Supreme court panel defines minimum ICU standards, outlines staffing norms and infrastructure requirementsThe Supreme Court has mandated minimum standards for ICUs, covering infrastructure, equipment, and staffing. States must submit action plan...
27 Apr, 2026, 02.32 PM IST
SC asks states, UTs to prepare action plan to implement guidelines for intensive care servicesThe Supreme Court has directed all states and Union Territories to develop realistic action plans for implementing minimum ICU standards. A...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
Dancing With the Stars season 35 reveals first contestants: Ciara Miller from ‘Summer House’ and Maura Higgins from ‘The Traitors’Dancing with the Stars Season 35 is confirmed for fall on ABC and Disney+, with next-day episodes on Hulu. Reality stars Ciara Miller and M...
23 Apr, 2026, 07.47 AM IST
Home nursing, oxygen, physio - health insurance covers only 60–180 days after hospitalisation; here’s how to plan the restHome nursing, physiotherapy, oxygen support—health insurance can cover these for 60-180 days after discharge, with conditions. The rest of ...
06 Apr, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
Greg Bovino and ICE agents to leave Minnesota amid backlash over Alex Pretti shooting - here's what happenedGreg Bovino: Federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis is scaling back following the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti. Commande...
27 Jan, 2026, 04.41 AM IST
Who was Alex Pretti? What we know about the 37-year-old man shot in MinneapolisAlex pretty & Minneapolis shooting of an ICU Nurse: Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse from Minneapolis, was shot dead by federal agents ...
25 Jan, 2026, 07.35 AM IST
Kolkata doctor murder: Police hide in bathrooms as goons vandalise RG Kar Medical CollegeMajor chaos erupted at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital as nurses protested for safety, following vandalism by goons. 18 departments, incl...
15 Aug, 2024, 01.04 PM IST
View: Covid 3rd wave to attack kids, here's how India should prepare for itAccording to one of India’s best virologists, Dr Ravi from Nimhans Bengaluru, the third wave is likely to attack children, since most adult...
13 May, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
India will need 5 lakh ICU beds, 3.5 lakh medical staff in next few weeks, says leading surgeonAt present, India has only 75,000 to 90,000 ICU beds and almost all are already occupied - when the second wave of the pandemic hasn't even...
29 Apr, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
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...
18 Apr, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
24 hours in the ICU: Fighting for an open bed in coronavirusovernment tallies show infections may have reached their second-wave high point, and hospitalizations dropped last weekend for the first ti...
17 Nov, 2020, 01.07 PM IST
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staffHealth officials, many advocating a return to stricter lockdowns, warn that adding beds will do no good because there aren't enough doctors...
10 Nov, 2020, 01.31 PM IST
Karnataka deploys tele-ICU solution to deal with Covid-19The tele ICU enables hospitals to have their beds and their patient data remotely monitored via real time audio visual tools and internet c...
16 Jun, 2020, 07.49 PM IST
View: Learning from other countries’ experiences, here’s what Indian must do to fight against coronavirusCivil society must understand what will unfold, if we don’t act now. Extrapolating the Lombardy data, Karnataka is likely to have 80,000 Co...
23 Mar, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
Fishes swim inside waterlogged ICU in Patna hospitalPatients were seen lying on the bed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) while the room is inundated with rainwater.Meanwhile, fish were also s...
29 Jul, 2018, 09.37 PM IST
Stasis Labs: Taking care of patients outside ICUStasis Labs’ solution has resolved this issue as nurses or clinicians keep getting regular updates on the tablets. If there is any abnormal...
24 Feb, 2017, 12.54 AM IST
Mannequins to train nurses in post-operative cardiac critical care at three Bengaluru hospitalsThe Rs 22.45-lakh project was sanctioned in April and the IISc has time till January next to deploy three simulators.
28 Sep, 2015, 01.07 PM IST