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The unaffordable & inadequate health facilities in Delhi may lead to ?

The unaffordable & inadequate health facilities in Delhi, at this rate of exponential growth of #COVID19, may lead to, a Dozen more crematoriums, as Pvt hospitals are unaffordable & Govt has nothing for the common man on the name of health facilities.

War Footing efforts required now, to treat #COVID19 positive cases in Delhi.

12th June 2020

MOST URGENT

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal

CM, Delhi.

Subject: War Footing efforts required now, to treat #COVID19 positive cases in Delhi.

Dear Sir,

Please go through the #COVID19 treatment charges displayed at Max Hospital. We have got the snap-on WhatsApp. If these are the Actual charges, just think about the ordinary & common persons living in this city. How an ordinary person can pay such exorbitant charges to get the treatment of #COVID19?

May we again request you with the folded hands to please put a CAP on these charges on the NO PROFIT NO LOSS basis, so that it becomes affordable for all. It is a #Pandemic, & in our opinion, no one can be allowed to encash such a situation. No one can be allowed to mint money out of a Notified Disaster.

Moreover, the other facilities being arranged by you in various hotels such as 3 - 4 - 5 Star hotels, must also be CAPPED at Rs 3 - 4 - 5 thousand per day as at this crucial juncture, there are no travelers, no visitors, and all the hotels are vacant. The CAPPED charges as above will be more than sufficient to cover their costs.

Similarly, the ordinary hotels at Karol Bagh, Pahar Ganj areas must also be CAPPED at Rs 1 - 2 thousand per day. Similarly, all the schools, colleges, community centers, Banquet halls, stadiums can be offered to the masses as FREE BEDS or can be CAPPED at a maximum charge of Rs 500 per day.

As a result, all the classes of residents can be affordably accommodated at respective locations.

Moreover, you must also critically look after the facilities at Delhi Government hospitals. You, yourself have stated that with over 5.50 Lakh positive cases, we may require over 1,50,000 beds, by July end, as well as the suitable number of Ventilators, Oxygen concentrators as well as PPE kits, etc. The present stories related to LNJP hospital are horrible.

Please act on WAR FOOTING now with the support of one & all, else the situation will be out of control soon. Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee & other similar bodies, can be requested to arrange food for the Quarantine centers in Delhi. 

All the Doctors practicing in Delhi can be requested to offer a FREE SERVICE of 2 - 3 hours a day, at various Quarantine centers, to support the cause. RWAs, MTAs, NGOs, can be asked to organize the schools & community centers of their respective areas. 

Suitable training must be provided to all the concerned, to meet any critical situation as our only aim must be to save the precious lives of our residents.

Must also seriously consider the Lockdown in full or in part at least, to check the rapid increase of the coronavirus cases in Delhi. It has created a Panic all over the city.

Please look into it & must act wisely. We already have over 2,100 deaths out of the 30 - 35 thousand positive cases so far. In case we reach 5.50 Lakh positive cases by July End, & move forward towards a PEAK by the 15th August, we may have to face a large number of casualties as the medical facilities, in any case, will remain inadequate. We must try to avoid any such situation in the National Capital. 

Assuring the best of Co-operation & Attention.

With best regards,

B S Vohra

President,

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation

www.RWABhagidari.com

CC to LG SAAB, DY CM, Dr. HarshVarshan, Mr. Satyender Jain & BCC to Media friends.

#COVID19 treatment for Delhiites only OR open for all ?

We are just talking about the #covid19 treatment in Delhi, which is a #pandemic while the city is already facing a huge lot of patients every day.

The city with over 2 cr population has quite insufficient health facilities. The general impression is that beds & ventilators are not available even for the Delhiites and we get so many messages in this regard. 

In such a case if #covid19 treatment is opened for all in Delhi hospitals, the already insufficient health facilities will worsen further. 

Now the option is ours to first try to save our local residents from #coronavirus or let our neighborhood friends also join the queue at our cost. 

Very typical issue. Being the National capital, it must remain open for all. But the crux of the discussion is that it should not be allowed at the cost of the lives of residents of Delhi & they must get at least some priority over others.

However, the newly launched Delhi Corona App showed yesterday that many beds & ventilators were still available, and in case this data is genuine, a part of these health facilities can be offered to the outsider critical patients also so that no precious life is lost anywhere. 

Though the App is showing very shocking results today. It says that GTB hospital with 1500 Beds has only 10 Ventilators and 8 already occupied. Similarly, LN 47/64, RGSSH 40/45, SJH 67/69, Apollo 18/18, MDCT 10/10, Batra 11/11, Max 6/8, Fortis 3/3, Manipal 2/2, Moolchand 2/2 & NHI 3/3 are already occupied, which clearly means, inadequate health facilities in the National Capital.

Thanks,

B S Vohra
President,
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
www.RWABhagidari.com

Our observations on the Corona Delhi App !

Our observations on the Corona Delhi App: 

1. It's a nice App with a huge lot of information. But truly speaking most of the information is already available on Google. We can just say that it has been consolidated here to check it with ease, especially the availability of beds & ventilators.

2. In case one has a severe Emergency and want to reserve a bed or a ventilator, its not at all possible with this App. We can not communicate with any of the hospitals directly. So no chance of getting any help in a dire emergency. The WhatsApp health help line is just an automated text sharing mechanism & no more. In our opinion, it is not up to anywhere near our expectations. All of us know very well that how the telephones are picked & answered in our system.

3. It may show a few available beds at the peak period but by the time a patient could reach the spot, he may find nothing available. We had thought that we will be able to communicate directly with each & every hospital, could forward a request and could get the confirmation before reaching the spot. But nothing of that kind is possible through this App.

4. Delhi Government must look into it and add the interactive features to give some real relief to the patients as huge rush is expected in the coming days, due to the spread of #covid19 in Delhi.

5. Moreover, the official platform has been used to promote Private hospitals, who have got a grand opportunity to mint huge money out of this #pandemic, by way of enquiries generated through this App. They are already demanding huge sums as deposits before the admission and those with lesser or no money are being refused entry.

6. In return, Delhi Government has not even imposed any restriction on the charges to be collected, no capping @BEP (No Profit No Loss) has been done to give a relief to the #coronavirus patients. The Corporate hospitals can't be allowed to encash a Notified disaster.

7. The Corona Delhi App must mention the Maximum amount that can be charged by each Private hospital very clearly, else a patient who reaches there in Emergency may feel harassed while making the payment, as these hospitals do huge markups on everything, including the consumables, PPE kits, etc. 

8. Honestly speaking, this App clearly shows the inadequacy of health facilities in the National Capital. If we exclude the money-minting Private hospitals or the Hospitals under the Central Government, there is not much available in Delhi to combat the deadly virus. 

9. Delhi Government must take immediate measures to improve significantly, its own health facilities, beds, ventilators in the Govt sector, as the Medical facilities at the Government hospitals are quite inadequate, & an ordinary person can not afford treatment at these Private hospitals.

10. Delhi Government has tried to display a rosy picture by reducing the Corona positive cases a day ago. This has been done by reducing the Tests by almost 38%. The government must avoid such a mechanism to display the wrong picture to the masses, as such techniques won't check the spread of the #coronavirus in Delhi.

Thanks,

B S Vohra

President,

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

www.RWABhagidari.com

But where are the missing corona positive active cases of Delhi ?

We just want to know that as on 28th May 2020, how the 1422 corona positive patients of Delhi are missing in the Delhi Govt Health Bulletin? 

These persons are included in the Total Active cases of Delhi, but not yet admitted to the COVID Hospitals. They are not at the CHC. They are not at the CCC and they are not visible even in the list of Home isolation cases. 

Surprisingly, if these 1422 persons are active corona positive cases, why they are not visible in any of the official categories as stated above? So my question is that where these 1422 persons have gone missing? 

Does it mean they are not yet getting any treatment? 

Does it mean they are still out of the boundaries of being under quarantine? 

Does it mean they might be spreading the virus at the location, wherever they are presently located? 

And does it mean are they really alive or gone missing forever? 


So, does it mean, the figures are the fabricated ones & the truth is being hidden by the vested interests?

On the 17th of May, the figure was 655, 18th 626, 19th 817; 20th 968, 21st 727, 22nd 888, 23rd 851, 24th 717, 25th 933, 26th 723, 27th May 1088, and on 28th May, the figure was 1422 persons. 

But how it is possible that even after inclusion in the list of Active Positive Corona cases of Delhi, they are not getting any treatment? Even if Beds are not available, Home isolation is an open option now.

We had shared similar data on 15th May 2020 also, and the fresh data is being shared again for certain clarifications, remained unanswered so far. 

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B S Vohra
President,
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
www.RWABhagidari.com

Please don't treat RWAs as an enemy !

The residents who don't enter politics, form the RWAs to serve the Civil Society. Members include Doctors, Engineers, CAs, Lawyers, etc. We too have all the educated brains while we criticize Govt policies. Please stop treating RWAs as an Enemy.

B S Vohra

President,

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

www.RWABhagidari.com

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