Amid a surge of COVID cases, Jammu hospitals prepare to fight against new variantPreparations are underway in Jammu to combat the new COVID-19 variant (JN.1), as the Union Health Ministry issues a fresh alert. Shri Mahar...
ITV Corrie star Sean Ward sleeps on mattress on floor at friends' houses. All bout his struggleSharing his plight on a social media platform, ITV Corrie star Sean Ward has revealed that he sleeps on a mattress on the floor of friends'...
Delhi civic bodies preparing for Covid third wave, to set up dedicated care facilities for childrenThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is exploring the possibilities of setting up special child care wards at its Tilak Nagar Hospi...
Karnataka makes black fungus test mandatory for Covid patients during hospital dischargeThe health department has directed all district hospitals to have a dedicated post-Covid ward. “All Covid recovered patients should either ...
Goa oxygen shortage claims 13 more; 75 dead in 4 daysVideos of chaos at the numerous wards of the medical college have gone viral, with patients, relatives pleading for assistance as well as u...
Delhi government asks nursing homes, private hospitals to reserve 80% beds for COVID patientsChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said around 25,500 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Delhi and the positivity rate has incr...
To tackle new Covid wave, BMC tells ward officers to monitor beds in private hospitalOn Monday, the Mumbai municipal corporation issued 18 directives to its ward officers and private hospitals as part of its strategy to bett...
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,...
Over 15 lakh caught without masks in Mumbai since April 2020The BMC has been imposing a fine of Rs 200 for not wearing a face mask in public places. From April 1, 2020 to February 15 this year, the B...
Rs 39.30 crore spent during April-Dec last year to convert railway coaches into COVID wards: Govt"As per information available, 813 coaches were deployed at different stations as requisitioned by state governments. The total expenditure...
AIIMS suspends routine OPD admissions in general and private wards for two weeksThe decision has been taken in view of increased admissions of non-COVID serious patients through emergency, particularly trauma emergency ...
Mumbai's COVID-19 case count crosses 88,000; 68 more deathsFor the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began, the average growth rate of cases in the city has dropped to 1.49 per cent, the civ...
Guidelines issued for handling of waste generated during COVID-19 patient's treatmentThe apex pollution monitoring body said specific guidelines are required to be followed by all, including isolation wards, quarantine centr...
Mumbai: 50% of coronavirus patients found in four civic wardsNearly 50 per cent of the total 590 coronavirus patients found so far in Mumbai, which has emerged as one of the hotspots of coronavirus sp...
Hotels, resorts come in handy in India's fight against Covid-19State governments are using these facilities for conversion into isolation wards in worst-affected hotspots. The Madhya Pradesh government ...
Delhi government asks private hospitals not to admit coronavius patientsLast week, three major network hospitals — Fortis Healthcare, Apollo and Max Healthcare — had announced setting up of isolation wards and o...
COVID-19: Northeast Frontier Railway to convert coaches into isolation wardsIn view of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is converting coaches at the Coach Maintenance Depot in Kamakhya and...