Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday countered the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government over its claim of not having received any letter from the Centre inquiring about deaths due to oxygen shortage during the second Covid-19 wave.
Thousands of patients have received inflated bills across the country. Our personal tragedy underscores the need to rethink India’s privately owned healthcare industry and restrain rampant profiteering.
Delhi Forms 6-Member Panel to Assess COVID-19 Deaths Due to Lack of Oxygen The committee would draw up objective criteria to award compensation, limited to a maximum of Rs 5 lakhs in each case, the order said.
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New Delhi: The Delhi government has formed a six-member committee to assess cases of COVID-19Â patients who recently died due to lack of oxygen in the national capital for grant of compensation up to Rs 5 lakh, an official order said on Thursday.
According to the order, the committee will check whether the oxygen was being used properly at the hospital as per the norms.
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Veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi after recovering from COVID-19. Photo: Farah Naqvi
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SC lauds Mumbai s oxygen management, asks Centre, Delhi government to talk with BMC
A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that Mumbai managed with 275 MT of oxygen even when the active cases had crossed 92,000.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday lauded the efforts of Maharashtra authorities in ensuring oxygen supply to COVID patients in Mumbai and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to talk with the civic body officials of that city to learn about augmenting and managing the supply.