Prone positioning can prevent need for ventilation in COVID-19 patients: Lancet studyThe findings are from a trial conducted in medical centres in the US, Mexico, France, Canada, Ireland, and Spain on severely ill patients w...
24 Aug, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
Government plans national stockpile of life-saving drugs to combat third Covid waveThe government is in discussions with the pharma and medical devices industry to create a "national stockpile" of life-saving drugs and vit...
29 Jun, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
Govt plans national stockpile of life-saving drugs to counter a possible third waveThe government is in discussions with the pharma and medical devices industry to create a "national stockpile" of life-saving drugs and vit...
29 Jun, 2021, 08.51 AM IST
TCI Express says 'supplied' 20 lakh Covid vaccine doses across country"Last year, TCI Express tied up with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the distribution of vaccines. The company is regularly t...
06 Jun, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
K'taka health infrastructure ramped up significantly to fight COVID-19: Health MinisterThe minister's statement comes amid growing criticism of the government on its handling of the COVID crisis, especially during the second w...
23 May, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
Government approves procurement of 1.5 lakh units of DRDO's 'Oxycare' systemOxycare is an oxygen supply system based on SpO2 (oxygen saturation) level. The DRDO has already transferred the technology to multiple ind...
12 May, 2021, 07.50 PM IST
Centre, states doing everything possible to tackle COVID crisis: Rajnath Singh"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted this pandemic as a challenge and the government is doing everything possible to tackle this chal...
11 May, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
Capgemini commits Rs 50 Crore to augment medical infrastructure in IndiaThis fund will be used to build Covid care ICU facilities, oxygen generation plants, other long-term medical infrastructure and provide rel...
03 May, 2021, 11.58 AM IST
Sent 3,000 oxygen concentrators to help India: UNICEFIt is supporting the procurement and installation of 25 oxygen plants for hospitals in the Northeast and Maharashtra, and the installation ...
01 May, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
In second year of pandemic, treating Covid-19 still in trial and error modeDr Manish Soneja, additional professor, department of medicine, AIIMS, who was part of the medical team that prepared the national guidelin...
14 Apr, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
UP to scale up RT-PCR tests as new Covid cases threaten to overwhelm stateThe CM has directed that the state increase the number of RT-PCR tests to 150,000, UP’s additional chief secretary of information, Navneet ...
12 Apr, 2021, 09.48 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh prohibits entry of more than five people in religious placesThe Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to prohibit the entry of more than five persons at a time in all religious plac...
11 Apr, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
Oxygen enrichment device for use in homes, remote locations developed by CMERIThis unit may help reduce the demand for oxygen cylinders and ventilators and due to the rise in air pollution its demand is supposed to gr...
08 Apr, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
View: Startups deserve their long overdue 'Gabba Moment'Most importantly, they are the largest creators of jobs. Based on a 2010 study in the US (bit.ly/2Nww1C9) of data since 1977, the Kauffman ...
27 Jan, 2021, 12.14 AM IST
Empowered groups recommend: Convert general wards to ICUs for Covid treatmentThe report on ‘Health System Preparedness Needs’ for June-August has been submitted by the Empowered Group-1 (EG-1) chaired by VK Paul, mem...
07 Sep, 2020, 06.20 AM IST
UP Government sanctions Rs 13 crore for Covid fight in Gorakhpur as cases riseAn upcoming 500-bed pediatric centre at the BRD Medical College will be used as a Level-3 COVID dedicated hospital with the availability of...
18 Aug, 2020, 08.13 PM IST
Karnataka may rope in private medical colleges if Covid-19 cases surge post lock-downThe government will provide doctors with a checklist to follow regarding treatment. We will also be applying to ICMR to seek permission to ...
08 May, 2020, 06.35 PM IST