Five patients shifted
The Hindu
Due to oxygen scarcity, five patients from Lotus Hospital were shifted to the BIMS Government Medical College Hospital in Belagavi on Sunday. The scarcity was reported to the district COVID response t
Due to oxygen scarcity, five patients from Lotus Hospital were shifted to the BIMS Government Medical College Hospital in Belagavi on Sunday. The scarcity was reported to the district COVID response team that has government officers, doctors and NGO members. In a few hours, ambulances with oxygen supply were sent to Lotus Hospital and the patients were shifted. Spandan Multi Specialty Hospital said that its oxygen supply was depleting and that it could not admit any more patients. It asked patients to go to BIMS Hospital.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.