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COVID-19: India to import oxygen generation plants, containers from German
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Amid reports of shortage of oxygen in the hospitals during the second wave of COVID-19 across the country, the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has decided to import oxygen generation plants and containers from Germany to cater to the shortage.
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Medical oxygen demand shot up by three times due to COVID-19 surge, says M
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], April 23 (ANI): Amid the shortage of liquid medical oxygen in the country, Medanta Chairman Dr Naresh Trehan said that the demand for medical oxygen demand shot up by three times due to the spike in the COVID-19 cases.
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JIPMER to suspend elective OPD services from April 26 amid rise in COVID
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Puducherry [India], April 23 (ANI): All elective OPD services will be temporarily suspended in Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) from Monday in wake of increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Puducherry.
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COVID-19: PM Modi chairs meeting to review supply of medical oxygen with l
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting via video conference to review the supply of medical oxygen acoss the country amid concerns expressed by some states that their supply of the life-saving gas is running short with a number of hospi
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Two oxygen-laden tankers from Odisha head to Visakhapatnam, Pune
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 23 (ANI): Amid the acute shortage of medical oxygen in several parts of the country, two tankers from Jajpur in Odisha are on their way to Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra carrying much-needed relief, escorted by the Odisha Police.
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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for oxygen shortage, lack of ICU beds amid COVID
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Central government for the medical oxygen shortage crisis in parts of the country amid the second COVID-19 wave, saying the lack of ICU beds and oxygen was causing deaths, rather than the disease itself.
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Kumaraswamy slams Karnataka govt for not making proper arrangements for la
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 23 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged that the state government has failed to ensure proper arrangements for conducting the last rites of COVID patients who died due to non-availability
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Varanasi: Nine patients shifted to BHU Trauma Centre amid shortage of oxyg
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 23 (ANI): As many as nine COVID-19 patients were shifted to the BHU Trauma Centre in Uttar Pradesh Varanasi on Thursday due to the lack of liquid medical oxygen at a private hospital here.
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Only symptomatic health care workers will be tested, quarantined at AIIMS
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Thursday said that only the symptomatic health care workers will be tested for COVID-19 and only those testing positive will be isolated and the quarantine of asymptomatic contacts will be disconti
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ICMR gets govt's nod for drone trial for Covid-19 vaccine delivery
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting a feasibility study of the Covid-19 vaccine delivery using drones in co
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Petition in SC seeks direction to form high-powered committee in states to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to form a high-powered committee in every state to monitor the distribution policy of medical equipment.
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Delhi's Ganga Ram Hospital left with five hours of oxygen supply, say offi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Thursday said that the hospital has medical oxygen in store is for 5 hours for peripheral use till 1 am and lesser for high flow use.
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