People at Eidgah vaccination centre on Thursday
LUCKNOW: About 14,381 people were inoculated against Covid-19 at 105 government sites on Thursday. The beneficiaries included 350 who were given the jabs at two sites in Aishbagh Eidgah, the city’s first religious place to start a vaccination centre with government support.
Besides, 9,120 people in the 18-44 age group took their first shot of the two-dose vaccination course. In the 45-59 age group, 3,538 turned up to take the first jab and 264 the second. Similarly, among elderly (60 years and above) 1,047 and 134 took first and second does respectively. Some frontline and healthcare workers also got vaccinated.
In Eidgah, separate sites were set up for beneficiaries between 18 and 44 years of age and those above 45 years in order to ensure social distancing.
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COVID-dedicated DRDO hospital with 500 beds opens in Lucknow
The crisis of hospital facilities in Lucknow will ease to an extent on Wednesday when the 500-bed makeshift Covid hospital set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Awadh Shilpgram on Shaheed Path becomes operational. The hospital will start functioning almost a fortnight after DRDO stepped in to set up the facility at the instance of Lucknow MP and defence minister Rajnath Singh. With the addition of 500 beds, the city will now have 7,000 beds for Covid patients, though most of them are occupied.
DRDO director Narendra Kumar Arya said, The makeshift hospital at Awadh Shilpgram in Lucknow will be operational from Wednesday noon. The hospital has the capacity of 500 beds, including 150 ICU and 350 general beds which are also equipped with oxygen.
Covid dedicated DRDO hospital opens in Lucknow
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Yogi defeated on the front by beating Corona, inspected DRDO hospital. Image Source: IANS News
Lucknow, May 5 : The crisis of hospital facilities in Lucknow will ease to an extent on Wednesday when the 500-bed makeshift Covid hospital set up by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) at Awadh Shilpgram on Shaheed Path becomes operational.
The hospital will start functioning almost a fortnight after DRDO stepped in to set up the facility at the instance of Lucknow MP and defence minister Rajnath Singh.
With the addition of 500 beds, the city will now have 7,000 beds for Covid patients, though most of them are occupied.
Pregnant Women can Get Admission Without Covid Report by Hannah Joy on April 23, 2021 at 10:35 AM
Pregnant women can now be admitted in hospitals and given medical care without waiting for the mandatory Covid report, said the Lucknow District Magistrate Roshan Jacob.
The order from the district magistrate came after reports that pregnant women were being made to wait outside hospitals and on stretchers and in ambulances in the absence of the Covid report.
The district magistrate s order now says that a reserve area for pregnant women needs to be created in all hospitals and patients need to be attended immediately.
Pregnant women to get admission without Covid report
Pregnant women to get admission without Covid report
Posted By: Gopi
April 21, 2021
Lucknow, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major relief to pregnant women, the Lucknow District Magistrate Roshan Jacob has said that such women will be admitted in hospitals and given medical care without waiting for the mandatory Covid report.
The order from the district magistrate came after reports that pregnant women were being made to wait outside hospitals and on stretchers and in ambulances in the absence of the Covid report.
The district magistrate s order now says that a reserve area for pregnant women needs to be created in all hospitals and patients need to be attended immediately.