Delhi govt deploys nodal officers to monitor Covid patient care, vaccination at private facilities

Delhi govt deploys nodal officers to monitor Covid patient care, vaccination at private facilities

“The competent authority is pleased to deploy senior nursing officers as nodal officers in various private health care facilities from Delhi government hospitals to monitor management of Covid -19 patients along with monitoring of Covid vaccination,” read an order issued by the health department on Tuesday. The Delhi government deployed senior nursing officers from public … Read more

Ensure specialists attend Covid patients with comorbidities: Delhi govt issues advisory to hospitals

Ensure specialists attend Covid patients with comorbidities: Delhi govt issues advisory to hospitals

The advisory noted that Delhi has witnessed an upsurge in COVID-19 deaths since last week and 70 fatalities have been reported from medical facilities since the last week of December. The Delhi government on Tuesday issued an advisory asking all hospitals to ensure that Covid-positive patients with comorbidities are duly attended by specialists. The advisory … Read more

AAP govt trying to run parallel distribution scheme, says Centre in SC challenging HC order

AAP govt trying to run parallel distribution scheme, says Centre in SC challenging HC order

Alleging that AAP government is trying to run a parallel distribution scheme, the Centre has moved the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order directing the city government not to stop or curtail the supply of food grains or flour, to fair price shop owners. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, B R … Read more

E-health card for all Delhiites: Cloud-based info management system by early next year – ET HealthWorld

E-health card for all Delhiites: Cloud-based info management system by early next year – ET HealthWorld

NEW DELHI: Delhi government’s ambitious cloud-based Health Information Management System (HIMS) is going to be implemented by early next year. The massive project would see every Delhiite get an e-health card and have their medical history available online when they see a doctor after taking an appointment from home. The process of vendor selection and … Read more

Delhi: More people seem to take up walk-in vaccination under 18-44 group

Delhi: More people seem to take up walk-in vaccination under 18-44 group

Fifty per cent of the total vaccine capacity they have at these schools is reserved for people directly coming via walk-ins. In the recent announcement by the government, vaccination centres in Delhi have been given green signal to opt for walk-in registration/ vaccination for the people belonging to the 18-44 year age group. The process … Read more

‘Anarchist’ Delhi govt for which Constitution does not matter: BJP on language row at hospital

‘Anarchist’ Delhi govt for which Constitution does not matter: BJP on language row at hospital

Slamming the Delhi government over a hospital circular that asked nursing staff not to speak in Malayalam at work, the BJP on Sunday said this was ironical that it requested Kerala for oxygen when in need it during the Covid crisis and has now attempted to snatch its peoples’ right to speak in their language … Read more

Covid-19: Unlock 2.0 to begin in Delhi from tomorrow; Check what’s allowed, what’s not

Covid-19: Unlock 2.0 to begin in Delhi from tomorrow; Check what’s allowed, what’s not

Markets and shopping malls will be allowed to reopen from Monday (June 7 Delhi Covid-19 Unlocking: The Covid-19 figures reported by the Delhi government show a significant drop in cases and deaths after the national capital witnessed the worst outbreak in April and May. In order to curb the spread, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government … Read more

‘Delhi Corona App’ updated to serve in current crisis – ET HealthWorld

‘Delhi Corona App’ updated to serve in current crisis – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The Delhi government has updated its Corona app, which was launched in early 2020, to help track availability of hospital beds and ventilators for Covid-19 patients, and schedule vaccine doses, among others. Developed by the state Information Technology Department and IIT-Delhi to contain a self-assessment tool, guidelines and all important helplines to ensure … Read more

Hospitals turning away COVID patients despite bed availability will face action: Kejriwal

Hospitals turning away COVID patients despite bed availability will face action: Kejriwal

Amid the spiralling COVID-19 crisis in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said 6,000 more beds will be added in the next three to four days and warned hospitals of strict action if they are found giving wrong information or turning away coronavirus patients despite availability of beds. He also asked the Centre to … Read more

Delhi BJP seeks stay on new liquor excise policy; submits memorandum to LG

Delhi BJP seeks stay on new liquor excise policy; submits memorandum to LG

A Delhi BJP delegation on Thursday met the Lt Governor to protest over amendments to the new liquor excise policy and demanded that it be stayed. The delegation led by Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta handed over a memorandum to the LG. The party alleged in the memorandum that the closing of 500 government vends … Read more