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Newborn dies in Delhi hospital, CM orders action plan in week’s time

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New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) In wake of the death of a newborn refused admission into four government hospitals, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday ordered Health Minister Satyendar Jain to submit an action plan by month-end to ensure that family of patients in critical condition do not have to run around for life support.

The order comes following the death of a newborn after the four government hospitals refused to admit the baby, citing lack of critical-care beds with ventilator facilities, an official statement said.

“The primary objective of this action plan will be to ensure that live data of functional critical care facilities in all Delhi government hospitals are readily and easily available,” it said.

Kejriwal said that if a hospital can’t admit a person due to lack of life-saving facilities or due to non-availability of beds, then it will be mandatory for it to find out a hospital in which such facility is available, and ensuring shifting of the patient there, the statement said.

These points should also be included in a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), he added.

“It is an unacceptable scenario since helpless family members keep running from pillar to post and critical time, in which the life of a serious patient could have been saved, is often lost,” he said.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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