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  • Helping people navigate healthcare maze amid deadly COVID second wave

    Express News Service
    RANCHI:  It was the call of humanity that prodded businessman Babu Khan (36) to reach out to Covid patients swarming the Sadar Hospital at Hazaribagh here, desperately looking for hospital and medical assistance.

    He found them in panic as they did not know how to get hospital beds or an oxygen cylinder or how to approach a doctor in case of an emergency, and decided to offer help.

    Twenty-two days and 175 cured patients later, Babu continues his selfless service, even giving up the warmth and comfort of his family during the holy month of Ramzan. 

    “I assist the needy in all ways possible. From getting beds to securing oxygen to arranging free medicine for the needy, I do everything in my power,” Babu said. 

    His day begins at 11.30 am, and he helps people landing at the hospital till 5.30 pm, after which goes to a nearby flat where he has been staying for the past 20 days to break Roza.

    He returns around 7.30 pm and continues with his work till 3 am when he goes back for Sehri.

    Babu, who has put his business on hold, said he has not seen his wife and three children since the last 22 days ago.

    “They are worried for me. I keep in touch via video calls,” he said.

    What about his own safety? Babu said he takes abundant care.

    “I wear gloves, masks and take a bath before entering my flat. I sanitise myself regularly, too,” he said.

    Babu’s service came in for a praise from hospital Superintendent Dr Vinod Kumar, who said: “He does not hesitate to call us over phone in case of emergency.”

  • COVID-19: 17 doctors found absent during duty hours in Bihar’s Chapra Sadar hospital

    By ANI
    CHAPRA (BIHAR): As many as 17 doctors at Sadar Hospital in Bihar’s Chapra district have been asked to submit a letter to explain their reported absence from the hospital’s COVID-19 isolation ward during their duty hours on Tuesday.

    Civil surgeon Dr Janardan Prasad Sukumar has asked the 17 doctors to submit an explanation letter within 24 hours to the hospital’s deputy superintendent. “Any sort of negligence towards the duty will not be accepted,” said Dr Sukumar.

    As per the instructions of Dr Sukumar, it has been ordered that an FIR would be registered under the Disaster Management Act against the doctors. According to DM Dr Nilesh Ramchandra Deore, even after a lot of inspections, doctors are still found to be absent from their duties.

    According to the Union Health Ministry, Bihar has 113480 active cases of COVID-19. 3049 new cases have come up and 61 related deaths were registered in the state in the last 24 hours.

  • Doctors to lose their license upon failing to discharge duties properly in Jharkhand

    By Express News Service
    RANCHI: Amid surge in COVID-19 cases in Ranchi, doctors posted at Sadar Hospital, the dedicated COVID Hospital in Ranchi, were warned that their license will be cancelled if found negligent towards their duties or they remain absent without any official permission.

    During a meeting held with the doctors of Sadar Hospital, Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan told them not to force him to take stringent action against them as this is a war like situation.

    The meeting was called after the district administration observed that many of the doctors were absent during duty hours.

    “I called a meeting and told them not to run away from their duties and do not force the district  administration to take stringent action against them. Already notices have been served against them and if they do not come back to their duties, the district administration will be compelled to take actionagainst them,” said DC Chhavi Ranjan. He appealed the doctors not to force district administration to take action against them, he added.

    ALSO READ: COVID patient dies outside hospital while minister was on inspection inside in Jharkhand

    Ranjan said that since it is a war like situation, this is the time to face it strongly rather than surrendering before it. He asked them to give their 100 per cent and prevent the virus spreading further, especially those who are posted in Covid hospitals.

    Notably, many of the attendants who had gone to admit their patients in Sadar Hospital in Ranchi complained that due to negligence of doctors or delay in treatment, they lost their near and dear ones.

    The harsh reality of the situation of health services post sudden rise in COVID-19 cases was on display onTuesday, when a patient who was brought from Hazaribagh to Ranchi for better treatment, died outside Sadar hospital waiting for the doctors to attend him while his daughter kept on shouting doctor-doctor seeking help for her father.

  • Jharkhand: COVID patient dies outside hospital while minister was on inspection inside

    Express News Service
    RANCHI: The harsh reality of the situation of health services post sudden rise in COVID-19 cases was on diplay in Jharkhand on Tuesday when a patient who was brought from Hazaribagh to Ranchi for better treatment died outside Sadar hospital here waiting for the doctors to attend him.

    Meanwhile, State Health Minister Banna Gupta was busy inside the same hospital taking stock of the facilities being provided to the COVID patients. 

    The family members of the deceased alleged that they kept on seeking help from the doctors for several hours but no one turned up to attend the patient due to which he died.

    They reached here in the morning but could not get a bed in any of the private hospitals and finally reached Sadar Hospital where he was made to wait outside for several hours in the scorching heat, finally leading to his death.

    Family members of a COVID patient, who died outside Sadar Hospital in Ranchi while waiting for hours for treatment, shouted at health minister Banna Gupta who reached there for a surprise inspection.@NewIndianXpress @TheMornStandard pic.twitter.com/9Z11Pt6NQb
    — Mukesh Ranjan (@Mukesh_TNIE) April 13, 2021

    By the time he was taken inside, he was declared dead by the doctors.

    While coming out of the hospital with the dead body, the family members came across the minister who was also coming out of the hospital. As soon as they saw him, they lost their temper and started shouting at him for failing health services in the State.

    “Mantri ji! We kept on shouting for the doctors but no one turned up to help my father. We were standing outside for my father to get admitted to the hospital but no one was there to attend him and finally he succumbed for want of treatment,” daughter of the deceased shouted on the minister.

    “Will the minister be able to return his father,” she yelled.

    She also alleged that they come to the people only to seek votes for them but otherwise they are not concerned for their sufferings. The condition is really worse and people are dying due to lack of treatment, she said. 

    The Health Minister, however, said that everywhere there are problems and they are trying to remove.

    “Every day the number of Covid patients is increasing and we have to make alternate arrangements of beds accordingly. We have already asked the private hospitals to reserve 50 per cent beds for COVID patients,” said the health minister.

    “Whatever maybe the flaws, we are trying to remove them,” he added.

    Meanwhile, State BJP President Deepak Prakash alleged the woman lost her father only due to the negligence of the State Government.

    “The woman lost her temper before the health minister as she lost her father due to the negligence of the State Government. After all, when will the Chief Minister realize his responsibilities,” State BJP Chief Deepak Prakash tweeted.

    Earlier, the State BJP Chief also wrote a letter to the Chief Minister requesting him to arrange beds for patients, proper oxygen supply, additional ventilators along with paramedical staff and doctors in adequate numbers.  

    In the wake of increasing number of COVID cases in Jharkhand, health emergency must be declared in the State, he added.