Monkeypox threat: Mumbai civic body keeps isolation ward ready in hospitalAll health facilities in Mumbai have been informed to notify and refer any suspected Monkeypox case to the Kasturba Hospital.
24 May, 2022, 04.50 PM IST
602 bed-ridden people given COVID-19 vaccine at home in Mumbai: BMC tells HCThe only hurdle that the people are facing is the requirement of a fitness certificate from a medical expert, Anil Sakhare, the counsel for...
05 Aug, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Unlock: Mumbai at level 3; local trains yet off-limits for common peopleIn a notification issued on Friday night, the Maharashtra government had stated local trains will remain available for "medical, few essent...
06 Jun, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
High Court seeks information from Maharashtra government, BMC on condition of crematoriums"The Maharashtra government and all other civic authorities will have to come up with some mechanism to address this issue. Bodies cannot b...
27 Apr, 2021, 03.45 PM IST
Why BMC is turning 4 and 5 star hotels to Covid care centresMumbai till a few days back was adding close to 10,000 cases per day and BMC officials said that the really sick patients were not getting ...
15 Apr, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
COVID-19 spike: Three jumbo hospitals to come up in Mumbai in the next six weeksThe step has been taken to make more beds available for the needy patients by shifting those who have recovered substantially to the CCC2 f...
12 Apr, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Only 9% of Mumbai’s ICU beds & 8.3% of ventilators still vacantThere is another alarming aspect to Mumbai’s ‘Covid bed story’. While most of the affluent patients opt for home care, a percentage of them...
04 Apr, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
BMC to release asymptomatic patients to ensure beds for needyIn its order, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that no asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patient without any comorbidities wi...
29 Mar, 2021, 10.01 PM IST
Mumbai: 10 lakh vaccinated, COVID-19 tests, beds to be scaled upA Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official also said the civic body had conducted 40,400 COVID-19 tests on Tuesday, and the number of re...
25 Mar, 2021, 08.07 PM IST
Mumbai hospitals reopen covid wards as pandemic grips the city again“We have started calling back our staff who had gone on vacation as we look at create additional space in our hospital for severe patients,...
16 Mar, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
Over 15 lakh quarantined in Mumbai since virus outbreak: BMCAs of now, 2.46 lakh people are under home quarantine and 14,288 under institutional quarantine, the BMC said on its website.
07 Jul, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
BMC relaxes norms for testing by Mumbai private labs, sources feel peak may be overSources in the BMC without coming on record said the decision mainly was because the civic body feels the rate of infection in the city has...
09 Jun, 2020, 06.31 PM IST
As toll rises, shortage of beds is main worry for Mumbai, DelhiIndia's biggest economic hubs, Mumbai and New Delhi, also have the dubious distinction of being the country's Covid-19 hotspots, with the h...
06 Jun, 2020, 06.55 AM IST
Covid-19: Wuhan-type hospital plan headed for crashBMC had last month finalised bidders for constructing a three-storey Covid facility on Kasturba Hospital compound in 90 days, but nothing h...
24 May, 2020, 10.46 AM IST
Mumbai pins hopes on new plan of action to fight Covid-19Mumbai has become the center of Covid-19 outbreak in India with over 18,555 people infected.
18 May, 2020, 04.20 PM IST
New BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal must find a fix that can go viralIqbal Singh Chahal’s task as BMC chief will be to bring the Covid-19 outbreak under control.
12 May, 2020, 02.24 PM IST
Mumbai staring at a huge shortage of doctors and health professionalsMumbai, which has a population of about 2 crore, is running out of ICU beds and doctors.
07 May, 2020, 04.09 PM IST