After discovering a yawning gap between actual bed availabilities in the national capital and their listing on the Delhi government's corona app, a deeper investigation by India Today has revealed various Covid-designated private hospitals have no resources in the first place to deal with the pandemic.
The number of deaths due to coronavirus in Delhi is rising steadily. Sanjay Sharma, a BJP leader of the Delhi unit of the party, died due to Covid-19 on Thursday.
New Delhi, Jun 11 () The Supreme Court Bar Association urged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday to set up a facility for testing of COVID-19
In Delhi, patients have to wander from hospital to hospital for treatment of coronavirus. Some of those admitted to hospitals have also gone missing. In Covid-designated Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital, the bodies could not be accounted for. The videos show dead bodies lying on the hospital floor and Covid patients left unattended by the hospital staff. First video is from Delhi govt run LNJP hospital while the 2nd video is from Central govt run Safdarjang Hospital.
Delhi reported its highest spike in coronavirus cases today with 1,877 new cases, taking the total to over 34,000. The total number of deaths in the national capital has mounted to 1,085, authorities said.
The panel had sent notices to the Health Ministry and the Delhi government on Wednesday over the pandemic situation in the national capital, and asked them to submit a report in 10 days on heathcare facilities and related issues.
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In New Delhi, a sprawling capital region of 46 million and home to some of India's highest concentration of hospitals, a pregnant woman's death after a frantic hunt for a sickbed was a worrying sign about the country's ability to cope with a wave of new coronavirus cases.
"She kept begging us to save her life, but we couldn't do anything," Shailendra Kumar said, after driving his sister-in-law, Neelam, and her husband for hours, only to be turned away at eight public and private hospitals.
Govt forecasts show as many as 10 states are on the verge of exhausting crucial healthcare infrastructure unless capacities are ramped up & infection checked.
The death toll in the national capital increased to 1,085 after 65 more fatalities were reported since Wednesday, said Delhi Health Department.Currently, Delhi has 20,871 active cases while 12,731 patients been discharged after recovering from the highly contagious disease
