Ranchi: Hours after the Jharkhand high court pulled up the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), Ranchi for negligence of a 45-year-old black fungus patient named Usha Devi, who has been admitted at the state-run hospital since May 17, the hospital swung into action and has now planned her surgery for Thursday.
Last week, Usha’s son Gaurav Gupta had written to chief minister Hemant Soren where he, besides requesting the CM for monetary help, had brought to his attention to the ‘lackadaisical attitude of the doctors at Rims’ which led to the worsening condition of his mother. He had claimed that his mother has been admitted at the hospital for more than one and a half months and the doctors’ negligence made her condition critical.
Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court came down heavily on the state government on Wednesday while hearing a public interest litigation on the condition of patients suffering from black fungus in Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims).
A division bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad while hearing the PIL initiated suo motu by the court said that if the state cannot ensure treatment of its people in a government-run hospital, will they have to sell their lands to procure treatment, the bench rebuked. The court has sought for a detailed status report in the matter.
Ranchi: After recording a steep surge in Covid-19 cases in the past few months, the number of cases has gone down in Jharkhand with the active caseload going down by 7,140 last month.
As per the state health department data, Jharkhand had witnessed 8,054 active cases on June 1 which reduced to 914 on June 30. The fresh infection graph too has come down as state had reported 609 infections on June 1 and 85 on June 30.
Experts believe that the strict lockdown and the vaccination drive helped Jharkhand overcome the second wave.
Talking to TOI on the issue, professor of critical care and the in-charge at the trauma centre at the state-run Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims), Dr Pradeep Bhattacharya, said, “The infection rate as well as the mortality rate came down last month and the lockdown is responsible. Also, people’s overall awareness regarding Covid-appropriate behaviour contributed to this well.”
Ranchi: There seems to be a direct link between Covid-19 deaths and industrial pollution, including mining, in Jharkhand, pollution and health experts.
Ranchi: The Archdiocese of Ranchi, under the Roman Catholic Church, on Wednesday began distribution of nutrition packets to over 300 patients admitted.