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NEW DELHI: The novel coronavirus variant that is causing the current wave of Covid-19 is not just highly infectious but also stealthy. City hospitals say there are getting cases where a patient has typical symptoms of the disease but tests negative for the viral infection, sometimes twice or thrice even through RT-PCR, considered the gold standard for Covid testing.
“We have received many such patients in the past few days. They had fever, cough, shortness of breath and the CT scan of the lungs showed lighter-coloured or gray patches. It is referred to as patchy ground glass opacity in medical terms. The condition is one of the defining characteristics of Covid-19,” Dr Aashish Chaudhry, managing director of Aakash Healthcare, said.
NEW DELHI: Amid an exponential surge in Covid cases, Delhi government on Monday declared 14 private hospitals as full Covid facilities and increased the number of beds in other private hospitals from 50% to 60%, adding 2,060 Covid beds.
Another 593 beds were created in six government hospitals, including Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, Burari Hospital, Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital and Ambedkar Nagar Hospital, all fully Covid hospitals.
Delhi reported 11,491 new Covid cases in the past 24 hours and the number of active cases has crossed 38,000, challenging the existing healthcare infrastructure. The situation regarding the occupancy and availability of Covid beds was assessed in a meeting chaired by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday.
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NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death his elderly father in south Delhi’s Fatehpur Beri following an argument over money on Sunday.
The incident came to light after police received a call that a man had been stabbed near Mandir Bhim Basti in Jonapur. A police team that reached the spot found that the injured had been taken to AIIMS. At the hospital, cops found that the injured, 61-year-old Manohar, a resident of the basti, was stabbed multiple times in his abdomen by a sharp object.
Deputy commissioner of police (south) Atul Thakur said that the injured was unfit for statement. “An inquiry revealed that the wife of the injured man had died earlier and he lived with his son Balwan alias Vikky. During an argument on Sunday, Balwan asked his father for some money. But when the father refused to give him money, they had an argument during which the son stabbed the man,” the DCP said, adding the man and his s
Former minister Shashi Tharoor (File photo)
NEW DELHI: “We have waited for seven years for justice,” said former minister Shashi Tharoor through his counsel seeking discharge in the death case of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar, on Monday. The arguments were concluded before special judge Geetanjli Goel, who said orders would likely be passed on April 29.
Both Tharoor’s counsel, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, and special public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava concluded their submissions. Shrivastava insisted that the court frame charges of abetment to suicide under IPC Section 306 and the alternate charge of murder under IPC 302.
Pahwa had, however, argued, “This case has absolutely no evidence. It is a baseless case where charges cannot be framed. I, on the contrary, appreciated the Special Investigation Team for bringing this material which shows I am innocent. This is one case where we are looking for justice and the accused should be discharged.”