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BMC to add 250 ICU beds as Covid-19 cases continue to surge in Mumbai

In the wake of a spike in Covid-19 cases in Mumbai, the civic body will be adding 250 ICU beds in its hospitals and other facilities in the next three days, an official said

BMC's Rs 33,441-crore annual budget gets approved at virtual meeting

After a gap of almost five months, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) annual budget of Rs 33,441 crore finally got approval

BMC curtails bus services in Mumbai, shuts offices due to heavy rainfall

Bus and train services have been halted and altered in Mumbai owing to incessant rain on Tuesday, BMC informed, while also appealing to offices in the city to remain shut

Few sanitation workers getting training, info on health checkups: Survey

Sanitation workers and rag-pickers face risk from the handling of unmarked medical waste emerging from homes where Covid-19 patients are quarantined

Mumbai coronavirus update: Situation 'in control', says BMC official

The Covid-19 situation "is in control" in Mumbai with the number of positive cases daily being reported below 1,500, a senior official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has said

In pictures: Building collapse in Mumbai leaves dust, disaster, deaths

The death toll of the accident has gone up to six with four more persons succumbing to injuries today

Covid-19: Dharavi registers smallest rise in Covid-19 cases since April

The BMC did not reveal if any fresh virus-related death has been reported in the area

Centre praises BMC as Dharavi's Covid-19 growth rate falls to 1%

The BMC faced several challenges in Dharavi where 80 per cent of the population depends on community toilets

MMRDA hands over second phase of its Covid-19 hospital at BKC to BMC

The second phase of the hospital was completed in 17 days. It has 100 beds with ICU services, while the other 900 are divided into oxygen and non-oxygen facility equally

How IMD's response to extreme weather events improved in last few years

India's observatory data collection has gone up several notches in the last few years, which helps in making accurate prediction, something that wasn't the case a few years ago

Coronavirus: 99% of Mumbai's ICU beds are occupied, says civic body

Seventy-two per cent of 373 ventilators in the city were in use

Amazon offers special delivery of essentials in Mumbai's containment zones

Amazon will deliver orders to a designated delivery point in the vicinity of the containment zone, from where volunteers will take the packages to the customer's doorstep

Ensure non-coronavirus patients too get proper medical care: Bombay HC

The petitions also highlight issues such as lack of adequate facilities and medical infrastructure in state, municipal-run, and private hospitals in current times.

Mumbai ramps up testing to three-fold to 4,000 samples a day

Starts door-to-door screening in Worli and Dharavi; 81% tested in Maharashtra are asymptomatic; BMC awaits rapid antibody test kits; isolation centres, Covid-19 beds being added rapidly

How Mumbai admin is battling coronavirus as cases continue to spike

The city administration is trying to ramp up the isolation and treatment center capacities here as cases continue to spike

Maharashtra, Gujarat call on services of ayurvedic and homeopathic doctors

BMC recommends monthly pay of Rs 1.5-2 lakh for an intensivist, Rs 80,000 for an MBBS, Rs 60,000 for a bachelor of ayurvedic medicines, and Rs 50,000 for a homeopath

After Mumbai, Delhi, UP govt make face masks compulsory for stepping out

The BMC warned of arrest under section 188 of the Indian Penal Court for flouting its order

Coronavirus lockdown: Mumbai's 191 'containment' zones under lens

The residents of that area are asked not to step out of their homes. The health ministry has said even a single case of Covid-19 can be a hotspot for the government

BMC invests only Rs 1 cr in Axis Bank from Rs 6,300 cr investments

The BMC has deposited Rs five crore in the Municipal Cooperative Bank, which has offered the highest interest rate of 7.5% per annum, as per the document

Image makeover and to counter critics: The idea behind BMC campaigns

The richest municipal corporation in the country puts a face to the work it does, looks to counter critics and garner empathy for its efforts