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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…
Prabir Purkayastha
COVID-19: Airborne Transmission and What Figures in Mumbai and Delhi Reveal
26 Jun 2020
Both Delhi and Mumbai have a ratio of infections to test numbers that are high, in the range of 25-30% in the last two weeks, which means that they need to ramp up testing.
Neelambaran A
COVID-19: TN Govt Back-pedals After Recruitment Firm Accused of Demanding Bribe from Applicants
18 Jun 2020
The government had roped in ‘Gentleman HR Recruitment Company’ to fill the vacancies in the state capital.
Peoples Dispatch
French Health Workers Hit the Streets, Demand Government to Save Public Health System
18 Jun 2020
Successive governments in France have weakened the public health care system through systematic underfunding and neglect.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
PPE Prices High in Private Hospitals, Govt Hospitals Face Shortage
12 Jun 2020
Since the pandemic spread, India has witnessed protests and complaints by healthcare workers from the public sector about shortage and poor quality of PPE kits.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: Medical Experts Question Kejriwal’s Decision to Not Test Asymptomatic Patients
06 Jun 2020
The CM’s announcement that such testing will overwhelm the medical infrastructure has raised serious concerns about the government’s preparedness to deal with the pandemic.
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.
Subodh Varma
COVID-19: Uncertain and Distressed, India Awaits Wiser Leadership
28 May 2020
COVID-19 is relentlessly spreading, the lockdown which was meant to contain it continues in its 64th day, and the government is desperately trying to contain the damage its own muddled policies…
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.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Women Struggle to Access Maternity Care in Delhi, Organisations Write to Govt
08 May 2020
The letter recommended that a mechanism be set up for coordination between hospitals under the Central government, Delhi government, and Municipal Corporations for providing care to pregnant women.