Mumbai police EOW arrests Sanjay Raut's associate Sujit Patkar in COVID centre 'scam'BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, who had filed the original complaint about the alleged scam in the running of Jumbo COVID centres, also posted a ...
17 Aug, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
COVID-19 jumbo centres 'scam': ED surveys Mumbai civic body's Central Purchase DeptThe Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted a survey at the Mumbai civic body's Central Purchase Department in connection with a prob...
22 Jun, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
Mumbai civic body rejects allegation of 'scam' in setting up of jumbo COVID-19 centresBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya had alleged irregularities in setting up COVID-19 centres by the country's richest civic ...
22 Jan, 2023, 01.42 PM IST
BMC to close Jumbo COVID centres as cases dip in Mumbai"In the first phase the COVID Jumbo Centers of Dahisar, Nesco Center Goregaon and Kanjurmarg were closed and now the remaining 5 centres wh...
29 Jul, 2022, 12.17 PM IST
Omicron scare: 1,000 travellers from African nations landed in Mumbai in last 15 days; 100 tested, says BMCSwab samples were collected of at least 100 travellers out of the 466 whose list was received so far, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's ...
30 Nov, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
BMC’s plan for third COVID-19 wave: Use jumbo units, don’t disrupt non-Covid operationsJumbo centres, including NESCO in Goregaon and Richardson and Cruddas in Byculla, and dedicated Covid Hospital SevenHills in Marol will be ...
12 Jul, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
1 lakh healthcare support workers to be trained by AugustThe training would include basic patient management, medical equipment operation, sample collection, diagnostics, hospital floor handling, ...
26 May, 2021, 07.38 AM IST
Third wave action plan: Focus on green channel for drugs, local oxygen, hospital careThe Centre’s Empowered Groups have identified three key areas — oxygen supply localisation, green channel for drug supplies and hospital re...
23 May, 2021, 07.28 AM IST
Government plans coronavirus care units near oxygen producing plantsThe plants at Vijayanagar and Dolvi are operated by Jindal Steel and the one at Hazira is run by AM/NS steels, a joint venture of ArcelorMi...
01 May, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
Celebs to blame for bed shortage at Mumbai hospitals: Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh"Some celebrities from the film industry and cricketers had mild symptoms or were asymptomatic, but they got themselves admitted to major p...
13 Apr, 2021, 01.51 PM IST
COVID-19 spike: Three jumbo hospitals to come up in Mumbai in the next six weeksThe step has been taken to make more beds available for the needy patients by shifting those who have recovered substantially to the CCC2 f...
12 Apr, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
COVID-19: Dose shortage hits vaccination drive in MumbaiAccording to the sources, as many as 75 of the 120 centres, mainly at private hospitals, suspended vaccination on Friday morning due to una...
09 Apr, 2021, 06.36 PM IST
With Maharashtra reeling under second wave, Covid patients having a hard time finding bedsLast week, a Mumbai municipal corporation doctor suffering from Covid-19 could not get a bed and had to be admitted to a private hospital f...
06 Apr, 2021, 10.59 AM IST
Lung damage shows coronavirus hasn’t lost sting: DoctorsDoctors at SevenHills Hospital in Andheri have treated a 40-year-old who went from mildly symptomatic to high oxygen dependence in four day...
23 Mar, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
Mumbai power outage: BMC assures city hospitals have backup, non-essential work put on holdA major power grid failure hit the power supply in most parts of Mumbai on Monday morning. Adani electricity said that its teams are workin...
12 Oct, 2020, 02.32 PM IST
Uncontrolled spread: Maharashtra sees 18,105 Covid-19 cases in a dayThere have been many cases of Covid-infected patients losing their lives for not getting proper care on time. On Wednesday, a journalist di...
04 Sep, 2020, 07.35 AM IST
As Covid-19 rages, Mumbai ramps up health infrastructureData released by the state public health department on Sunday on dedicated Covid hospitals showed the city’s oxygen-supported beds and isol...
25 May, 2020, 01.49 PM IST