RANDEEP GULERIA

Covid-19: If govt hospitals are 70% empty, why can't people get beds?

Delhi is battling a surge in Covid-19 cases and there are numerous accounts of people being sent from one hospital to another in search of ...

Task force debates sterilisation, reuse of PPEs used by health pros

Is it all right to sterilise and reuse personal protective equipment (PPE) used by doctors and health workers handling Covid-19 patients? T...

Rising PPE waste another concern facing AIIMS, now

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the country’s premier healthcare facility, is grappling with the problem of dealing with used ...

WHO's decision to resume HCQ clinical trial a step in right direction, say experts

The global heath body had earlier suspended the hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm of the clinical trials of experimental COVID-19 drugs over saf...

Easing of travel restrictions, movement of migrants behind surge in cases, say experts

According to AIIMS Director, Randeep Guleria, the present rise in cases has been reported predominantly from hotspot areas but there is a p...

Covid-19 not so serious but has been stigmatised: AIIMS director Randeep Guleria

The AIIMS director said 80% of the patients have mild symptoms, 15% can be cured with oxygen therapy and 5% need ventilator support. Urging...

Finance panel to recommend health sector reforms

The panel’s expert group on health had submitted its report earlier this year, but after the Covid-19 pandemic exposed the country’s health...

216 districts in country have not reported any COVID-19 cases till now: Health ministry

The ministry asserted that if dos and don'ts are followed, the peak in number of COVID-19 cases can be avoided.

Long-term health effects due to styrene vapour exposure small: AIIMS director

As far as treatment is concerned, there is no specific antidote or a definite medicine for reversing the effect of this compound.The therap...

COVID-19 curve remains flat but rise in cases at steady rate a cause of concern: AIIMS director

"The curve has remained relatively flat so far because of the implementation of the lockdown and other containment measures and this has gi...

Mortality rate increases if COVID-19 patient delays in visiting hospital: AIIMS-Delhi Director

While addressing a press conference in Ahmedabad, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on May...

People must learn to live with the virus, follow prevention guidelines: Government

Addressing a press conference, Lav Agarwal said there has been a reduction in the doubling time of COVID-19 cases in the country from 12 da...

Coronavirus in India likely to peak in June-July: AIIMS-Delhi Director

As per the modeling data and the way India's COVID-19 cases are increasing, it is likely that peak can come in June and July, said AIIMS-De...

AIIMS planning to conduct clinical trial of plasma therapy

AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said the mode of treatment in COVID-19 is still at an "experimental stage" and there is a need for good a...

AIIMS forms committee to devise strategy to restore health services once lockdown is lifted

The committee, which met on Monday, deliberated on the restoration of the elective surgeries and OPD services, according to sources.

No benefit of plasma therapy in reducing COVID-19 mortality risk, says AIIMS trial interim analysis

During the trial, one group of patients was given convalescent plasma therapy along with the standard supportive treatment while the other ...

Coronavirus outbreak: Plasma therapy started at multiple centres, says AIIMS Delhi Director

While addressing a press conference in Delhi, AIIMS Director of Delhi, Randeep Guleria, on Friday said at various centres, government has s...