Mandeep Kaur Narula

Covid-19: Implement new discharge policy to reduce load on hospitals: Docs to govt

The doctors believe that asymptomatic patients can be home quarantined for 14 days or can be isolated in Covid-19 care centres so that they can focus on severe cases in hospitals

GMCH Amritsar jam-packed, new patients being admitted to charitable hospital

The district has witnessed a hike of 1,857% in Covid-19 cases in just a week with its tally jumping to 274 cases till Thursday.

Covid testing takes a hit in Amritsar as 20 lab staffers home quarantined

After a 28-year old lab attendant tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, 20 other staff members were sent for home quarantine for the week. In their absence, testing at GMCH dipped 85% and samples are piling up rapidly.

Health dept takes nearly a day to admit 76 patients in Amritsar hospital

The health department took 21 hours to shift 76 Nanded-returned pilgrims who tested positive from their quarantine centres to the isolation ward of the Government Medical College and Hospital

Covid-19: NHM worker tests positive in Amritsar, accuses hospital authorities of not treating him

The 22-year-old NHM worker got infected while collecting samples of Nanded-returnees, says Amritsar civil surgeon

23 Nanded pilgrims test Covid-19 positive, dist tally up by 164% in a day

The pilgrims had reached Amritsar three days ago and were quarantined at the government’s centre. Their samples were sent to GMC and 23 pilgrims tested positive in confirmatory reports

Amritsar’s Covid war room reaches out to 1.80 lakh residents, clears 97%

6,505 people out of 1. 80 lakh who were contacted pressed wrong mobile buttons and gave wrong information, while only 11 needed medical help. However, only one of the 11 people was found to be Covid-19 positive

Amritsar GMCH to return 2,000 sub-standard PPE kits

Decision comes a day after DC ordered inquiry on complaints from hospital staff; hospital also launches its own probe

Amritsar DC orders inquiry into purchase of PPE kits for hospital

Doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff refused to use them, alleging that they were substandard and did not even include N-95 masks.

2 junior doctors get show-cause notice for skipping Covid-19 duties in Amritsar

Government Medical College principal had assigned the two doctors work at the viral research lab but they did not show up; asked to reply to Punjab govt in 48 hours

Fighting on frontline, junior doctors feel ‘discouraged’ by ‘meagre’ stipend

The junior doctors, who have been assigned duties in emergency wards and other departments of the hospitals where Covid-19 patients are undergoing treatment, said they are getting only Rs 300 per day even as the state government is paying Rs 750 per day to a private ward attendant

Fear of infection haunts waste collection staff in Amritsar

Employees of the biomedical waste management company say they are prone to getting infected as they collect around 40kg Covid-19 waste daily from Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar

Residents concerned as community spread danger lurks in Amritsar

The city has recorded 10 Covid-19 patients and two deaths to date

Gurbani singer dead, event he attended under scanner

Khalsa was referred to the Guru Nanak Dev Hospital on March 30 after he complained of breathlessness.

Padma Shri awardee Bhai Nirmal Singh dies after testing positive for Covid-19

The former hazoori ragi of Harmandar Sahib, a Padma Shri awardee, had attended a kirtan in Chandigarh on March 19 where over 100 people had gathered; Amritsar health authorities alert their Chandigarh counterparts

Lockdown effect: Drug supply dries up, addicts rush to Punjab OOAT clinics

SEEKING MEDICATION: Bathinda district sees tenfold jump in number of drug dependents getting registered at these centres since curfew was imposed in the state on March 23

Punjab’s first coronavirus patient recovers, discharged from Amritsar hospital

Hoshiarpur man back from Italy, who was diagnosed with Covid-19 on March 5, declared fit, leaves hospital away from public glare around 11pm on Thursday; asked to stay in home quarantine for the next few days and be in touch with doctors

4,600 people home-quarantined in Punjab’s Majha region

These people are either those who returned from coronavirus-hit countries — China, Iran, Italy, Korea, France, Germany and Spain — or their relatives and other people who came in contact with them

Coronavirus: Durgiana Temple, Amritsar, hires two private medical teams

Back from coronavirus-hit Spain, 11 Indians quarantined in Amritsar as preventive measure

Prohibitory orders imposed after family members of those quarantined protest against health department for unhygienic conditions at rehab centre

Amritsar, Patiala, Chandigarh labs get nod for preliminary testing of coronavirus

The Indian Council of Medical Research has authorised labs at Amritsar, Patiala and Chandigarh to conduct the preliminary E-Gene test for coronavirus patients

Amritsar medical college to start specialised COVID-19 test facility

Will set up RT-PCR test machine in 3-4 days; if authorised, there will be no need to sent samples to NIV, Pune, for conformation

Coronavirus alarm: 104 passengers travelling with Hoshiarpur father, son screened

10 crew members of Air India’s Delhi-Amritsar flight also screened; none show symptoms of Covid, says civil surgeon

After missing 4 deadlines, DAC project to be completed in August

It has been 7 years since the Punjab government had initiated the work on ₹98 crore district administrative complex (DCA), Amritsar, with the motive to accommodate both civil administration and police department under one roof, but the project is still lingering.

Amritsar smart city misses deadline for installing solar panels

The ₹10.40-crore rooftop solar panel project was scheduled to be completed by October 30. The ASCL officials, however, now expect to complete the project by December this year.

Punjab records highest malaria, swine flu cases in five years

1,062 malaria cases recorded this year against 624 cases last year while at 541, swine flu cases saw whooping jump with only 47 positive counts in 2018

Pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib: Special camps for passport seekers post surge in applications

Tough norms for organisers this time in Amritsar, sale of Ravana effigies plummets

Work on campus of IIM Amritsar to begin from October 7

The authorities will start the construction of much-awaited IIM campus soon after the groundbreaking ceremony on the 60-acre land allotted on the Amritsar-Jalandhar road at Manawala.

Swachh iconic places: Collective green and clean efforts at Golden Temple