Health Bulletin 29/June/2022
Overview
Here are the top health stories for the day:
India registers 14,506 COVID-19 cases, active cases stand at 99,602
India registered 14,506 new COVID-19 cases and 30 deaths in the last 24 hours. The active caseload of the country has also surged to 99,602 accounting for 0.23 percent of the country's total positive cases. 11,574 patients have recovered from the infection.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Student moves Gujarat High Court against medical internship rules
The Gujarat High Court has recently issued notice to the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the NHL Medical College on a plea challenging the Commission's MBBS Internship rules that put an end to the practice of allowing students pursue their internship at a different institute.
Enrolled in Ahmedabad-based NHL Medical College, the petitioner Shruti Gupta approached the HC bench as she wishes to pursue her internship with a Vadodara based GMERS College. However, despite approaching both the colleges and the NMC, her pleas went unheard and therefore she filed the plea before the HC bench.
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NMC MBBS Internship Regulations Challenged: Gujarat HC Issues Notice
Complying with NMC order, double evaluation of PG Medico papers in Bihar
Complying with the National Medical Commission PG Medical Regulations 2021, the Bihar-based Aryabhatta Knowledge University has recently decided that all the answer scripts of PG medical courses in the State Institutes would now be evaluated doubly.
The confirmation regarding this came from the Dean of the Medicine Faculty of the University Dr Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, reports TOI.
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Complying With NMC Order, Double Evaluation Of PG Medico Papers In Bihar
N95 mask with nanoparticle coating developed using 3D printing technology
Researchers have developed a reusable, recyclable, washable, odourless, non-allergic and anti-microbial N95 mask by using 3D printing technology. The four-layer mask whose outer layer is made up of silicon has a shelf life of more than 5 years depending upon the use.
Apart from its well-known uses to prevent infections like COVID 19, the mask can also be used by workers in different industries where they are exposed to high volumes of dust like cement factory, brick kilns, cotton factories and pain industries. It can be modified according to the requirement by changing the filter configuration according to the place in which it will be used and can help prevent severe lung diseases such as SILICOSIS. A trademark and a patent have also been filed for the mask called Nano Breath.
COVID-19: Samples collected from central, south, and southeast Delhi show presence of BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron
Samples collected from central, south, and southeast Delhi between May and June 16 have shown the presence of BA.5 sub-variant of Omicron. Almost 5 percent of the samples genome sequenced from central and southeast Delhi tested positive for the sub-variant and around two percent samples from South Delhi showed its presence.
Most of the samples were found to have the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron.
Speakers
Dr. Nandita Mohan
BDS, MDS( Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)
