By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry: Archbishop Emeritus Antony Anandarayar of Pondicherry-Cuddalore died of Covid-19 on May 4. He was 75. The death occurred at 9:30 pm at St. Thomas Hospital, Chennai, where he was admitted for Covid treatment. His health condition deteriorated in the morning as the oxygen saturation levelContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: Diocese of Faridabad has launched various activities to help Covid 19 victims get proper care and support. “Eighty percent of my people are affected with Covid and we have lost four religious sisters recently,” Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad told Matters India. Some 15 priestsContinue Reading
Bharuch: Sixteen Covid-19 patients and two nurses died in a tragic fire in the ICU ward of Welfare Hospital in Bharuch. This is the second fire incident in which multiple casualties were reported from Gujarat. Earlier this week, five persons had died when a fire broke out in an ICUContinue Reading
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 30, while reviewing the work of empowered groups on COVID-19 asked Non Governmental Organisations and volunteer groups including ex-servicemen be tapped to carry out non-specialised tasks to lessen the burden on medical care professionals. A statement released after the meeting by theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Twelve people, including a doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on May 1 after it ran out of medical oxygen – for the second time in the space of a week. The hospital’s Executive Director, Doctor Sudhanshu Bankata, said the next 24 hours would be “critical” and thatContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on April 30 warned state governments and police against clamping down on the spread of information or calls for help through social media from citizens affected by Covid-19. A Special Bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat said anyContinue Reading
By Kate Scanlon Washington D.C.: With concerns that suicide rates are rising in communities of color during the pandemic, Catholic mental health workers say the Church can play a key role in response. Claire Shynett, coordinator of the Houston chapter of the Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers, told CNAContinue Reading
Kohima: Catholics of Nagaland will observe May 7 as a ‘Day of Prayer and Fasting’ for relief from the COVID-19 pandemic. As per a press release received here, the Bishop’s House, Kohima has informed of the invitation from Oswald Cardinal Gracias, President of Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) inContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on April 29 rejected the Centre’s submission that the current oxygen supply to the national capital was sufficient and asked it to respond on Delhi government’s allegation that other states were getting more oxygen or almost equivalent to what they had demanded. The existingContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid an acute shortage of medical oxygen in Delhi, Gurudwara Singh Sabha located in Greater Kailash area of the national capital has started “Oxygen Langar” for refilling of oxygen cylinders, where people can come and refill their empty oxygen cylinders. Former president of Delhi Gurudwara Committee Manjeet SinghContinue Reading