245 cases for violating corona norms

Bhubaneswar: A total of 245 cases have been registered by the State police in different police stations across the State for different violations of regulations and guidelines relating to COVID-19. Cops registered these cases from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning. Police said 229 cases were registered for violation of lockdown while six cases were registered for violation of home quarantine. The remaining 13 cases were for other related issues.

U Sammilani greets people on Utkal Dibas

Bhubaneswar: Utkal Sammilani Central Committee president Basant Kumar Tripathy and general secretary Dr Radhanath Praharaj conveyed hearty greetings to people of Odisha on the occasion of the Utkal Dibas on Wednesday. They paid rich tributes to makers of Odisha like Utkalgaurab Madhusudan Das, Parala Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo, Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das and Mayurbhanj Maharaja Shreeram Chandra Bhanjdeo. They called upon people to give respects to all poets, story writers, essayists and dramatists who enriched Odia language and literature in those difficult times. They too urged people to fight out the deadly novel coronavirus together.

Rourkela to have 200-bed COVID hospital

Rourkela: The Sudargarh district administration signed an agreement with the Hi-Tech Medical College to set up a 200-bed dedicated COVID-19 hospital at the Hi Tech Medical Campus, Rourkela. The hospital includes isolation wards, ventilator support and ICU.

CARE Hosp adopts social distancing

Bhubaneswar: The CARE Hospitals has deployed innovative social distancing measures to continue providing general consultation to its patients at all its centres. Hospital doctors said this would ensure continuity of treatment for patients diagnosed with chronic conditions. Department of Critical Care head Dr PK Routray said, “Patients are consulted remotely by doctors of different specialties. Even for those who need to visit the hospital for emergency services, we have a three-level screening for everyone at the hospital centers, including for our doctors, paramedics and attendants.”