New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Exercising more caution, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi have become alert after a 72 year-old patient earlier admitted in the neurology department turned out to be COVID-19 positive.
Quetta [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): A day after doctors and medical personnel were lathi-charged and arrested in Pakistan for demanding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to fight coronavirus, Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his dismay over the police action.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): A doctor, who is posted at JP Hospital in Bhopal, has turned his car into a temporary home as he is treating COVID-19 patients and staying away from his family.
Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): A case has been registered against seven doctors and three nurses for being absent during duty hours in Narsinghpur.
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and private firm Wipro 3D have together developed a full face shield for doctors and medical staff treating COVID-19 patients.
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Indian Railways will manufracture upto 1000 protective kits every day needed to protect doctors and paramedics working on the front line to treat COVID-19 patients at hospitals of Railways.
New Delhi [India], April 7(ANI): Only five N95 masks will be provided to each doctor, nursing officer, technical staff, security guard and maintenance staff for 20 days at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 7 (ANI): A specialist doctor from the National Institute of Virology Pune and COVID-19 test kits were flown to Goa by the Indian Navy on Monday in an effort to aid the state in its fight against COVID-19.
Surat (Gujarat) [India], April 7 (ANI): A Surat doctor was allegedly abused and threatened verbally by her neighbours and was told not to return home from the hospital as she must be infected with COVID-19.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): A doctor working as an anaesthetist at Narsipatnam Area Hospital in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday burst out in anger after he was "given one mask and asked to use it for 15 days".
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Bihar state health department has issued notices to more than 76 doctors for being "absent from duties" in view of threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Wockhardt Hospital said that several healthcare professionals at its South Mumbai facility have tested positive for COVID-19 and they are being treated.