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Maharashtra government asked all hospitals to use oxygen cylinders to Covid-19 patients due to shortage of ventilators. (AFP Photo)

Maha faces shortage of ventilators, asks hospitals to use oxygen tanks

The state health officials said that Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray conveyed the urgent need of ventilators in his...

22 Jun 2020 9:26 AM

Mumbais privately-run DY Patil Hospital slaps Rs 5 lakh bill for corona treatment. (PTI Photo)

Navi Mumbai hospital slaps Rs 5 lakh bill for corona treatment

As per the order, capped rates will apply to 80% of hospital beds, while the management can charge their own prices for...

21 Jun 2020 4:59 AM

A firefighter sprays disinfectant as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in a containment zone in Chennai on May 11, 2020. (AFP)

Coronavirus-hit Mumbai civic hospitals face 30 per cent crunch of...

Deputy executive health officer Dr Daksha Shah, however, clarified that they have started the recruitment procedure.

13 Jun 2020 8:05 AM

Cant do this alone: Docs of KEM Hospital after nurses strike

Can't do this alone: Docs of KEM Hospital after nurses' strike

The nurses at KEM hospital demanded shift timings to be reduced from eight to 10 hours to six to seven hours

3 Jun 2020 4:31 AM

Maharashtra PWD minister and former chief minister Ashok Chavan. (PTI Photo)

Ashok Chavan admitted to Mumbai's pvt hospital for covid treatment

He is the second cabinet minister to test positive after housing minister Jitendra Awhad was diagnosed last month.

26 May 2020 4:24 AM

Migrant worker who survived Auranagabad train tragedy traumatized by haunting images. (PTI Photo)

Migrant worker who survived Auranagabad train tragedy traumatized by...

Shivmaan Singh, a survivor of the train tragedy says that disturbing images of death of his companions were haunting him

10 May 2020 5:47 AM

File image of Arthur Road Jal. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Mumbai: 77 Covid-19 Arthur Road jail inmates shifted to Mahul

The 77 had tested positive after coming in contact with an infected cook.

9 May 2020 5:15 AM

Health workers wearing protective suits screen resident of Kumbharwada during a house-to-house health survey, after detection of some COVID-19 positive cases, during the nationwide lockdown, at Dharavi in Mumbai. PTI photo

Covid-19 pandemic: Maharashtra records highest single day jump in...

Notably, although the cases are rising, the mortality rate in Maharashtra is dipping.

2 May 2020 4:02 AM

A medic takes samples for a coronavirus test in the containment zone of Kurla in Mumbai on April 11, 2020. (PTI)

Mumbai stares at medical crisis as nearly 100 frontline workers test...

With some hospitals being sealed off, hundreds of beds have fallen into disuse in hotspot city

12 April 2020 4:07 AM

Municipal workers sprays disinfectant as a measure to prevent the spread of Covid19. AFP Photo

Covid19 cases climb to 230 In Maharashtra after 17 more test positive

The new cases included, eight from Mumbai, five from Pune and two from Nagpur

31 March 2020 4:17 AM

Medics conduct door-to-door thermal screening of residents in Mumbai on March 29, 2020. (PTI)

Covid-19: Maharashtra total case count breaches 200 mark

Two deaths of middle-aged patients confirmed as Covid-19 fatalities

29 March 2020 10:32 PM

Positions are marked for maintaining physical distance at a market place in Mumbai, March 27, 2020. (AP)

85-year-old doctor dies of Covid-19 infection in Mumbai

Two members of his family have been diagnosed positive

27 March 2020 6:36 PM