Pressure on dialysis centres at public hospitals has increasing rapidly. Getting dialysis care is proving to be a big challenge for patients during the coronavirus lockdown. Around 40 Aarogyasri centres across Telangana are running at full capacity, creating fears amongst hospital staff that there might be an overload on dialysis machines. The facility is being […]
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Why ‘Nurses’ In Hyderabad Given ‘Lowest Priority’ In #COVID Hospitals?
In Telangana government-run Gandhi Hospital, nurses who were asked to quarantine themselves for two weeks after treating Covid-19 patients have been provided accommodation in the same building that houses both infected patients as well as those displaying symptoms. Noting that the pandemic is seeing a “persisting and ever escalating spread” the United Nurses Association pointed […]
#Corona Shutdown Likely To Get Extended After April 14 Deadline In Telangana
Government sources indicate that the shutdown may not just end on April 14 itself, as initially planned. PM Narendra Modi is believed to have told Chief Ministers that it is a long drawn battle. In what can be seen as a confirmation of the same, Telangana CM KCR hints in his recent meetings with state […]
Govt Banned ‘Social Help’ Activity To Streamline ‘Social Distancing’ In Hyderabad
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has said it has opened a ”special wing” for collection of food and other items from donors to distribute them in a proper manner as it was observed social distancing was not maintained in events conducted by organisations to give things away during the lockdown. GHMC Mayor Bonthu Rammohan […]
Why ‘Contact Tracing’ Tableeghi Jamaat Members In Telugu States Becoming A Big Challenge?
It has been a tumultuous month for Mirza (Name changed). A native of Tangellamudi at the outskirts of Eluru in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, he and three others had set off for Delhi on March 6. “We stayed there for a few days and made arrangements for others from the state who were […]
Amidst Scary Situation, A ‘Big Relief’ For Doctors Fighting With #Coronavirus In Hyderabad
Telangana Health department declared Nineteen doctors out of 25 who were placed on quarantine in Hyderabad after coming in contact with a three-year-old boy infected with novel coronavirus, tested negative for COVID-19. The test results of the remaining six are awaited. In one more pointer to the vulnerability of frontline medical professionals tackling the COVID-19 […]
Why Companies Are Giving ‘Too Much Work’ For ‘Working From Home’ In Hyderabad?
“Between the mountain of deliverables set by my company and the looming pile of dishes I need to wash at home, I don’t know which challenge is larger,” says 28-year-old Advaith, who works at an FMCG company in Hyderabad. From March 20, this young professional, like many others, has had to work from home. But […]
Tableeghi Jamaat Attendees ‘Fear Ostracisation’ As Thousands Quarantined Across South India
Over two days on March 30 and 31st, state police, intelligence officers and the health departments of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu raced to trace and quarantine thousands of people who attended a religious meeting in Delhi’s Nizamuddin neighbourhood, after a number of cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, […]
Why Hyderabadis’ Are Struggling To Perform ‘Last Rites’ To ‘Corona Dead’?
In a sad and shocking case, health workers in Hyderabad performed the funeral of a 74-year-old Khaja Hameeduddin, who became the first person in Telangana to die of the deadly coronavirus. Soon after his death, blood samples were collected. He was tested positive with COVID-19 and his grieving family has been under quarantine at their […]
Tipplers Go ‘Mad’ As ‘Toddy And Wine Shops’ Are Closed In Telangana
The abrupt closure of liquor shops across the country following nation-wide lockdown to prevent spread of Coronavirus has led to psychological disorders in alcohol addicts, who have gone mad and are attempting suicides. According to Erragadda mental hospital doctors, there has been a spurt in the number of cases of liquor addicts coming to hospitals […]