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COVID-19: SC Tells Centre To Identify Hospitals For Providing Free Treatment
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Indian government to identify private hospitals where coronavirus-infected patients can get free treatment or at a nominal cost.
The Chief Justice S.A. Bobde-headed bench observed on…
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan To Take Charge As WHO Executive Board Chairman On May 22
New Delhi: The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will soon take charge as Chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board, at the latter's meeting on May 22.
“It is not a full time assignment. But Dr Harsh Vardhan will be…
Cell Phones Potential Carrier Of Coronavirus In Hospitals, Warn AIIMS Doctors
Raipur: In its guidelines to safeguard against coronavirus, WHO has failed to factor on mobile phones as being potential carriers of the virus in healthcare facilities, doctors at AIIMS, Raipur have pointed out.
In a commentary published…
Andhra Women Pitch In To Fight COVID-19, Earn Livelihood
New Delhi: A group of women running a tailoring unit in Andhra Pradesh has joined hands with the government in not only fighting COVID-19 but also generating livelihood for themselves at the time of lockdown.
The tailoring unit located in…
Fighting COVID-19: Govt Issues Guidelines For Pooled Sampling Of Returnees
New Delhi: The Union Health ministry issued guidelines for RT-PCR pooled sampling for specific citizens to test for coronavirus.
A decision has been taken to use one-time RT-PCR based pooled sampling for surveillance purposes vis-à-vis…
India Fights COVID-19: 3 Odisha Districts Among 69 Identified For Sero-Survey
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has directed chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UT) to ensure implementation of district-level facility-based surveillance for Covid-19 through sero-survey.
A sero-survey involves…
Prison Woes: Inmate Tests Positive For Covid-19 At Mumbai Women’s Jail
Mumbai: Covid-19 cases continue to grow in Maharashtra, India’s hotspot. If the news of positive coronavirus cases being detected in Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, alarmed the country a few weeks ago, the latest shocker is the first…
COVID-19 Miracle: Kolkata Man Cured After Being On A Ventilator For 38 Days
Kolkata: In a recovery of miraculous proportions, Nitaidas Mukherjee beat Covid-19 and returned to his south Kolkata residence after being on a ventilator for 38 days.
According to doctors, it’s a very rare case because a Covid-19 patient…
COVID-19: Daily Testing Capacity In India Now 95,000, Says Health Minister
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday that testing capacity for novel coronavirus has been increased to around 95,000 tests per day in India.
The minister informed that till Friday, 15,25,631 tests had been…
Health Ministry Issues Revised Discharge Rules For COVID-19 Patients
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Saturday issued revised guidelines for discharge of coronavirus patients from hospitals.
As per the new policy, if patients classified as very mild and pre-symptomatic cases do not show any fever for…