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Ronak Chhabra
Haryana: ASHA Workers’ Demand for Risk Allowance Remains Unmet Even After Two Weeks Strike
22 Aug 2020
The workers union has also given a call to extend the strike till August 26 and gherao the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on that day when the state Assembly’s monsoon session is set to begin.
Newsclick Report
Janta Parliament: MPs, Health Activists Demand Right to Healthcare for All, Pass 18 Key Resolutions
17 Aug 2020
Kerala’s health minister, K.K. Shailaja, stressed on the need for strengthening public health systems and the decentralisation of power with a pro-people outlook.
Ronak Chhabra
Behind Scheme Workers’ Plight, ‘Undervaluation’ of Women’s Labour
08 Aug 2020
On August 8, the scheme workforce completed a two-day work strike, which the union leaders said they were ‘forced’ to, in a bid to press for demands including minimum wages and workers’ rights.
Newsclick Report
Govt Must Ensure Right to Healthcare for COVID and Non-COVID Patients: JSA and AIPSN
30 Jun 2020
On one hand, persons with symptoms of COVID-19 infection are being denied testing, while patients in need of critical healthcare services are being turned back unless they came with a COVID-19 test…
Newsclick Report
Lockdown Impact: Massive Fall in Hospitalisations Under PMJAY, Says Report
22 Jun 2020
Critical care like cancer treatment and essential services like institutional deliveries were worst hit by the lockdown.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Modi’s Stimulus Package for Health Has No Stimulus, Says JSA
05 Jun 2020
The statement also said that despite the hype created by PMJAY, the private sector has completely failed to respond to the crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Newsclick Report
Nearly 3,400 COVID-19 Reports Missing in MP, Alleges Jan Swasthya Abhiyan
26 May 2020
Citing state health department figures, the public health organisation pointed out massive discrepancies in the total number of tested patients and total received results.
Ayaskant Das
As Cases Mount, India Needs More Than Token Allocation for Tackling COVID-19
22 May 2020
The country’s total expenditure on healthcare in FY 2020 was a meagre 1.29% of its GDP taking into account the spending of both the Central and various state governments.
Ronak Chhabra
Delhi’s COVID-19 Fight Hits a Snag Due to Outsourced Ambulance Service
13 May 2020
Sources told NewsClick that according to an internal report prepared for May 13, only 83 ambulances were “call worthy” – meaning active – out of 300 total CATS ambulances in the national capital.
Ravi Kaushal
COVID-19: New Guidelines Say No Tests for Patients with Mild Symptoms Before Discharge, Experts Wary of Move
09 May 2020
‘It clearly shows that the government does not have enough test kits even today. It shows that it is avoiding repeat tests and wishes to save them for the future,’ said an expert.