A Niti Aayog report has said that on an average, a district hospital in India has 24 beds per 1 lakh population, with Puducherry having the highest average of 222 beds and Bihar the lowest of six.
Health Ministry officials said injured medical staff and patients along with over evacuees were being transferred to hospitals in the capital Skopje, some 45 km (28 miles) to the east.
Ashwani Kumar (54) a resident of Kaithal met with a road accident in his town on Aug 14 and was taken to Civil Hospital. As his condition worsened, Kumar was rushed to PGIMER on the same day.
CM Yogi Adityanath, on his return from Delhi, drove straight to the hospital and inquired about his health.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and two continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) machines for COVID-19 relief was sent to India by a US hospital.
The infant, suffering from apnea and who suddenly stopped breathing, was evaluated by the hospital doctors and referred for a surgery.
Srishty Rode recently underwent a surgery and was hospitalised for the past seven days. The actress is now back at home and recovering.
The report claims that of the 52 hospitals from various districts, 10 were found to be wasting oxygen or using more than the required amount per patient.
A patient admitted in a civic-run hospital in Mumbai was bitten by a rat near his eye, a relative alleged on Tuesday.
Kamini Patel, 46-year-old Surat who was declared brain dead donated her heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and eyes to those in need.
A government hospital in Indore has stopped administering lyophilised Amphotericin B injections to black fungus patients after some of them who received the shots started experiencing side effects.
Of the total 500 beds here at Bhagwati Nagar Centre, 125 would be Intensive Care Unit beds, while others would be a set of Covid beds with 24 hours oxygen facility.
For this, the HNRFH has tied up with Access Life Assistance Foundation, an NGO that provides multi-disciplinary supportive care to families of cancer-afflicted children who come to Mumbai for treatment.
The sources said medical officers and other support staff of the two hospitals will be utilised to set up a 500-bed hospital at Patna.
The machinery for the plant was brought to the country onboard a special flight few days back and the Centre had deployed it at the CAPF referral hospital that is operated by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
The development assumes significance in the wake of surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
The one coming up at IDPL will be run by AIIMS and will have 400 oxygen-supported beds and 100 ICU beds, he said.
In the wake of a surge in COVID cases in Goa, the bed capacity in state-run and private medical facilities is getting exhausted.
Uttar Pradesh on Monday recorded 288 more COVID-19 deaths which pushed the toll to 13,447 while the infection tally rose to 13,42,413 with 29,192 fresh cases, an official statement said.
At least 12 Covid patients including a doctor have lost their lives due to oxygen shortage in Delhi's Batra Hospital. Out of 12, 6 Covid patients died in ICU ward and 2 in the main ward.
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