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Nine die in a single night at Anantapur hospital due to allegedly poor medical attention

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Nine die in a single night at Anantapur hospital due to allegedly poor medical attention

Nine die in a single night at Anantapur hospital due to allegedly poor medical attention

Anantapur: A spate of nine deaths in a span of 11 hours in the local government general hospital raised serious doubts over the quality of health services offered by the Department of Medical and Health and its trust deficit in the public.

A series of deaths, involving five women and four men under treatment in the Acute Medical Care (AMC) ward, sparked massive protest with Opposition parties and civil society organizations pointing their accusing finger at the hospital authorities. 

The streak of deaths reportedly began at 9pm on Tuesday and the toll reached nine by 8am on Wednesday. Although the hospital authorities asserted that the deaths were all natural in an apparent bid to save their skin, the protesters attributed the tragedy to the alleged dereliction of duty on the part of the staff, shortage of manpower and poor hygienic conditions.

The patients were admitted with the complaints of renal problems, cardiac issues, kidney ailments, tuberculosis, brain hemorrhage, etc.  Three of them were admitted in the midnight of Tuesday/Wednesday after referred by private hospitals and died in a span of three hours, it is 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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