Tag: Covid Hospital

Surat/Bhubaneswar: A migrant worker from Odisha’s Ganjam district infected with n-CoV succumbed to the disease on Monday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Surat, Gujarat. The deceased Krushna Gobinda Bisoyi (27) is a resident of Baduka village under Dharakote block in Ganjam district. He was reportedly tested positive for the virus on May 11 […]

Balasore: Palpable tension prevailed at Balasore COVID hospital after some nurses staged a demonstration today. The nurses were demanding immediate COVID-19 test as two of their colleagues tested positive recently. According to the agitating nurses, they were forced to stage a demonstration as the authorities denied COVID test. “Already two of our colleagues have tested […]

Koraput: In view of the rising number of coronavirus infection cases in the tribal-dominated Koraput district, local MP Saptagiri Ulaka has proposed to upgrade the building of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Sunabeda into a full-fledged Covid hospital for providing better treatment to the Covid-19 patients. Fearing that the unexpected increase of patients in Covid […]

Bhubaneswar: With coronavirus cases crossing the 2,000 mark in the State capital, Odisha government on Monday opened another dedicated COVID-19 Hospital here, an official said. An existing hospital – Aditya Ashwini Hospital in Chandrasekharpur area – has been converted into a dedicated COVID-19 hospital increasing the total beds in the DCHs in the city to […]

Ganjam: At a time when doctors and health workers are earning applauses worldwide for tackling the Coronavirus pandemic from the front, several incidents of allegations of medical negligence on part of the hospital authorities & medical staff continue to be a concern in Odisha. Two families of Ganjam district have brought serious allegations against the […]

Bhubaneswar: Laxmikant Behera and Biswajit Mohanty, who were arrested by the Commissionerate Police for allegedly posting an audio clip of their conversation about the experience at a COVID hospital on social media platform, were granted bail by Bhubaneswar SDJM court on Wednesday. Soon after their bail, they were released from the jail. However, the entire […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today approved the reimbursement rates that private hospitals may claim from the government for treating COVID-19 patients in the state. As per the approved rates, Odisha government will pay a maximum of Rs 18,000 per COVID-19 patient per day. These reimbursement rates were communicated by the Health Department letter to all Collectors, […]

Cuttack: Another dedicated COVID-19 hospital will be made operational in Cuttack in the next couple of days to further bolster the health infrastructure in the district, informed Cuttack Collector, Bhabani Shankar Chayani on Tuesday. After a high-level review meeting chaired by the Cuttack district COVID observer, Saurabh Garg, the district Collector informed that the dedicated […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Health department on Monday directed all collectors, municipal commissioners, CDMOs and PHOs to reactivate government and private Covid facilities across the State. “In view of the rapid…

Bhubaneswar: With the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack witnessing an alarming rise in Covid cases over the past few days, senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra today pointed at the crumbling healthcare services citing how Covid-infected patients are struggling to find hospital beds even during emergency situations. At a time when infections are rising putting […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after a major fire broke out at the ICU of Cuttack’s Sadguru Covid Hospital, the Directorate of Fire Services issued a circular to all Range Fire Officers and other senior officials to conduct fire safety audits and emergency drill at all the Covid dedicated hospitals and Covid care centres of Odisha once in […]

Dhenkanal: In another situation pointing fingers at the alleged mismanagement by the authorities, a coronavirus-infected patient Duryodhan Behera of Barada village here has reportedly gone missing from a Covid hospital, forcing the family members to run from pillar to post in search of him. According to Behera’s kin, he was admitted to the dedicated Covid […]

Cuttack: Central Range Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) Anil Samal today inaugurated a dedicated Covid facility on the premises of SCB medical college and hospital in Cuttack. The facility set up by combining three buildings (two from the ophthalmology department and one from medicines) has 500 general beds and 70 ICU beds and will be operationalised […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide better health care facility to doctors, health workers and Covid warriors, the Odisha government on Wednesday designated Aditya Aswini Hospital for the treatment of all frontline workers. In a letter to the Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET) and Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Rajesh Kumar Agarawala, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health Minister Naba Das on Monday informed the State Assembly that Rs 344.55 crore has been released to privately operated COVID hospitals in the State for treatment of patients. Replying to a question posed by BJP MLA from Jashipur, Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia in the Assembly, Das said a total of 33 private […]