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Delhi to reward people helping road accident victims

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Hyderabad, Nov 15 (IANS) The Delhi government will launch within a month a scheme providing Rs 2,000 as reward to those who help road accident victims reach hospitals, Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Wednesday.

Addressing the second edition of the MeltingPot 2020 Innovation Summit 2017 here, he said the scheme would help reduce time for an accident victim to reach a hospital.

The Delhi government had unveiled the Good Samaritan policy in January to reward the people, helping road accident victims. The good Samaritans will also be given appreciation certificate.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had mooted the proposal in August last year after a road accident victim in west Delhi’s Subhash Nagar bled to death because no one helped him.

Jain claimed that victims of road accidents in Delhi were taken to hospitals faster than those in New York.

“The scheme will further reduce the time,” he said, adding the government will also bear the treatment costs of the injured.

The minister said the government had set a target of providing free healthcare to all the citizens. He noted that currently the government healthcare system caters to only 20 percent of the city’s two crore population.

Jain said the government was building new hospitals and expanding the capacity of existing facilities.

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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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