Govt clears Ordinance on Attack on Doctors, amends Epidemic Act to bring 7 years jail for assaulting medicos Garima22 April 2020 4:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: In what comes as very good news for the entire medical fraternity, the government has cleared an Ordinance bringing stricter punishment on...
COVID 19 fight: Odisha announces Rs 50 lakh compensation for health workers who might lose lives Medical Dialogues Bureau22 April 2020 12:00 PM ISTApart from this compensation, the families of all government employees including both medical and non-medical will receive full salary until...
Defective Chinese kits? ICMR asks states to stop using Chinese rapid test kits after complaints of inaccurate results MD Bureau22 April 2020 10:00 AM ISTA lot of variations were observed in results of positive samples, tested by RT-PCR which was not good, he said and added, the ICMR would be in a...
Every Hospital has to have a media cell: Delhi Govt issues orders MD Bureau21 April 2020 11:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday asked the hospitals in the national capital to form a media cell to monitor the social media and news. The...
What to do when patient, staff in your hospital, nursing home comes out Corona Positive: Health Ministry releases Guidelines Medical Dialogues Bureau20 April 2020 6:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: Clearing doubts of many private healthcare facilities who are confused regarding running their hospita/healthcare faciltiies in case if...
ICMR issues advisory on use of CBNAAT for Coronavirus testing, details MD Bureau20 April 2020 3:18 PM ISTAccording to the advisory, any laboratory, already functional for SARS-CoV-2 testing by real-time PCR with appropriate BSL-2 setup, may start testing...
Coronavirus: Haryana to re-employ retired government doctors including faculty aged upto to 69 years Medical Dialogues Bureau20 April 2020 10:15 AM ISTChandigarh - Keeping in view the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the State, the Haryana Government has decided to re-employ the retired government...
Dedicated Helpline setup to redress of salary, accommodation, PPE complaints of healthcare workers: Centre tells Supreme Court Medical Dialogues Bureau16 April 2020 12:35 PM IST​​A bench of Justices N V Ramana, S K Kaul and B R Gavai disposed of a batch of petitions including that United Nurses Association (UNA) seeking to...
Delhi HC asks AIIMS to examine case of woman seeking abortion of ''abnormal'' fetus Medical Dialogues Bureau16 April 2020 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi - The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked AIIMS to examine a woman seeking to abort her 23-week-old fetus as the unborn child...
Core Strategy Group dealing with issues related to COVID-19: Health Ministry Medical Dialogues Bureau15 April 2020 12:36 PM ISTA Core Strategy Group has been formed, which is working on digital and molecular surveillance, rapid and economical diagnostics, new drugs,...
602 hospitals earmarked as dedicated COVID-19 facilities: Health Ministry Medical Dialogues Bureau15 April 2020 12:25 PM ISTElaborating on the infrastructure preparedness in the country, Agarwal said," A total of 602 hospitals in the country have been earmarked as dedicated...
FDA approves new Saliva Test for Coronavirus Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli14 April 2020 12:57 PM ISTEmergency use authorization granted for new biomaterial collection approach
