The state government had earlier imposed curfew in the districts of Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Ukhrul, Thoubal, Kakching and Churachandpur on May 8, which has been extended till May 28.
The deceased identified as Shaik Subhani (40) was a resident of Munukulla village in Tiruvuru Mandal of Krishna district, who had been suffering from fever for two days. On Tuesday morning, he went to Rajugudem Government Hospital for a COVID test and was detected positive.
The Rajasthan government has decided to provide free ambulance service to Covid-19 patients for their admission in hospitals and for ferrying them to dedicated facilities in case of referrals, according to an official statement.
State Health Minister Prabhuram Choudhary said that earlier 148 vehicles were approved in various districts of the state for the movement of Covid-19 patients, adding that now 200 more private ambulances have been approved for this purpose.
COVID-19 death toll in Bihar on Friday rose to 3,139, a rise of 62 since the previous day, even as 13,466 fresh cases caused the overall tally to reach 5.67 lakh while the active caseload stood at 1.15 lakh. According to the state health department, Patna district reported the maximum number of 2,410 cases, a day after having witnessed its biggest single-day spike of 3,665 cases. It also accounted for 19 of the fresh fatalities, the highest for any of the 40 districts across the state.
Javed Khan-an auto driver in Bhopal has fully converted his three-wheeler into a service ambulance, news agency ANI reported.
The Amroha Police recovered 100 boxes of liquor from an ambulance and three people have been arrested in the matter.
In a bid to make clean and green environment, World's first Tree and Plant clinic has started by IRS Officer Rohit Mehra in Amritsar on February 21. Clinic will treat all the diseases of trees and plants.
Srinagar will get its first floating ambulance soon. Equipped with health facilities, the ambulance service will start operation in the Dal Lake soon.
A constable of the Hyderabad Traffic Police department ran more than a kilometre to make way for a speeding ambulance here during peak hour recently to save a life and his efforts have invited a lot of praise on social media after a video of the incident went viral.
At least three people received critical injuries after a speeding car fell off a flyover in Delhi. The incident was reported at Vikaspuri flyover in the national capital. An ambulance fell off Amar Mahal flyover at Chembur in Mumbai.
The Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi flagged off mobile clinic in the national capital on August 17 amid coronavirus pandemic.
In a tragic incident, a one-year-old infant died while being taken to the hospital after the ambulance driver took a halt to have food. According to the couple, the driver and the pharmacist had assured of returning quickly. Both of them, however, took more than an hour over the lunch and fobbed off the father of the deceased child after he had gone inside the eatery looking for the driver and the pharmacist.
The pregnant woman was taken to three hospitals in about 36 hours since Tuesday but all of them refused to treat her.
A man died in Odisha's Berhampur on Monday allegedly after ambulance staff refused to take him to a hospital suspecting him to be a COVID-19 patient.
Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on July 14 started free ambulance services for COVID-19 patients on Guru Harkrishan Sahib Ji's Prakash Purab.
The Pune district administration on Wednesday filed a case against an ambulance service provider in the city for overcharging a COVID-19 patient.
In view of rising number of coronavirus patients, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided to requisition private ambulances and other vehicles which will be used to ferry patients to hospitals.
Mahindra & Mahindra on Tuesday said it has launched BSVI-compliant ambulance 'Supro' in two variants in the wake of coronavirus pandemic which has led to a rise in demand for such vehicles. Developed in-house on the company's popular Supro van platform, the vehicle is priced at Rs 6.94 lakh, the company said in a release.
Rs 20,000 charged from patient by private ambulance service for transpot from one hospital to another
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