students and other differently abled persons from 18 to 44 year age group was organised on Wednesday at Pehla Kadam, a school for special students at Jagjivan Nagar, by Narayani Charitable Trust.
The camp, the first of its kind in the district, was launched on Wednesday morning at around 10 am in the presence of Deputy Development Commissioner, Dasrath Chandra Das and eminent physician, Dr Nirmal Drolia of Patliputra Nursing Home of Dhanbad.
District Reproductive and Child Health Officer of Dhanbad, Dr Vikash Kumar Rana who also visited the vaccination site and supervised the special session himself said, “It is first of its kind camp for special students of 18+ category in the district organised today with the Deputy Commissioner Uma Shankar Singh’s permission.”
Hazaribagh: A wagon carrying oxygen cylinders hit a car killing three on the spot in Konhara area between Barhi and Bagodar in Barkatha, 68km away from Hazaribagh district headquarter.
Police said the accident occurred on GT road as both vehicles coming from opposite direction took the same diversion resulting in the incident. The three persons including a woman sitting in the car died on the spot. Police have sent the bodies for post mortem to Hazaribagh medical college and hospital.
(Vishvendu Jaipuriar) Ruckus in BCCL Hospital after Covid patient death
Dhanbad: The family members of a Covid patient who died during treatment at Central Hospital of BCCL at Jagjivan Nagar of Dhanbad on Monday created a ruckus at the campus alleging medical negligence.
The Dhanbad district administration has installed a 60 bed ICU Covid treatment facility at Sadar Hospital on Sunday.
The number of ICU beds in the district has increased to around 250 after the April 18 permission given to 14 private hospitals to begin Covid treatment at their respective facilities.
Apart from the Sadar Hospital, two other main ICUs operating in the district are at Cath lab of Sahid Nirmal Mahto Medical College and Central Hospital of BCCL in Jagjivan Nagar. The 14 private hospitals also run their own ICU facility.
Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner, Uma Shankar Singh, monitored the installation of equipment and other facilities of the Sadar Hospital on Sunday. He designated three pharmacists at the hospital and instructed them to ensure management of the store room to ensure timely availability of all medicines and equipment for treatment of patients.