UP projected to become the worst hit state in India by April-end, warns CentreThe Centre warned that the number of deaths may increase due to shortage in treatment facilities and charted out a course of action as per ...
24 Apr, 2021, 06.43 AM IST
Another hospital, another fire; 14 die in Virar ICU blazeDistrict Disaster Control Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam told that the fire was preceded by an explosion in the AC unit of the intensive care ...
23 Apr, 2021, 08.36 PM IST
How a Covid hospital set up in Pune is generating immense goodwill for WiproNot just the building, but hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, ICU equipment — everything needed in the hospital — were set up by Wipro on its...
22 Apr, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
Delhi sees biggest jump in daily COVID cases; almost every third person undergoing test infectedDelhi on Sunday reported 25,462 COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in the national capital till date, according to data shared by...
18 Apr, 2021, 11.24 PM IST
Crisis of beds, drugs, O2 cylinders, ventilators... India’s health infra under severe strainMaharashtra, which is adding close to 60,000 cases daily, is short on hospital beds and essential drugs. Even if 15% of these patients requ...
16 Apr, 2021, 08.31 AM IST
Maharashtra: Over 5,000 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients in RaigadAccording to a release issued by the district administration, 3,552 beds without oxygen support, 1,042 with oxygen support, 311 ICU beds an...
15 Apr, 2021, 05.21 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
Face action for playing Holi in public: Delhi health ministerIn a press conference, the health minister said that the government was gearing up to carry out vaccination of all those above 45 years of ...
28 Mar, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
As cases surge, Delhi hospitals struggle with shortage of beds‘Dehi Corona’, the Delhi government’s mobile app providing Covid-related information, showed that 1,126 out of the 1,288 ICU beds with vent...
13 Nov, 2020, 08.02 AM IST
8 states contributed 85 per cent COVID-19 caseload, 87 per cent deaths: Health MinistryThe ministry said it briefed the Group of Ministers on COVID-19 on the coronavirus situation in the country and the efforts to boost health...
27 Jun, 2020, 04.55 PM IST
As Covid-19 rages, Mumbai ramps up health infrastructureData released by the state public health department on Sunday on dedicated Covid hospitals showed the city’s oxygen-supported beds and isol...
25 May, 2020, 01.49 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
Maharashtra asks Defence, Railways and central undertakings to arrange for ICU bedsConsidering that the Centre had spoken of an increase in cases in May, the state has been making arrangements for ICU beds in Mumbai and Th...
07 May, 2020, 07.31 AM IST
Maharashtra to ramp up ICU beds, seeks Central facilities in stateThe government stated that it had been fighting a war against coronavirus for the past few months, and so far has managed to contain its sp...
06 May, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
Coronavirus: Pernod Ricard India pledges Rs 15 cr to support healthcare facilitiesAlcoholic beverages maker Pernod Ricard India on Monday pledged Rs 15 crore support to boost healthcare facilities in the country to combat...
06 Apr, 2020, 02.20 PM IST