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WHO to provide 4,000 oxygen concentrators to India amid surge in COVID cases

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) will provide 4,000 oxygen concentrators to India which is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases and related deaths, a spokesperson of the global health body said on Tuesday.

“Over 2,600 WHO experts from various programs (polio, TB, NTD etc) have been redeployed to work with health authorities at all levels to respond to the pandemic,” the spokesperson added.

Various countries are providing assistance to India as it battles a deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

A shipment of urgently needed oxygen, medicine and equipment will be delivered over the coming days by EU member states to India through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, which is coordinated by the Emergency Response Coordination Centre of the European Commission.

The UK has said 495 oxygen concentrators, 120 non-invasive ventilators and 20 manual ventilators will be sent to India this week. Out of these 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators arrived on Tuesday.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier in the day that Australia will send 500 ventilators, one million surgical masks, 500,000 P2 and N95 masks, 100,000 goggles, 100,000 pairs of gloves and 20,000 face shields.

US President Joe Biden spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday and pledged America’s steadfast support for the people of India who have been impacted by the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. The United States is providing a range of emergency assistance, including oxygen-related supplies, vaccine materials, and therapeutics.

Filed Under: India, News & Politics

Four patients die in fire at Thane private hospital

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

THANE: Four patients died after a fire broke out at a private hospital near Thane in Maharashtra in the wee hours of Wednesday, a civic official said.

The incident comes five days after 15 coronavirus patients died in a blaze in the intensive care unit of a private hospital at Virar in the adjoining Palghar district.

Wednesday’s fire broke out at the Prime Criticare Hospital at Kausa-Mumbra locality at 3.40 am, the official said.

There were no coronavirus patients in the hospital, he added.

Three fire engines and five ambulances were rushed to the spot. The blaze has been extinguished, the official said. Twenty patients including six in the intensive care unit of the hospital were evacuated, he said.

Maharashtra minister and local MLA Jitendra Awhad told reporters at the scene that the fire destroyed the first floor of the hospital.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has been informed of the tragedy, he said.

The family of each deceased will be given a compensation of Rs. five lakh and those injured will get Rs one lakh each, he added. A high-level enquiry committee has been constituted to go into the cause of the fire, the minister said.

It will comprise officials from the Thane Municipal Corporation and also police and medical personnel, he added.

Twenty two COVID-19 patients on ventilator or oxygen support suffocated to death when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly due to a malfunction in the main storage at a civic hospital in Nashik last week.

A fire broke out in Mumbai’s Dreams Mall, which housed a Covid-designated hospital, in the intervening night of March 25-26.

The fire, which raged for over 40 hours, claimed nine lives, including those of patients on ventilator support. Ten infants died in a fire at a special newborn care unit of the Bhandara district hospital in the state on January 9.

Seventeen infants, aged one to three months, were in the ward at the time of the tragedy.

In October last year, two patients died while being shifted after a fire broke out at a private hospital in Mumbai’s Mulund suburb.

Filed Under: India, News & Politics

Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao to decide on COVID lockdown soon

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

HYDERABAD: Will the State government impose a lockdown from the first week of May? In the wake of a steep increase in COVID-19 cases in the State, people, especially those from middle and lower middle classes, are inquiring whether the State is heading towards a lockdown. The word lockdown has become a buzzword among citizens. 

Clarity on whether the government would impose a lockdown, or declare containment zones, or continue the existing night curfew will emerge only at a high level meeting to be convened by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao this week.

The Central government, while declaring that lockdown should be the last resort, had asked the States to evolve their own COVID-19 management strategy as per the local situations.

In the neighbouring States of Karnataka and Maharashtra, complete lockdowns have been imposed. Some parts of the State, like Jagitial, are reporting a high number of cases as they border Maharashtra. However, it remains to be seen how the State government manages the pandemic post April 30.

The current orders pertaining to night curfew will be in force till April 30. The Chief Minister, who had tested positive for the virus on April 19, is expected to visit Yashoda Hospital on Tuesday for a health check-up. Once he tests negative, he will conduct a review on COVID-19 either on Wednesday or Thursday.

During the review, he is expected to take decisions on vaccination and on continuation of the night curfew. There are apprehensions among citizens on whether the government would impose a lockdown in the State, especially after Karnataka and Maharashtra imposed it. Rao, after taking stock of the situation, is expected to announce a decision in this regard. 

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister is also expected to discuss the vaccination drive too during the review. He has already announced that vaccines would be provided free of cost to the entire four crore population in the State. He had also declared that he would personally monitor the drive. The existing guidelines would allow vaccination only for people aged above 18 years.

The population of people aged above 18 years in Telangana is 1.72 crore. Some States like Maharashtra have already invited tenders for the drive. The State government is yet to take a decision on procuring the required vaccine. Rao is expected to fine tune the strategy for the vaccination.

Filed Under: India, News and politics

Karnataka mulls import of 2 lakh Remdesivir vials

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

BENGALURU: With demand shooting up for Remdesivir following the alarming rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, Karnataka is contemplating importing two lakh vials of the anti-viral drug.

The state is getting 10,000 to 20,000 vials of Remdesivir on a daily basis and the Centre has allocated additional 25,000 vials, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar told reporters here.

The minister said he has spoken to Biocon executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw to supply 10,000 vials in 10 days and another 50,000-60,000 vials within a month.

“We are trying to directly procure two lakh vials from abroad. We are seeking Centre’s approval for this,” the minister said.

Further, the state is increasing steps to increase the availability of ventilators by 10 times, Sudhakar said.

“In 15 days, at least 2,000 makeshift ICU beds will be ready. 800 of them will have ventilators.”

In Victoria hospital campus 250 ICU beds will be set up and in another new building, 150-200 ICU beds will be arranged and 100 of them will have ventilators, the minister said.

He added that makeshift hospitals will also be set up at Bowring, RGICD and NIMHANS hospitals.

Filed Under: bangalore, India

Karnataka health minister suspends district surgeon and RMO of Kolar as four die due to lack of oxygen

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

KOLAR: Karnataka health minister Dr. K Sudhakar has ordered the suspension of SNR Hospital district surgeon Dr. SG Narayanaswamy and resident medical officer (RMO) Dr. Narayanaswamy after four patients allegedly died due to lack of oxygen in the district hospital.

After noticing that some of the ventilators were defunct, a visibly upset minister placed the district surgeon and RMO under suspension.

Dr. Sudhakar also heard the grievances from the patient attendants when a woman fell on his feet to request shifting of his relative to ventilator support. He took all the details including the bed facilities, infrastructure on the spot while holding discussions with the district Deputy Commissioner Dr.Selvamani and Superintendent of Police Karthick Reddy and doctors.

The minister also told the district administration to contact him at any time if any issues regarding lack of oxygen or supply of the medicines emerge. He also directed the district administration to take over more private hospitals to treat Covid patients.

Filed Under: bangalore, India

Karnataka ranks no. 3 with high Covid-19 deaths

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

BENGALURU: With the exponential rise in Covid-19 cases during the second wave of the pandemic, the state is also witnessing an increase in the number of deaths. As of Tuesday’s figures, Karnataka was at third spot in the country in terms of the high number of deaths, after Maharashtra and Delhi.

Dr Anoop Amarnath, Head, Scientific Board and Chairman-Geriatric Medicine, at Manipal Hospital, who is also a member of Critical Care Support Team, said, “Late presentation and late referrals to the tertiary centres are the main reasons for the high number of deaths. The characteristics of a pandemic are that with a surge in cases, the positivity rate increases and thereby mortality as well.”

He pointed out that the need of the hour is to carry out very objective triaging. “Hospitals need to see who can be managed at home and who needs hospitalisation. If this is done right, then we can save many patients. 

A scientific way of triaging needs to be carried out where RT-PCR test is done followed by checking the clinical characteristics of patients for symptoms, saturation levels and biochemical makers. If it is high, then admission is needed at the earliest. This apart, HRCT needs to be done to check the CT score. If all this is prioritised, we can have better outcomes, he suggested.”

Though Karnataka’s Case Fatality Rate has not been on the higher side, in comparison to the other states, the experts foresee it going up in the next few months if proper initiatives are not taken immediately. Currently, Karnataka’s CFR is 1.1 per cent. Punjab has the highest CFR at 2.5 per cent , followed by Maharashtra (1.5 per cent), Delhi and West Bengal (1.4 per cent), Gujarat (1.3 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (1.2 per cent).

Dr Pradeep Rangappa, Intensivist, Columbia Asia Hospital, Bengaluru, and member of the State-Level Committee for Covid-19, said, “If the situation remains the same, the CFR is bound to climb up. We need to segregate the CFR of the first and second waves to get the figures of the current scenario, wherein the fatality rate is quite bad.”

Filed Under: bangalore, India

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April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

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Duo held for black marketing Life Saving drug Remdesivir 2 injection vials Seized

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

PRAMESH S JAIN 

The Jigani police have arrested A 33-year-old doctor and receptionist of the private hospital was caught red handed by Jigani police while trying to sell Remdesivir injection for Rs 15,000 in black .

The accused has been identified as Dr.Farman Ali,resident of Austin town and joined the,Ace Suhas hospital in Jigani,two months ago.The other accused is Rakshith V Salian,working as  receptionist for the last three months.

Need of the hour in Bengaluru now is to have one dedicated and resourceful helpline to guide patients to hospitals or find alternatives at the earliest. People are just left scrambling between hospital numbers,NGOs,influence social media and other means to find a bed said by senior journalist.

Senior officer told reporters,our Anekal Sub-Division, DYSP,H Mahadevappa received information about illegally hoarding and selling life saving drug Remdesivir injection vials in black.

Based on a tip off that the hospital is involved in selling injections in black a team of police led by Inspector Goutham J,approached the hospital as prospective customers and caught the accused red handed while they were trying to sell the life saving drug Remdesivir injection in black rate.

During search the police team have also seized two bottles of injections vials which the accused have availed from government quota.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime that they have availed the injection vials in government quota and has violated law as people are dieing because of shortage of Remdesivir injection vials and this people to make ease money are playing with the life of patients and charging exhobirant price.

Meanwhile a family lost their father who was admitted in private hospital after he was infected with Covid19 and was undergoing treatment as today in the morning the doctors asked the family members to arrange for a life saving drug Remdesivir injection vials emergencily.

The family members contacted the drug control control room for the Remdesivir injection vials as prescribed by the doctors and the control room took a note and said we have noted the requirement and once it is available we will send.

But it is alleged that the relatives tried across city to all the corners nearly 100 pharmas and requested many officers for life saving drug for their father as the Remdesivir injection vials dint reach in time later by evening the patient succumbed to Covid because of life saving drug Remdesivir injection was not available in time.

The family leaves in north Bengaluru and the victim who died due to Covid! is survived by his wife and three children’s in Bengaluru.

But here this some people of pharmacy and doctors medical distributors and hospital management are playing with the lives of people who are struggling to get Remdesivir injection vials for the family members and here this people are taking advantage of the pandemic situation and are illegally hoarding the vials and selling it into higher price to make quick buck and become rich are now cooling their heels in jail.

The Jigani police have also seized two bottles of the injections from the hospital and also booked  Dr Jagadish Hiremath,head of the hospital a case has been registered in Jigani police station charging the trio under various sections of the Drug Control Act and also under cheating and further investigation is on.

Finally,IGP Central Range,Chandrashekhar,has appreciated, Bengaluru Rural SP,Ravi D Chennanavar,Addl SP,Lakshmi Ganesh,DYSP, Anekal Sub-Division,Dr.HM Mahadevappa,PI,Gautham J,PSIs,Govinda BT,Shivalinganaik,and crime staff as,Srinivas,Mahesh,Sharieff Sab,Kottesh,and other has been appreciated for the commendable and exemplary work done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Filed Under: bangalore, India

Life Saving act by Two RPF personnel saves man as he slips while trying to deboard moving train in Bengaluru

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

PRAMESH S JAIN

Two Alert RPF personnel rescued a 39 year old passenger in the nick of time while his leg stuck between the moving train and the platform while he was trying to deboard the train Yelahanka station from a moving train on Saturday morning.

Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee,Senior Divisional Security Commissioner of Railway Protection Force,South Western Railway immediately rushed to the spot as soon as she received the information to take stock of the situation.

After inspecting the spot and collecting details, Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee told reporters,Our two brave RPF personnel identified who risked their life and saved a passenger life are,Madhav singh and his colleague Ashish Kumar who were on rounds on platform no.3.When they noticed a passenger struggling with crushed leg next to moving train at around 6.30 am.

They immediately rushed to rescue the passenger later identified as M.Gurjeeth Singh aged resident of  Barnala dist,Pnajab- travelling in coach no.D1 had come to meet his friends.He forgot to get down after reaching Yelahanka but realized his stop wheh the train started to move.

While hurrying to get down,he lost control and fell down between the gap of the platform and train and his right foot got crushed.

They rushed to the spot and pulled out Gurjeeth to safety before rushing him to Yelahanka General hospital.

They provided first aid to stop the bleeding from the foot with available materials and picked him up and took him to General hospital,Yelahanka where he has been treated for stopping the severe blood loss and after that he was shifted to Victoria Hospital for further treatment .

The officials informed his family members and the friends whom he supposed to meet them for the bravery and life saving act by our unsung heroes with their pro-active alertness on duty today saved a passengers life they risked their life and did a exemplary job.

I appreciate the exemplary work done by two RPF personnel,Madhav Singh and Ashish Kumar for the commendable job done by them and a reward will be given to both for their excellent job done in saving life of passengers risking their own lives.

The incident was intimated to their family members who expressed their gratefulness for the timely action by RPF in saving the life.South Western Railway requests the passengers not to board or deboard a moving train,which may endanger the precious life,said by RPF,Senior Divisional Security Commissioner,Debashmita Chattopadhyay Banerjee.

Meanwhile recently,At Vangani station of Central Railway, Pointsman,Mr.Mayur Shelkhe saved the life of a child just in the nick of the time. He risked his life to save the life of the child.We salute his exemplary courage and utmost devotion to the duty tweeted by,Railway Minister, Piyush Goyal.

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also lauded the man for his valor act.

“Very proud of Mayur Shelke,Railwayman from the Vangani Railway Station in Mumbai who has done an exceptionally courageous act, risked his own life and saved a child’s life,” Piyush Goyal wrote.

Meanwhile, the clip has gone viral on Twitter and has garnered over 1.47 lakh views and over 15k comments.

Filed Under: bangalore, India

CBI Files Supplementary Charge Sheet Against Former Karnataka Minister Roshan Baig,IMA MD, Mohammed Mansoor Khan and others in CBI chargesheet

April 28, 2021 by Nasheman

Pramesh Jain

The Central Bureau of Investigation officials on Tuesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against Roshan Baig,Former Minister of Karnataka,his firm and Mohammed Mansoor Khan,CEO and MD of IMA along with the other Directors,in CBI court,related to the ongoing investigation in IMA scam.   

Name of the accused in the chargesheet are, Roshan Baig,Former Minister of Karnataka,his firm M/s Danish Publications,and others including,Mohammed Mansoor Khan,CEO & MD of,IMA,Bangalore,and other Directors of IMA are,Nizamuddin.A,Naveed Ahmed,Vaseem,M/s IMA Pvt Ltd M/s Daanish Publications,are named in the chargesheet.

It was alleged that Mr.Baig had received several crores of rupees from IMA funds for election expenditure.

It was further alleged that the accused was also utilising the said funds for daily expenditure including salaries of employees of his firm identified as Danish Publications.

 It was also alleged that the Mr.Baig spent the funds for various social and cultural activities in his Constituency to increase his popularity.

 The funds of IMA were allegedly unauthorised deposits raised from innocent public to the tune of Rs 4000 crore (approx) from around one lakh investors.

It has been alleged that money was diverted to the former Minister so that the accused firm could continue it’s illegal activities. 

It may be recalled that CBI had registered 04 cases in the said scam and earlier filed 03 charge sheets and Three more supplementary charge sheets against 33 accused including MD and  CEO and its directors of IMA,several private persons,Revenue and Police officials.

 It was alleged that the said Group had raised unauthorised deposits and cheated the public by failing to repay the principal and as well as the promised returns.

These funds were allegedly diverted for acquiring properties,paying bribe amounts to the official who are later charged in the case.

Several properties including moveable and immovable were identified and attached under KPIDFE (Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments)Act,2004 by the Competent Authority.Further Investigation is continuing.

The public is reminded that the above findings are based on the investigation done by CBI and evidence collected by it.

Under the Indian Law,the accused are presumed to be innocent till their guilt is finally established after a fair trial,press release from the CBI,said.

Filed Under: bangalore, India

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