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Chandigarh residents can get tested for Covid-19 at private labs without doctor's prescription: UT Adviser Parida - The Tribune IndiaSunday,July 05,2020 at 12:01AM(via The Tribune India) Test would cost around Rs, 2000 UT Adviser Manoj Parida on Friday announced that people could get themselves tested in private laboratories for COVID-19 in Chandigarh.

Solution for Cross Border Imports via eCommerce channelSaturday,June 27,2020 at 09:55AMMany of you are familiar with how LocalCircles in last 12 months has worked with various departments of the Government to stop misuse of India's postal and courier gift channel by Chinese ecommerce apps thereby evading customs duty and IGST. A gift ban was implemented by customs at various ports and the same has also been included in the ecommerce policy on the recommendation of LocalCircles and yesterday it has been brought into policy thereby making compliance mandatory even at ports that are still manual. This will reduce corruption and also ensure India based businesses have an even playing field to the sellers in ChinaNow, LocalCircles is working with CBIC to identify a solution where customs duty and IGST is charged to the consumer on a prepaid basis at the order placement junction and the shipments can flow seamlessly at the customs port. If you have inputs on how such a solution can be implemented between ecommerce portals/apps, payment gateways and customs, kindly share them. We look forward to your inputs!

Anxiety and Stress rising amidst Unlock 1.0Saturday,June 27,2020 at 09:51AMMost of you have regularly been participating in LocalCircles surveys on lockdown. Many of them have been shared at the highest levels of the Government in the last 3 months and many corresponding actions have been taken. Finally we are on an issue where there is divergence between what citizens are demanding and what Government is doing. Below is the survey report on how people are feeling:Unlock 1.0 - How Citizens FeelYou are requested to share on your social media as well as with your state Chief Minister. The key area of difference between what people are saying and what Government is doing is in how the COVID-19 spread is to be contained in the high virus load districts. While many people feel the high virus load districts should be locked down completely as the health infrastructure is failing to cater to current load of COVID-19 cases in these districts. The Governments and local administrations on the other hand are continuing to treat high virus load districts no different than regular districts and opening malls, hotels, restaurants, markets, offices etc which could lead to a rapid increase in cases in a few weeks.We look forward to your inputs!

Standardizing Prices for COVID-19 treatment in private hospitalsMonday,June 22,2020 at 11:54AMSome of you have shared information about how some private hospitals are charging exorbitant rates for COVID-19 treatment. Efforts by some of the LocalCircles members has led to results in Maharashtra. With this post we seek your specific inputs on what can be done to ensure COVID-19 treatment and ICU/room/ward charges at private hospitals are not exorbitant.Look forward to your inputs! Below are some of the issues listed by you in regards to the healthcare sector in the past that can be referred to. Issues identified with Healthcare previously1.Patients are asked to take unnecessary tests.2.Rate of tests like MRI, CT scan etc. are way higher in private hospitals than outside.3.As a money-making exercise, many hospitals straight away suggest surgeries in cases where it might not immediately be needed.4.If the patient has insurance, the hospitals keep them admitted for a longer duration of time and bills are inflated.5.Patients are kept on ventilators even if there is no chance of recovery.6.Room rates in private hospitals are very high.7.Many private clinics/hospitals encourage to pay bills in cash and also give forged bill.8.In place of generic medicines, branded costlier medicines are recommended.9.People with health cards, medical insurances extra also lured into unnecessary treatments, procedures and surgeries.10.Doctor's compensation is linked to revenue contribution in many private hospitals.11.The grievance cells in private hospitals are terrible12.Customer complaints are not addressed properly13.Patients are asked to get admitted even if they don't really need admission and room.14.Patients stay in the hospital is unnecessarily prolonged for additional revenue.15.Unnecessary tests are ordered just to increase revenue.16.Consultation fees in private hospitals is very high.17.Room rent in private hospitals is similar to 4 and 5 star hotels.18.The rates of tests are also very high in private hospitals compared to the outside labs.19.Patients with insurance are charged more compared to the others.20.Patients from EWS section entitled to treatment are discouraged by making them buy expensive medicines and do extensive paperwork.21.There are long waiting times to see the doctor.22.Appointment system is not up to the mark in many hospitals.23.There is corruption in most departments at Government hospitals.24.The disposal of various kinds of wastes is a serious issue.25.Medical devices used for patients are charged at MRP or even above MRP.26.There is no transparency in billing at most hospitals where prices of medicines, consumables and services are not itemised.

Man seeks Telangana CM help as brother's body goes missing from hospital - Yahoo India NewsSaturday,June 13,2020 at 07:02AM(via Yahoo India News) Hyderabad (Telangana), June 12 (ANI): Aamir, a resident of Asif Nagar in Hyderabad has sought help from Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao after the body of his brother allegedly went missing from a hospital. According to Aamir, his brother was admitted to Gandhi Hospital due to lung infection two days ago. On Thursday, the hospital management informed Aamir's family about his brother's death. However, when he visited the hospital to collect the body, he did not find it there. While speaking in a video, Aamir said, 'My brother, Rashid Ali Khan was admitted at Medicure Hospital on June 7. Two days later, he was shifted to Gandhi Hospital as his condition was serious. On June 10, we were informed that he passed away. As soon as we reached the hospital to collect the dead body, we checked 18 dead bodies but did not find my brother's body. I appeal the authorities to help us on acquiring the dead body of my brother.' The hospital superintendent has not responded to the matter.

1 year of Modi Government 2.0 Performance: Survey ResultsSaturday,May 30,2020 at 05:09AMMany of you participated in the circle survey to evaluate performance of 1 year of Modi Government 2.0. 1 year of Modi Government 2.0 - Citizen Assessment Kindly review and share with all your contacts and social media. Also, if you have inputs on what can the Government do to keep citizens safe from COVID-19 while protectig employment and SME shutdown, do share your inputs. For this will probably be the key challenge for the Government as it goes into year 2.

For districts with new COVID-19 cases after April 15th, how should the Government of India go about lockdown after May 03rd?Thursday,April 23,2020 at 05:39PM

Andhra Pradesh: Pandemic inspires parents to name newborns Corona - Times of IndiaWednesday,April 08,2020 at 10:04AM(via Times of India) Two newborns in Vemula in Kadapa district were named after the novel coronavirus on Tuesday.

Unlocking the Lockdown: How should the Government of India go about removing the lockdown restrictions from April 15th?Tuesday,April 07,2020 at 04:37PM

How do you foresee Coronavirus impacting your business in the next 3 months?Thursday,March 12,2020 at 01:20PM

Making Social Media Platforms safe and accountable: Action NeededTuesday,December 31,2019 at 10:00AMMany of you are familiar as to how LocalCircles since 2016 has been working on the cause of Making Social Media free from abuse, harassment and trolling. It is finally now that the parliament has taken up this issue. We are now working with Women Empowerment standing committee of the parliament to raise your demand of having all social media platforms implement 4 things:1.Have minimum age for social media account to be 13 years.2.Implement an age verification mechanism including adult consent for a minor's account. 3.Make real identities mandatory on social media.4.Proactively remove offensive, abusive and hate content within a few seconds of posting. Below are some of the reports shared with them and some media reports of the same. We have also requested them to meet with all social media platforms used by children.Defining Minimum Age for Social Media AccessMaking Social Media Accountable Media Report - Economic TimesMedia Report - MintMedia Report - Hindustan Times If you have any additional inputs on what should be done to make Social Media safe and accountable, do share. Also, do share the attached graphic on your social media as well as with law makers if you are connected to themThis is just too important for our next generations!

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