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Patient in ICU, death certificate issued

He was in ICU bed number 1. On Wednesday evening, hospital authorities contacted Chongdar’s son Sasanka informing of his father’s demise and he rushed to the hospital along with his relatives and friends. Upon arriving, they found that the body lying on the hospital bed wasn’t their patient.

Covid: Six die in Siliguri, 32 new cases in Darj district

32 cases were reported from Darjeeling district, including eight in the SMC, four at Naxalbari, 11 at Matigara, two in Darjeeling Municipality, four in Kurseong Municipality, two in Sukna, and one in Sukhia Pokhari, official sources said. Six cases were detected in the Jalpaiguri portion of the SMC.

Advance for Covid treatment capped at Rs 50k

“The clinical establishment would be entitled to charge a sum of Rs 50 only as ‘Covid Protection Charges’ that would include sanitiser, mask etc… each patient would be entitled to one companion only and in such case, the patient would be charged an additional amount of Rs 50… in case the consultant physician is in full PPE uniform… the clinical establishment would be entitled to a further amount of Rs 50,” an advisory stated.