In Telangana, the worst-affected state, nurses, sanitation workers and community health workers say they do not have adequate protection from virus exposure. Fifty-one year old Daisy Rani works as a nurse at Niloufer Hospital, one of the main quarantine hospitals in Hyderabad for admitting and treating Covid-19 patients. Five doctors working here were sent into […]
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Is #CoronaVirus ‘Community Transmission’ Started In Telugu States?
Despite the state governments evaluations and statements on deadly #CoronaVirus community transmission, the attack is already kicked off in Telugu States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. While Union health secretary Luv Agarwal has been saying every day that there was no community transmission of Covid-19 in the country, Telangana government’s bulletin too has bene saying […]
#Covid Nurses Boycott Duties In Hyderabad’s Gandhi Hospital Demanding Salary And Regularisation
About 200 outsourced nurses working at Gandhi Hospital are boycotting duties demanding regularisation for nurses who have been working with the hospital for more than 15 years. The nurses say that though this is not the right time to boycott duties, they were left with no choice because representations to the hospital authorities did not […]
Why Lathi-Wielding RSS Men ‘Checking Vehicles’ In Telangana?
The big question during lockdown arises why RSS men interfering the government duties. And why the government is become speechless on this act. Several questions boggling the minds and no proper clarification came out yet. Many photographs of lathi-wielding activists belonging to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) manning a check post in Telangana sparked outrage […]
#Covid Doctors Working Inside Isolation Wards Reveals ‘Exhaustion’ In Hyderabad
A peek into the long shifts pulled by doctors living inside the isolation facility reveals the exhaustion, fears and heroism of healthcare workers across the country as they struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. If the world had not been in the throes of a pandemic, Dr. S Nagarjuna would have been married to his […]
Mango Farmers Facing Tough ‘Marketing’ Challenge On ‘Lockdown’ Crop In Telangana
Mango yield has been low so far and due to lockdown, the king of fruits which may head towards Fruit market in Hyderabad where a sudden spike in supply and low demand could lead to more problems. It’s that time of the year when mangoes are high in demand. Mangoes from across Telangana are going […]
Sudden Shortage Of ‘Hydroxycholoroquine’ Forcing Doctors To Make ‘Tough Choices’ In Telangana
Many doctors in Telangana said that they currently have no choice but to give priority to rheumatoid arthritis and lupus patients who need the medicine the most. For the past couple of weeks, Srinivasulu, a 50-year-old school teacher in Jagtial district, has been trying desperately to find tablets of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the anti-malaria drug that […]
#Covid Scare Rescinded Offered Jobs, Professionals Fear Unemployed Future Ahead
Professional networking platform LinkedIn is flooded with soon-to-be graduates seeking internships and job opportunities. While this is common around the month of April, just before students and graduates finish a school year, this year, nearly all these posts have one common theme – an initial internship or job offer that has now been rescinded. “I […]
Dialysis Patients In Telangana Hit Hard During #Corona Lockdown
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 […]
Nurses Body Move To Supreme Court On Health Staff Ill-Equipped Prone To Life Risk
After #KhabarLive published the report, the nurses body strongly moves to file a petition in Supreme Court for the justice and provisions. This is the direct impact of news report. A 3.8 lakh-strong nurses’ association has approached the Supreme Court saying the government has not formulated a National Management Protocol for COVID-19 to address the […]