Health

Lucknow, April 23 : The Uttar Pradesh government has now made a doctor’s prescription mandatory for buying oxygen or refilling cylinders.Additional chief secretary (information) Navneet Sehgal said, the decision was taken to curb hoarding of oxygen c…

New Delhi, April 23 : Around 25 Covid-19 patients have died in the last 24 hours in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, the hospital authority said here on Friday.Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Thursday evening raised an alarm for immediate need of oxygen supply as o…

Aligarh, April 23 : As many as five Covid patients lost their lives at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh in the wee hours of Thursday.Their families have alleged that they died due to lack of oxygen support and negligence of the hospital….

Palghar, April 23 : At least 10 patients suffocated to death and several others injured in a massive fire that broke out in a Covid hospital in Virar early on Friday, officials said.The blaze was noticed around 3.15 a.m.on the second floor ICU Ward i…

New Delhi, April 23 : Amid flood of complaints regarding oxygen shortage by over a dozen hospitals, including government-run hospitals, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has appointed two senior bureaucrats as nodal officers to ensure sm…

New Delhi, April 23 : Amid reports of shortage of oxygen in the hospitals during the second wave of Covid across the country, India will be importing oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany to cater the shortage.Government sources said t…

New Delhi, April 23 : BJP Lok Sabha MP from North East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari, tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday.”An earlier Covid test conducted on April 19 had returned negative.Manoj Tiwari was supposed to travel to West Bengal for campaigning…

Bengaluru, April 23 : Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Thursday made an emotional appeal to the people of the state to follow all the curfew norms and Covid safety protocols.Following his discharge from the hospital on Thursday after rece…

Bengaluru, April 23 : A day after crematorium staff complained about dead bodies lining up even at the midnight, and fatigue, Karnataka Revenue Minister R.Ashoka on Thursday said that government has identified a four-acre land in Tavarekere in Bengal…

Bengaluru, April 23 : Riding on the pandemic’s second wave, a record 25,795 new Covid cases were registered in a day across Karnataka, with Bengaluru accounting for 15,244 of them, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.”With 25,795 patients test…