Dr Rajneesh Kumar passes away
Dr. Rajneesh Kumar, director of the city’s renowned RK Physiotherapy, breathed his last this morning due to Covid-19. He was admitted to Srishti Hospital in Ranchi for the last few days after the Coronavirus infection. Physiotherapy doctors in the entire Jharkhand State and other parts of the country including Ranchi are heartbroken by his sudden demise. In this hour of grief, the State IAP unit paid homage to them. Physiotherapy Association Chairman Dr. Ajit Kumar, Secretary Dr. Rajeev Ranjan, Vice President Dr. Dinesh Thakur, Treasurer Dr. Gautam, Joint Secretary Dr. Rajneesh Bariyar, Dr. Dheeraj, Executive Member Dr. Abhay Pandey and Dr. Satyam expressed condolences.
Oxymeters, Thermometers distributed at Sadar Hosp
PARADISE group distributed 125 digital thermometers and 125 oximeters among people below-poverty line infected with Covid-19 at Sadar Hospital, Ranchi. The effort is aimed at helping the needy people suffering from this serious disease in their healthcare and the financial burden on them will also be reduced. The distribution was made through a civil surgeon. Atul Gera, who is also a social worker and a member of the organization, helped in this distribution. Puneet Poddar and Pankaj Poddar (Director of Premsons Motors Udyog Private Limited) sponsored the project, which cost about Rs. 1,10,000, informed Aloke Poddar, Secretary of the Organisation.
Oxygen Exp deliver 150 tonnes of Oxygen
Indian Railway is running Oxygen Express in response to its fight against Covid-19. Oxygen Expresses with Liquid Medical Oxygen(LMO) tankers have arrived at Nashik and Lucknow for Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh respectively. Few Containers were also unloaded at Nagpur and Varanasi enroute to supply LMO in these regions. Also, third Oxygen Express started its journey from Lucknow this morning. States like Andhra Pradesh, Delhi are in consultation with Railways to run more such trains. It may be noted that tankers filled with LMO at Visakhapatnam & Bokaro are presently being transported through Ro-Ro service of Indian Railways. To fulfil the requirements of Medical Oxygen in Uttar Pradesh, for the movement of the train, a green corridor was created between Lucknow to Varanasi. The distance of 270 Km was covered by the train in 4 hours 20 minutes with an average speed of 62.35 kmph. A total of 10 containers having nearly 150 tonnes of Oxygen have been carried so far.
Railways to provide Covid Care Coaches
Indian Railways is making an all-out effort to supplement the health care efforts of the Government of India. Total 5601 train coaches were converted as Covid Care Centers by Indian Railway. Presently, a total 3816 Coaches are available for the use as Covid Care Coaches. The Coaches can be used for very mild cases that can be clinically assigned to the Covid Care centers as per guidelines issued by MoHFW. These covid care coaches are being deployed as per demand by the State Government. As on 24th April, 21 Covid Care Coaches have been deployed at Nandurbar District in Maharashtra under Western Railway. Total 47 patients have been admitted to these Covid Care Coaches. Madhya Pradesh Government has requested Indian Railways to deploy 20 Covid Care Coaches at Bhopal and 20 Covid Care Coaches at Habibganj Railway Stations in West Central Railway. These Covid Care Coaches shall be operational & handed over to State Government from 25th April 2021.