BMC conducts vaccination drive at Beggars’ Home & Social Equity Centre in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, June 5: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday completed vaccination of 68 inmates of ‘Ekamra Nilaya’, the Beggars’ Home, situated at K8 area of Kalinga Nagar under South West Zone of BMC. Special group vaccination in on priority basis of BMC with instructions of Commissioner Sri Sanjay Kumar Singh. The drive here started […]

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Youth gets new lease of life at SUM COVID-19 Hospital 

Bhubaneswar, June 4: The atmosphere of gloom caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has been impacting life everywhere, but aided by good treatment, many patients are battling the disease valiantly to ensure a new lease of life fort themselves. Twenty-year-old Pratiksh Kadambalu of Muniguda in Rayagada district, a Plus-III student, was rushed to the SUM Covid […]

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BMC provides vaccines to urban homeless in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, June 4: Empowering special groups with jabs against COVID-19, The Bhubaneawar Municipal Corporation (BMC), under its continuing inclusive strategy, on Friday provided vaccination for inmates of Shelter for Urban Homeless (SUHs) across the Capital City. The drive started with the directives from BMC Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Singh to cover the special category of citizens. […]

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Odisha CM sanctions Rs 67.52 lakh more from CMRF to feed stray animals in 3rd phase

Bhubaneswar, June 3, 2021: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned an amount of Rs 67,52,000 from Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for stray animals in urban areas in the State, said an official release. This amount will be used to feed stray animals during the extended lockdown period, said a Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) statement. […]

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Naveen writes to all Chief Ministers for consensus on centralised procurement of COVID-19 vaccines by Centre

Bhubaneswar, June 2: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday wrote to all Chief Ministers for a consensus on centralised procurement of COVID-19 vaccines by Government of India in view of the challenges faced by States. He also spoke to some Chief Ministers who shared his views. “No State is safe unless all States adopt vaccination […]

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Odisha asks Centre for procuring COVID-19 vaccines for State at country-level

Bhubaneawar, June 1: Odisha Government on Tuesday requested the Centre for procuring COVID-19 vaccines for the State, at country-level, as the global vaccine manufacturers have asked for resolution of indemnity issues with Central Government only. In a letter to Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, State Health Minister Naba Kishore Das said that no State […]

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Dharmendra inaugurates 270 Bedded Oxygenated COVID Care Centre at JSPL in Odisha’s Angul 

Angul, June 1: Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dedicated the COVID Care Centre at Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) Plant Angul, Odisha in the presence of Odisha Health & Family Welfare Minister Naba Kisore Das and JSPL’s Chairman Naveen Jindal. Sambalpur MP Nitesh Ganga Deb, Chhendipada […]

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SUM Ultimate successfully treats black fungus case

Bhubaneswar, May 31: A 44-year-old man, suffering from black fungus, was treated at SUM Ultimate Medicare, with doctors opting for the surgical route with success. The man from Ganjam district was infected with COVID-19 and had received treatment at the SUM Covid Hospital for ten days before being discharged. A diabetic, he was treated with […]

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COVID-19: ECoR carries 2600 tonnes of oxygen through Oxygen Express Trains

Bhubaneawar, May 31: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has taken up the lead role for transportation of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) in a major way for saving lives of COVID-19 patients and till today, it has carried 2600.02 tons of LMO from different steel plants of its jurisdiction towards different States, said an official release. […]

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Khimji Foundation donates 60 beds to BMC for COVID Care Centers in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, May 31: The Khimji Foundation, the philanthropic wing of the city-based Jewellery chain, Khimji Jewellers, on Monday donated 60 beds with mattresses, pillows and other accessories and 60 bedside units under its CSR commitment to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its effort to help and strengthen the civic body’s fight against the COVID-19 […]

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