The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will lay the foundation stone of three Critical Care Blocks (CCB) for infectious diseases in Uttarakhand on Friday.
Cabinet minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Tuesday apparently contradicted health minister Parsadi Lal Meena's statement and said that if necessary, the Rajasthan government will step back amid the ongoing protest by doctors in Rajasthan against the Right to Health Bill.
The ongoing agitation by private doctors, demanding a rollback of the bill, entered the 11th day on Tuesday with work at the private hospitals coming to a standstill.
"We've been prepared to handle a wave. 13 ICU cases are there currently. We've decided to increase the normal and ICU beds, and ventilators according to requirement", Minister George said.
Amid massive protest by the doctors in Rajasthan against the Right to Health (RTH) Bill, the state health minister Parsadi Lal Meena on Monday said that the government would not take back the bill at any cost.
A group of contractual health workers sat on a dharna outside the bungalow of Madhya Pradesh health minister Prabhuram Choudhary in the state capital Bhopal on Monday.
Considering the low sex ratio in some districts of Punjab, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh on Saturday ordered strict compliance of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) act in the state.
Noting the sudden spurt of Covid-19 cases in the national capital in 24 hours, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Friday said that the government is continuously monitoring the situation.
United Democratic Front (UDF) convenor and senior Congress leader MM Hassan demanded the resignation of Kerala Health Minister Venna George over an alleged rape attempt by a hospital attendant.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday flagged concerns regarding Covid-19 infections and said that there has been a slight increase in Covid cases in the State.