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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Hail HAL’s New Covid-19 Care Hospital in UP’s Lucknow

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday visited HAL Covid Care Hospital set up under HAL’s Corporate Social Responsibility at the Haj House in Lucknow and appreciated the facilities and services provided for the Covid-19 patients in a short period.

The 255-bedded Covid-19 Care Hospital handed over to the State authorities by HAL is now open to patients. This facility includes 130 beds with oxygen support, 100 with High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) and 25 with ventilators.

The hospital will be managed by the UP government through Care India, an NGO and charity organisation. Technical support is being provided by HAL.

HAL was instrumental in procurement, installation and commissioning of the infrastructure and will ensure maintenance and servicing of the X-Ray machines, nebulisers, oxy-meters, wheelchair, stretchers, BP monitors, multipara display monitors for ICU beds, CCTV monitoring system, ECG machine, biochemistry analyzer, incubator, serum electrolyte analyzer, cell counter, etc.

The UP government will involve itself in hospital operations and management through Care India with a focus on medicine availability, hospital consumables, logistic and management of oxygen refilling.

Earlier, an MoU in this connection was signed between Sanjay Kumar Garg, General Manager, HAL, Lucknow and Sanjay Bhatnagar, Chief Medical Officer, Lucknow in the presence of the District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash. Rakesh Mishra, Chief of Projects (CoP), HAL and other senior officials from HAL Lucknow and the UP government were also present.

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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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