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Okhla Covid Helpline 9971736222 floated by Dr Aqsa now live Okhla Covid Helpline 9971736222 is now live and attending to hundreds of patients call every day, wrote Dr Aqsa Shaikh on her timeline a few minutes ago. Dr Aqsa, who is the brain behind this project, wrote: “Our Okhla Covid Helpline is now live and we are taking your calls. Drop a WhatsApp message with your name on 9971736222 or simply call this number. “A doctor will call you back in 1 hour and provide prescription if needed. Get information on chemist shops, available beds, testing sites and more! “This…
Okhla activist whose life was saved by Maulana Wahiduddin Khan pays tribute to renowned Islamic scholar The news of death of renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, who was admitted in ICU of Apollo Hospital in Okhla, after testing positive for Covid a few days ago, has left many shocked. Within minutes the virtual world was flooded with condolences with many paying rich tributes to the Padma Vibhushan awardee and renowned Islamic scholar who breathed his last a few minutes ago on Wednesday. A message surfaced on Maulana Wahiduddin’s Facebook page with 1.5 million followers that the Maulana has died.…
Novelist Tabassum battling cancer dies 24 hours after journalist husband succumbs to pneumonia attack The story of novelist Tabassum Fatema who died from cancer 24 hours after her journalist husband succumbed to pneumonia attack has broken hearts of many in Okhla. Senior journalist AU Asif, who knows the family very well, told the OT over phone that the incident has left him and others devastated in the Urdu journalist circle. It was on April 19 that Musharraf Alam Zauqi, former group Editor, Urdu Rashtriya Sahara, a well-known fiction and script writers and novelists of his time and a versatile genius…
Covid-19 patients at home in Okhla struggle to get oxygen as Delhi gasps for oxygen Please do something as I need an oxygen cylinder on very urgent basis. This message landed in the OT inbox at 10:30 pm this morning. This is not the only message that has been doing in the virtual world since the Covid-19 2nd wave infected many people in India with Delhi logging the biggest spike of new 28,395 coronavirus cases and a positivity rate of over 32 per cent in the last 24 hours, according to the data released by the Delhi Government’s health department…
Direct more oxygen supply to Delhi: Sisodia to Centre Sisodia said: “We have been reiterating that the hospitals in Delhi do not have enough Oxygen supply for patients. We have been constant with our communication to the Central Government regarding the same. The most important issue is that the quota decided by Central Government for oxygen supply in Delhi is not enough due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. “Delhi does not make its own oxygen, there is a limited supply of oxygen and State Governments do not have any control over oxygen supply, it is controlled by Central Government.…
Meet Shaheen Bagh resident Waseem, ‘oxygen man’, who saved life of a Covid patient (video) It was early morning and after finishing his Fajr prayer after eating his sehri, Shaheen Bagh resident Muhammad Waseem Ali was getting ready to hit the bed and it was then that he received a call from an unknown number. The man introduced himself as ambulance driver urging Waseem for oxygen cylinder. The driver said as he was carrying a patient from Saket and was just left with five minutes of oxygen so he needed oxygen urgently. The driver’s plea moved Waseem, who asked the…
How many bodies being buried in Shaheen Bagh graveyard daily? Gravedigger opens up With Delhi recording its highest single-day spike with 28,395 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday and 277 coronavirus-related deaths many residents are concerned about Okhlaiites getting infected with the virus. Though exact number of people who tested Covid positive or died of the disease in Okhla is not known, residents have been continuously posting and sharing information in the virtual world about the need for oxygen or plasma for their near and dear one. Residents said since Wednesday’s morning they saw five bodies being taken to Shaheen Bagh…
Veteran former Jamia magazines Editor Shahid Ali Khan, 89, is no more, writes ÀU ASIF. Shahid Ali Khan, a legendary nonagenarian former editor, Jamia Millia Islamia’s most famous book review magazine “kitab numa” and popular house hold children magazine “pyaame taaleem”, and manager, Maktaba Jamia Ltd, suffering from multiple diseases breathed his last at 5 am on April 2021 at his residence in Zaidi apartments Okhla Head. According to his youngest son Maajid Ali Khan, the end came peacefully this early morning amidst close relatives. He left behind two sons, one in the Gulf and daughter, living at Aligarh. His…
Miscreants tried to attack me with blade in Abul Fazal Enclave, friend save me: NDTV journalist Munne Bharti Okhla-based NDTV journalist and activist Munne Bharti tweeted a few hours ago about miscreants’ bid to attack him with a blade at Nai Basti in Jamia Nagar today. Replying to his post, DCP South East Delhi tweeted: “ACP NFC has been directed to look into the matter.” “कुछ बदमाशों ने मुझपर जामियानगर के नई बस्ती (पुलिस बूथ) के पास मेरा मास्क खींच कर चेहरे पर बिलेट से हमला करने ही वाले थे की गुजर रहे @shoaibJamei ने जान बचाई, SHO शाहीन बाग़…
Shaheen Bagh activists come forward to help Covid patients get oxygen As reports surfaced in Delhi about serious oxygen crisis in Delhi and with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urging the Center to urgently provide oxygen to Delhi with some hospitals left with just a few hours of oxygen, some Shaheen Bagh-based activists have come forward and said they will provided all help to Covid patients to get oxygen. Activist Sharib Hassan told the OT over phone that the team Sewa is at work to help and provide oxygen to the needy. He said the team will offer oxygen cylinder…