Focus on reducing COVID-19 mortality: Health Ministry directs States, UTs MD Bureau10 Aug 2020 9:00 AM ISTHealth Secretary Rajesh Bhushan especially engaged with the states reporting a high caseload and higher Case Fatality Rate (CFR) than the national...
Health ministry, ICMR, AIIMS to set up a national clinical registry to study COVID-19 epidemic Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Aug 2020 1:37 PM ISTNew Delhi - As doctors, scientists and researchers across the world grapple with understanding the effects of COVID-19, India, too, is set to study...
COVID testing for mentally ill patients: Dummy mobile no, hospital address can be used, ICMR tells HC Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Aug 2020 1:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) recently told the Delhi High Court that a dummy phone number can be used for COVID-19 testing...
Odisha orders fire safety review of COVID hospitals MD Bureau9 Aug 2020 12:15 PM ISTBhubaneswar: After several people were killed in a blaze at a Covid hospital in Ahmedabad, fire officers in Odisha were asked on Thursday to review...
Maintain essential health services amid Coronavirus outbreak: WHO MD Bureau9 Aug 2020 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged member countries in the South-East Asian region to maintain essential health services...
COVID outbreak: HAL donates 2 ambulances to Bengaluru hospital MD Bureau9 Aug 2020 10:00 AM ISTBengaluru: State-run aerospace and defence major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) donated two ambulances to Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College...
Mangaluru: Private hospitals to reserve 50 percent beds for Coronavirus treatment Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Aug 2020 9:00 AM ISTMangaluru - DK District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary on Friday said that private hospitals and medical college hospitals have to provide...
Maharashtra: Doctor booked after 15-year-old patient alleges sexual assault MD Bureau8 Aug 2020 4:10 PM ISTMaharastra: A Bhiwandi based doctor has been booked under the charges of allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old minor patient. The case...
TN Medical Council says 20 doctors lost against COVID-19; IMA seeks Rs 50 lakh compensation to families Farhat Nasim8 Aug 2020 2:18 PM ISTChennai: In a devastating revelation by the Tamil Nadu Medical Council, fatal Covid-19 has claimed the lives of a minimum of 20 doctors in Tamil Nadu...
SC advises cheaper treatment for COVID in smaller towns, asks Centre to release insurance claims promptly Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Aug 2020 1:31 PM ISTNew Delhi - The Supreme Court recently suggested that there should be a cheaper treatment for COVID-19 infected patients in smaller towns and asked...
Telangana: 35-year-old govt doctor succumbs to COVID-19 Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Aug 2020 1:17 PM ISTHyderabad - A deputy medical and health officer in Telangana died of COVID-19 on Friday. He was working in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district and was...
IMA asks state to set up 250-bedded COVID-19 block at Goa medical college Medical Dialogues Bureau8 Aug 2020 11:15 AM ISTPanaji - Considering the rise in cases of coronavirus in Goa, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has suggested that the state government set up a...
