Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 23 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) on Thursday authorised all hospitals to extend contract period of their employees whose contracts are expiring in near future.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday discussed the coronavirus pandemic with his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar, during which the latter praised the role of Indian-origin doctors and nurses in fighting the virus in Ireland.
Srinagar [Jammu and Kashmir], April 23 (ANI): The authorities of GMC Hospital in Baramulla district on Wednesday asked the patients who had visited the hospital on April 13 and 14 and came in contact with a doctor to report to them after the doctor tested positive for COVID-19.
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): With coronavirus pandemic raging across the country, the illness of around 70 cows in Andhra Pradesh's Kondapalli village left the villagers worried as they feared the cattle had been infected with coronavirus. However, a veterinary doctor as
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): After the Central government brought an ordinance to check violence against health workers, making it a cognizable and non-bailable offence, several doctors welcomed the move on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah and Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday interacted with doctors and senior representatives of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), and assured them that appropriate security will b
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who personally took cognisance of violence faced by doctors and guided the Cabinet to pass the ordinance that provides for stringent measures against anyone getting violent with the medical fraternity during the COVID-19
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, manifests his government's commitment to protecting healthcare workers braving COVID-19 on the frontline.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 22 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that 735 doctors have recently been recruited and posted to hospitals in the state.
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Former Olympian Milkha Singh on Wednesday said that he is proud of his daughter Mona Milkha Singh who is treating COVID-19 patients at a hospital in the United States of America.
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 22 (ANI): An FIR has been registered against a doctor at Shifa Hospital in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh for alleged negligence in handling a coronavirus patient and not reporting to authorities about his symptoms.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Eight staff members, including two doctors, of a hospital in Mumbai have tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.