1 + @ #$+#A #A A VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# 56!7'#5 &"01)2 2324 2567 '3208 $ D '56 E'5 :578 45: 85 N 4E G ( 87 >878E6877 57'874;6 >'; 7>'> 456 : 684>7;6 <&.0,</:D:; 8 '57 84 % 84 G : 4'8: 8 : ' 48% :' 5': 4 'E5: > (89 E6 7 '43<. 55& 3<= B # 5 #$ ( 1(+*+*89 02. ( # " R$ !" 45657'8 admit such cases in the future. "R % “Fever and coughing nly five per cent of patients would fall under mild symp- " $ Oaffected by Covid-19 toms. If a person’s breathing require hospitalisation, Indian rate is more than 15 counts in +, - Council of Medical Research a minute, it indicates moderate Director-General Balram Covid-19 infection whereas Bhargava said on March 22. over 30 breathing counts in a 33 45657'8 The Union Health minute would fall into the Ministry slightly revised the severe category,” the Delhi elhi Chief Minister Arvind figure on May 21. At a Press Health Minister said at a Press DKejriwal on Sunday briefing, Joint Secretary in the conference on Saturday. announced that the hospitals Health Ministry Lav Agarwal It’s shocking that the hos- run by the Delhi Government said out of the total number of pitals kept admitting such cases and private entities will only active Covid-19 cases in the when the Union Health treat Delhiites during the coro- country, 6.39 per cent needed Ministry on May 14 issued a set navirus crisis while the city’s + & / 05 6 % * hospital support. Out of these, of revised discharge guidelines borders will be reopened from + $ %, about 2.94 per cent needed which said Covid-19 patients Monday. oxygen support, three per cent with mild and moderate symp- Addressing an online want Delhi hospitals to treat The Delhi Government intense care units (ICU), and toms need not be tested before media briefing, Kejriwal said patients from the national hospitals have around 10,000 0.45 per cent required ventila- discharge. the hospitals run by the Centre Capital during the coronavirus beds while the Centre-run hos- tor support. The guidelines said all mild will have no such restriction, pandemic. pitals have almost the same On June 6, Delhi had a $ &' # # ) * + $ %, and moderately-ill patients and if the people from other “Hence, it has been decid- number of beds, Kejriwal said, 27,654 active cases. If we go by should be discharged without states come to the national cap- ed that Government and pri- adding that it will strike a bal- the ICMR assessment of five coronavirus patients were health institutions as on Friday. A senior official of the testing from hospital 10 days ital for specific surgeries, they vate hospitals in Delhi will ance and protect the interest of per cent hospitalisation admitted in hospitals across Of them, 12 patients, consti- ICRM told The Pioneer on the after onset of symptoms — if can get medical treatment at only treat patients from the those belonging to the nation- requirement, Delhi should Maharashtra on Friday last tuting less than 0.6 per cent of phone that 5-6 per cent hospi- there is no fever and no oxygen private hospitals. national Capital,” Kejriwal said. al Capital and other States as need around 1,400 beds. If we when the total number of cases the total active cases, are crit- talisation is a universal trend. support needed for three days. The announcement comes The Chief Minister had last well. follow the national trend of in the State stood at 80,000. It ically ill and have been put on He felt that throwing the hos- In the case of the severely ill a day after a five-member panel week sought views of the peo- Continued on Page 6 hospitalisation of 6.3 per cent, means around 20 per cent of the ventilator and oxygen sup- pitals open for all patients was patients, negative testing is constituted by the AAP ple in Delhi on the issue, while then Delhi should need around the patient required hospitali- port. the reason behind the highly must after clinical recovery. Government suggested that announcing the decision to 1,700 beds. sation in Maharashtra. The reports from these inflated figures in these Before these guidelines, the health infrastructure of close the city’s borders. On June 5, Delhi Health In Mumbai, which had affected States make a mockery States. two consecutive negative tests the city should be used only for “Delhi’s health infrastruc- . % # Minister Satyendra Jain 37,500 positive cases on Friday, of the ICMR estimate of the “It’s not for me to comment within 24 hours was a must treating Delhiites in view of the ture is needed to tackle the claimed that Delhi has 5,000 of the total bed capacity of hospitalisation requirement. on this issue. Hospital author- before a patient could be dis- raging Covid-19 crisis. coronavirus crisis at the +' hospital beds, nearly six times 9,092 in dedicated units, 8,570 The figures also show that in all ities will better speak about it. charged. Till March, all the hospitals moment,” Kejriwal said on more than what the State beds were occupied whereas of these three States, four to five But I do feel that not all cases It’s obvious that Delhi hos- of Delhi were open to all. The Sunday. /#0 required, going by the assess- the 1,097 ICU beds, except 20 times more patients have land- require hospitalisation. In Japan pitals willfully flouted the residents of Delhi never denied There are around 40 Delhi ments of the ICMR and Health all beds were occupied. In ed in hospital as against the and several other counties, Healthy Ministry’s discharge treatment to any person ever, Government-run hospitals in New Delhi: Two days after an Ministry. That raised the all- addition, 378 patients were on national average. they never admitted mild or policy because they treated the the Chief Minister said, adding the national Capital including FIR was filed against Sir important questions: Why ventilators. That means around What could explain such a asymptomatic cases in hospi- Covid-19 pandemic as a wind- that at any given time nearly LNJP Hospital, GTB Hospital Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) crowding in the hospitals when 10,600 hospitalisations, which mad rush to hospitals in the last tals. Why are we doing it in fall. That’s why States such as 60-70 per cent of patients in and Rajiv Gandhi Super for allegedly violating Covid- so many beds are on offer? comes to more than 30 per cent few weeks? Panic of the India?” he asked. Maharashtra, Kerala, and Tamil Delhi hospitals are from other Speciality Hospital. 19 regulation norms, sources Now take the case of of the confirmed cases. patients, the greed of hospitals, Not surprisingly, the Delhi Nadu have fixed a cap on the States. Among the major Centre- at the facility on Sunday said Mumbai. According to a daily In Haryana, around 30 per connivance between labs and Government has directed hos- fees the hospitals could charge “Nearly 7.5 lakh people run hospitals in the city are there was a “clerical mistake” Covid-19 report published by cent of the total Covid-19 hospitals, and a possible under- pitals to discharge all mild and from the patients for their stay. have sent their suggestions to RML Hospital, AIIMS and and the matter is “being sort- the State Government, 16,801 patients were admitted in 12 reporting of cases. asymptomatic patients and not Continued on Page 6 us and over 90 per cent people Safdarjung Hospital. ed out”. R 45657'8 0<&-2< ,&/./ ,-&,3= ! ndia’s Covid-19 caseload 4 ,3&.02 121 3.&--- Izooms past 2.50 lakh on P Sunday, a week after crossing 10&-,. 10+ 3/&--- "#$ the 1.75 lakh milestone, as %! 1/&/-2 3&1=-3,&.=, !"#$!% ! new infections touched 10,770 :! 3/&<-- 1,-2&2<= %" and 261 deaths in the last 24 # hours. India at 2,57,392 is now 3/&<,. 12<.&30< $# the sixth worst affected coun- +(,-(./+ -&=/3 =31.&,,3 45657'8 % try by the coronavirus pan- 6 > 0&302 ,-.,&,/, demic with over 7,207 total -(+*- nion Home Minister and # # &' deaths. + <&<=1 .31&3,1 Uformer BJP president Amit ' (! While Maharashtra con- > <&/2/ ,/1&=/< Shah on Sunday launched the #$L M tinues to hold the tag of the =&.<- 2<1&..- poll campaign for the year-end badly-affected State, recording 0(+.(121 Bihar Assembly polls address- + 3,007 new cases and 91 deaths ' =&==0 103&=2= ing a political rally via video taking the total count to 85,975, 9? =&/02 =33&13. conference and slammed the -. / 0$ 1 2 $ 3 including 37,390 discharges 0(+)(.+2 ,&.</ 3,23&2=1 Opposition for doing politics and 3060 deaths, Jammu & over the migrants’ crisis in the 4 * + $ %, &$!'% # Kashmir, for the first time ; 1&0<. 333&0-= country in the wake of the ! ! reported highest spike of 620 coronavirus pandemic. their leader Tejashwi Yadav The former BJP president # # # more Covid-19 cases on including 17125 active cases, the number of active cases in Madhya Pradesh recorded Shah claimed that his dubbed as the ruling party’s cel- started his address by saying, & Sunday, 37 from Jammu divi- 10999 recovered/dis- the state to 1,095. 803 persons 9,228 cases with 399 death address has nothing to do with ebration of the devastation “This virtual rally has nothing ,- # # sion & 583 from Kashmir divi- charged/migrated & 812 have recovered in the state so while 93 new fresh cases and Bihar elections but was just caused by Covid-19 and the to do with Bihar poll campaign, # sion.