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Al Shifa Hospital to set up 50-bed field hospital for Covid patients, ties up with Aster Volunteers For Okhla residents, who had been complaining over lack of Covid beds in Al-Shifa Hospital after the second coronavirus wave hit India hard, the good news is that Abul Fazal Enclave hospital is girding up to set up a 50-bed temporary hospital to treat financially weak and disadvantaged patients in need of critical care. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY However, how soon the beds will be set…

I will miss my mother: A magnanimous soul with deep compassion A daughter pays tributes to her mother Asghari Begum: 15 November, 1951-28 April, 2021. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY My mother, a magnanimous soul with deep compassion for the underprivileged, who would ensure that the entire family, the servants (and some would add even the birds that came to her balcony) were fed before she would partake of her food — that was my mother, writes Naila Anjum. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs…

Environmentalist Ranjit tests Covid positive, hospitalised Environmentalist and journalist Ranjit Devraj was hospitalised today days after testing Covid positive, according to a family friend. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He said after testing positive, Ranjit was in home isolation but his health deteriorated as he complained of breathing problem and was rushed to Holy Family Hospital a few hours ago where he is stable. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  Ranjit has…

This Okhla-based journalist’s post ‘Alvida Daddy’ breaks netizens’ hearts It was 19 hour ago when Okhla-based journalist Asad Ashraf’s post on his timeline Alvida Daddy broke netizens’ hearts. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY It was only two days ago, when Ashraf wrote this on his timeline: “Urgently need an ICU bed for my father in Patna. My mother is still struggling to live with her oxygen without support being at 85-88, it’s now my father whose oxygen saturation level has started to dip to…

Delhi’s positivity rate has come down to 31.76: Jain  Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain addresses a number of concerns in light of the pandemic, including vaccination drive, declining positivity rate, and the supply maintenance of oxygen and oxygen beds. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY He stated that the positivity rate has been declining is a certain ray of hope for the government. Jain said four days ago, the positivity rate in Delhi had touched the 35% mark, which has come down to 31.76 %…

Kejriwal for strengthening home isolation system Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal convened a meeting on Thursday with the health officials on the situation of Corona in Delhi. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY In the meeting, Kejriwal deliberated on the plan to increase the number of oxygen beds in the coming days, along with strengthening the home isolation system in Delhi. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  Dy CM and Nodal Minister Manish Sisodia,…

Zakir Nagar Coucillor Shoaib Danish brother Md Saleh, 60, who was hospitalised in Al Shifa for days, passed away on Thursday at 10 am, according to family relative Farman. SPONSORED: 2 Batla House–based entrepreneurs launch alkhadim app so that you can shop from comfort of your house  He will be laid to rest at Batla House graveyard after asar prayer, he said. He has left behind three children, two sons and a daughter. DEVELOPING REPORT

Al-Shifa Hospital to have its own Rs 80 lakh oxygen plant Abul Fazal Enclave-based Al-Shifa Hospital is to have its own oxygen plant soon, according to a reliable source. However, when asked about the deadline, the source didn’t give any fix time saying the plants going to cost the hospital Rs 80 lakh. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY After the second wave and Delhi feeling the heat following oxygen crisis which was also accepted by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, reports surfaced that many…

Started 3-day special sanitation, plastic removal drive: South Zone In order to ensure sanitation during Covid-19 period, SDMC’S South Zone today started 3-day long Special Sanitation and Plastic Removal Drive which will end on April 30. During the drive, focus will be to improve sanitation condition of green belts, central verges of ker roads/stretches, road sides and vacany plots in all the wards coming under South Zone. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY In this special sanitation drive, a total of 42 roads/stretches measuring a…

Jamia students step in to bring free cooked food to Covid-hit people With Delhi feeling the heat of Covid-19 and many cases surfacing in Okhla and Jamia Millia Islamia, some people, including students of Jamia, have started providing cooked meals to patients and their family members at their doorsteps. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SURVIVE. DONATE RS 100, 500, 1K OR MORE TO SAVE COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: JUST CLICK TO PAY One such effort has been launched by SSF Jamia. BA final year student Ashraf told the OT through virtual world that they are providing free food for students from Jamia,…