Cradling a baby, comforting patient, monitoring Covid: All in a day's work for Mumbai docAs the second wave of the pandemic ravages large parts of India, it's about sweat and tears - quite literally - for millions of healthcare ...
08 May, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
Policyholders get only 45-80% of Covid bills“How can a hospital treat a patient without PPEs?” asked an official at the Insurance Ombudsman office . "We used to get a few cases last y...
04 May, 2021, 10.20 AM IST
US lawmakers aggressively campaign for sending essential medical supplies to IndiaCongresswoman Jennifer Wexton said the Biden-Harris administration was making available supplies for vaccines, tests, PPE and ventilators t...
27 Apr, 2021, 08.25 AM IST
Twitter's top lawyer, UK's FM and 3 other Indian-origin people feature in TIME's 100 emerging leaders listInstacart CEO Apoorva Mehta, and Upsolve's Rohan Pavuluri also feature on the list.
18 Feb, 2021, 11.35 AM IST
Blursday, PPE, quarantine: How the coronavirus took over not just our lives but also vocabularyIn 2020, though, Covid-19 sneezed on the damned dictionary.
27 Dec, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
When the pandemic hit, India's healthcare industry was quick to adapt to the need of the hourIndian diagnostic companies had experience in developing test assays for dengue, HIV, TB and H1N1, but with Covid-19 the delay in getting h...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.29 AM IST
Pandemic: When the going gets tough, innovators step up their gameIndian diagnostic companies had experience in developing test assays for dengue, HIV, TB and H1N1, but with Covid-19 the delay in getting h...
25 Nov, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
India’s successful journey to self-sufficiency in PPE kitsThe concerted efforts of the government, businesses and multiple stakeholders turned this crisis into a golden opportunity for indigenous m...
14 Oct, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
Chennai should not become 'Corona capital': Kamal Haasan during 'Naame Theervu' launchThe initiative is primarily to provide medical help, as well as personal protective equipment (PPE) in places where people gather. He said ...
05 Jun, 2020, 07.18 PM IST
Sonakshi Sinha extends support to corona warriors, will help raise funds for PPE kits for healthcare workersThe 32-year-old actor urged her fans to come forward to help the healthcare staff.
08 May, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
Govt mobilises every resource, lab to prepare for covid-19 peakAgainst an average of 4,000 Covid-19 tests done a day and 60-odd testing labs as on April 1, India is now conducting over 33,000 tests dail...
22 Apr, 2020, 07.00 AM IST
Tiruppur units eye $2-billion opportunity from PPE businessAbout 200 units in the Tamil Nadu town currently make personal protective equipment, mostly to serve the needs within India. Industry body ...
21 Apr, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
Indian-origin UK medics chief warns doctors' lives being put at riskAccording to a recent survey, more than half of doctors working in high-risk environments said there were either shortages or no supply at ...
11 Apr, 2020, 05.28 PM IST
New York continues to record highest number of daily deaths from COVID-19Coronavirus cases in New York State now stand at 113,704, out of the country's total of 2,87,216. New Jersey, the second most impacted stat...
04 Apr, 2020, 11.07 PM IST
In Kerala, we have kept over 1.2 lakh beds ready: KK Shailaja, state health ministerKerala was on alert as soon as reports of a new kind of coronavirus in Wuhan surfaced and the state established a control room as early as ...
04 Apr, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
Wadala housing complex under complete lockdown as foreign returnee resident found COVID-19 positiveOne of the largest co-operative housing societies in Mumbai, Dosti Acres in Wadala on Wednesday went into a complete lockdown as a “contain...
02 Apr, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
Uber provides UberMedic service to assist healthcare providersUberMedic is designed to ensure that all healthcare workers who need to be mobile have a reliable and efficient way of getting around.
01 Apr, 2020, 09.47 AM IST