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"Died Too Quickly": China's Hospitals Overflow Amid Covid Surge
"Deceased, deceased," a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with Covid patients.
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Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Fake Covid Death Certificates
The Supreme Court Monday expressed concern over fake Covid death certificates being issued by doctors for ex-gratia compensation and observed that it might order a probe into the issue.
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Supreme Court Warns Against Fake Death Certificates For Covid Compensation
The Supreme Court on Monday warned against the misuse of its order to get ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 death on the basis of fake medical certificate and observed that it would order an independent probe to catch those who have done so.
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Centre's Guidelines For Providing Compensation For Covid Deaths
Death certificates indicating coronavirus deaths either already issued prior to coming into force government guidelines or as ratified by district committees shall be treated as valid document for considering any death as "death due to COVID-19", the
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Centre Gets 10 Days To Submit Covid Death Certificate, Compensation Rules
Guidelines on financial compensation for those who died after contracting the coronavirus must be submitted by September 23, the Supreme Court told the government today.
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Covid Death Certificate Rules Out After Supreme Court's "3rd Wave" Rebuke
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the Union Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have come out with guidelines for issuing an "official document" for Covid-related deaths.
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All Coronavirus Deaths To Be Certified, Or Action Likely: Centre In Court
All coronavirus deaths regardless of where they take place, should be certified as Covid deaths, the Centre has said in an affidavit in the Supreme Court after media reports pointed out huge discrepancy in death figures in at least six states.
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Green Corridor, Paper Choices To Be Part Of Assam's Plans To Conduct Board Exams. Students Unimpressed
Bucking the trend, Assam, unlike many other states, has decided to hold both Classes 10, 12 board exams, at a time when the state has over 48 thousand active Covid cases, with a positivity rate of just below 3 per cent and over 3,600 Covid deaths since last year.
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Mention Covid Deaths In Certificates, Ensure Aid Reaches Orphans: AIADMK
Leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly K Palaniswami urged state government to direct authorities to be factual in certifying Covid deaths and charged that ascribing incorrect causes in certificates could lead to problems during this pandemic.
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No Certification: Madhya Pradesh Covid Victims' Families Lose Out On Aid
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced several relief measures for the families of Covid victims. But discrepancies have been reported in many of their death certificates, making them lose the eligibility to seek such aid.
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"Is There Policy On Covid Death Certificates?" Supreme Court To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to centre over a petition seeking Rs 4 lakh as monetary compensation to the families in which a member had died of COVID-19.
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Declared "Dead" By Hospital, Man Turns Out To Be Alive In Bihar
A man who was admitted allegedly with a brain haemorrhage was declared dead by authorities at Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH), who also handed over a "death certificate" to his family.
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UK To Record Ethnicity As Indian-Origin Covid Patients Face Higher Death Risk
The UK government has laid out a series of measures as part of a review into the higher COVID-19 death rate among people of Indian-origin and other ethnic minorities, including a mandate for ethnicity to be recorded as part of the death certification process.
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Issue Death Certificates As Per Guidelines: Bengal Government To Covid Hospitals
The West Bengal government on Monday advised all COVID-19 hospitals in the state to issue death certificates according to the guidelines set by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Kolkata Man Dies, Body Left In His Sweet Shop For 16 Hours Over COVID Test Result
A sweet shop owner in Kolkata, who had undergone a test for coronavirus, died on Wednesday evening, hours before testing positive for the deadly virus. Locals left his body inside his shop in north Kolkata's Gauribari for 16 long hours after failing to get a death certificate to perform his last rites.
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"Died Too Quickly": China's Hospitals Overflow Amid Covid Surge
"Deceased, deceased," a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with Covid patients.
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Supreme Court Expresses Concern Over Fake Covid Death Certificates
The Supreme Court Monday expressed concern over fake Covid death certificates being issued by doctors for ex-gratia compensation and observed that it might order a probe into the issue.
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Supreme Court Warns Against Fake Death Certificates For Covid Compensation
The Supreme Court on Monday warned against the misuse of its order to get ex-gratia compensation for COVID-19 death on the basis of fake medical certificate and observed that it would order an independent probe to catch those who have done so.
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Centre's Guidelines For Providing Compensation For Covid Deaths
Death certificates indicating coronavirus deaths either already issued prior to coming into force government guidelines or as ratified by district committees shall be treated as valid document for considering any death as "death due to COVID-19", the
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Centre Gets 10 Days To Submit Covid Death Certificate, Compensation Rules
Guidelines on financial compensation for those who died after contracting the coronavirus must be submitted by September 23, the Supreme Court told the government today.
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Covid Death Certificate Rules Out After Supreme Court's "3rd Wave" Rebuke
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that the Union Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have come out with guidelines for issuing an "official document" for Covid-related deaths.
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All Coronavirus Deaths To Be Certified, Or Action Likely: Centre In Court
All coronavirus deaths regardless of where they take place, should be certified as Covid deaths, the Centre has said in an affidavit in the Supreme Court after media reports pointed out huge discrepancy in death figures in at least six states.
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Green Corridor, Paper Choices To Be Part Of Assam's Plans To Conduct Board Exams. Students Unimpressed
Bucking the trend, Assam, unlike many other states, has decided to hold both Classes 10, 12 board exams, at a time when the state has over 48 thousand active Covid cases, with a positivity rate of just below 3 per cent and over 3,600 Covid deaths since last year.
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Mention Covid Deaths In Certificates, Ensure Aid Reaches Orphans: AIADMK
Leader of opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly K Palaniswami urged state government to direct authorities to be factual in certifying Covid deaths and charged that ascribing incorrect causes in certificates could lead to problems during this pandemic.
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No Certification: Madhya Pradesh Covid Victims' Families Lose Out On Aid
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced several relief measures for the families of Covid victims. But discrepancies have been reported in many of their death certificates, making them lose the eligibility to seek such aid.
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"Is There Policy On Covid Death Certificates?" Supreme Court To Centre
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to centre over a petition seeking Rs 4 lakh as monetary compensation to the families in which a member had died of COVID-19.
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Declared "Dead" By Hospital, Man Turns Out To Be Alive In Bihar
A man who was admitted allegedly with a brain haemorrhage was declared dead by authorities at Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH), who also handed over a "death certificate" to his family.
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UK To Record Ethnicity As Indian-Origin Covid Patients Face Higher Death Risk
The UK government has laid out a series of measures as part of a review into the higher COVID-19 death rate among people of Indian-origin and other ethnic minorities, including a mandate for ethnicity to be recorded as part of the death certification process.
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Issue Death Certificates As Per Guidelines: Bengal Government To Covid Hospitals
The West Bengal government on Monday advised all COVID-19 hospitals in the state to issue death certificates according to the guidelines set by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Kolkata Man Dies, Body Left In His Sweet Shop For 16 Hours Over COVID Test Result
A sweet shop owner in Kolkata, who had undergone a test for coronavirus, died on Wednesday evening, hours before testing positive for the deadly virus. Locals left his body inside his shop in north Kolkata's Gauribari for 16 long hours after failing to get a death certificate to perform his last rites.
