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The virus has already intruded deep into Majuli, which is evident from the rural folks hospitalized in the Garmur civil hospital and Jengraimukh model hospital in the world s biggest river island. (Representative image)
GUWAHATI: Covid-19, which was regarded as an urban disease until sometime ago, has begun to penetrate rural zones of Assam, making the remotest areas vulnerable to the infection in the second wave.
Hariprasad Pegu, a villager from Barpamua village, about 25 km from the headquarters of island district Majuli in upper Assam, has just recovered from the infection. At the same time, there are numerous villages in the Sattra (Vaishnavite monastery) land Majuli where not even a single Covid positive person has been found. But Pegu could not escape the aggressive virus, as his profession as contractor of PWD and state water resources department, compelled him to visit nearby Jorhat and Guwahati on office work. While being screened at the Kamalabari river ghat in Majuli,
Coronavirus | Demand for air ambulances soars as virus exposes crumbling healthcare
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May 11, 2021 23:07 IST
Despite high costs, requests for airlifting COVID patients from ill-equipped northern States to southern medical hubs has multiplied manifold
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Aggregators and charter plane operators say the demand for air transportation of patients has increased ten-fold.
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Despite high costs, requests for airlifting COVID patients from ill-equipped northern States to southern medical hubs has multiplied manifold
Last week, a Beechcraft King Air C 90 air ambulance from Bagdogra lost its right wheel while taking off from Nagpur after refuelling. The aircraft was carrying a COVID-19 patient for treatment in Mumbai. The pilot was alerted but he kept flying to burn fuel before coming in to land. After hovering over Mumbai, he finally made a belly-landing without any casualties.
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May 05, 2021 08:11 IST
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at a meeting of the Information Commissioners’ Selection Committee at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
The State government has recommended that senior journalist Ulchala Hari Prasad and advocate Kakarla Chenna Reddy be appointed as Information Commissioners under Right to Information Act.
The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
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