Tag: COVID-19
AIIMS Delhi starts tele-consultation guidance to state doctors on COVID clinical...
A specialist team of doctors from AIIMS, New Delhi shall provide guidance on effective clinical management of COVID-19 patients in the ICUs of different State hospitals through tele/video consultation....................
Multi-pronged preparedness cushioned COVID-19 impact in India
Leading names in the medical community highlighted how multi-pronged preparedness to tackle medical and non-medical problems of the pandemic have helped in the recent months and that doctors deserve and need empathy from society to continue..............
In the long fight against COVID-19, ASHAs show selfless commitment to...
The contribution of the ASHAs, in collaboration with the state’s Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), enabled reaching out to households for active surveillance and information dissemination...............
India launches ‘Drug Discovery Hackathon 2020’ to accelerate drug discovery process
While the union S&T minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that in-silico drug discovery which utilizes computational methods such as Machine Learning, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Big Data will help in accelerating this process.................
On Doctor’s Day, medical experts emphasize on attention to Non- COVID...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the entire country to halt, several doctors have deliberated the need to also focus on existing non-COVID patients seeking medical treatment for various other chronic diseases...................
India’s invisible health warriors: ASHAs at the forefront of COVID war...
In a gigantic exercise, Uttar Pradesh’s 1.6 lakh ASHAs have tracked over nearly 30.43 lakh migrant returnees in two phases- 11.24 lakh in the first and 19.19 lakh in the second phase...................
COVID-19 recovery rate touches 59.43%
Nearly 1 lakh 30 thousand more recovered cases than the active cases..................
NBRI establishes advanced virology lab for COVID-19 testing
The facility has been developed based on the guidelines of the Indian Council Medical Research (ICMR), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...................
Union health ministry bolsters efforts for COVID-19 management in New Delhi
Diagnostic material for 4.7 lakh RT-PCR tests and 50,000 rapid antigen test kits supplied free of cost to Delhi government by ICMR “Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre” at Chhattarpur, a 2000-bedded facility, to be operated by medical and other personnel of Central Armed Police Forces................
Health Ministry issues updated clinical management protocol for managing COVID-19 cases
The updated protocol includes use Dexamethasone as an alternative to Methylprednisolone for managing moderate to severe cases...............