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Air dispensary to start soon: Manipur CM

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Imphal, Feb 12 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh announced on Monday that an air dispensary will start functioning soon in Manipur.

The Central government plans to introduce a helicopter-based Dispensary/OPD service in far-flung and remote areas where no doctor or medical facility is available and patients also do not have access to any medical care.

According to health department officials, the service will also be launched simultaneously in Meghalaya.

The Chief Minister made the statement in the Manipur Assembly. He said the dispensaries will start functioning soon.

According to Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla, the idea of air dispensary was her brainchild.

“During my official visit to Australia I came to know of the air dispensary services there. I approached the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to introduce such dispensary service in Manipur.

“Most of the remote and secluded villages have no access to modern medicare. The Prime Minister patiently heard my proposal and assured all possible help,” Heptulla said.

In the absence of ambulance or motorable roads in the hilly areas, many times the expectant mothers and physically weak patients in the northeast region are taken in litters to hospitals.

The BJP government in Manipur had taken steps to provide round-the-clock services in rural and hill hospitals. However, it failed due to lack of enough staff in hospitals and scarcity of life-saving machines and medicines.

“The doctors will rush to the affected villages in the well-equipped and stocked helicopters to attend to the patients in the remote villages,” Heptulla 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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