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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday set up a national task force(NTF) to streamline oxygen allocation across the country. The rationale for constituting a Task Force at a national level is to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic based on scientific and specialised domain knowledge, said the apex court. The task force has been mandated to work on assessing and making recommendations for the entire country based on the need for, availability and distribution of medical oxygen and formulating and devising the methodology for the allocation of medical oxygen to the States and UTs on a scientific, rational and equitable basis. ....
Supreme Court forms National Task Force for transparent oxygen allocation Updated: Updated: 12-member team to go beyond present crisis, prepare road map for transparent budgeting with States Share Article AAA COVID-19 patients receive free oxygen provided by a Sikh organisation at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad on May 8, 2021. | Photo Credit: PTI 12-member team to go beyond present crisis, prepare road map for transparent budgeting with States The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force to streamline and ensure the “effective and transparent” allocation of liquid medical oxygen on a “scientific, rational and equitable basis” to States and Union Territories fighting COVID-19. ....
The panel will provide inputs, based on members scientific and specialised knowledge, to meet others challenges to have been raised by the pandemic. The Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is among the 12 members while the Convenor of the National Task Force will be the Cabinet Secretary to the Centre. Other members include leading doctors from Delhi hospitals, Vellore s Christian Medical College, Bengaluru s Narayana Healthcare and Mumbai s Fortis Hospital. Here s the list of 12-panel members: 1. Dr Bhabatosh Biswas, former Vice-Chancellor, West Bengal University of Health Sciences, Kolkata 2. Dr Devender Singh Rana, Chairperson, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi ....
2nd Covid wave: New symptoms baffle Indian health fraternity Thursday, April 8, 2021 IWK Bureau As India witnesses a sharp second wave of Covid-19 pandemic after a brief lull, health experts on Wednesday warned that the virus and its variants may hit people really badly as it is now more lethal with several new symptoms not observed before. According to the experts, joint pain, body ache, abdominal pain and ulceration in the stomach are among the new symptoms. They also found the absence of cough and fever, and yet people being tested Covid positive. The patients in the second wave of coronavirus in India are having unusual symptoms such as loss of appetite or anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea, Saumitra Rawat, Head of Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and Liver Transplant, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, told IANS. ....