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COVID-19 surge hits healthcare services at North Bengal Medical College an
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Siliguri (West-Bengal) [India], January 19 (ANI): With many health care workers getting infected with COVID-19, the family members of the patients in North Bengal Medical College Hospital (NBMCH) on Wednesday claimed that the COVID situation has hit normal patient care services in the hospit
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Poor sleep takes a toll on health care workers' mental condition, finds st
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 1 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers have studied the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers' sleep patterns and the potentially damaging consequences of sleep disturbance on their mental health.
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US eases quarantine time for health care workers with COVID-19 due to staf
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an updated guidance that shortens the amount of time health care workers who test positive for the novel coronavirus must quarantine due to staffing shortages in US hospitals.
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Study finds home health care workers struggle with their own health
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 11 (ANI): According to new research by Weill Cornell Medicine, home health care workers suffer from poorer physical and mental health when compared with similar low-wage frontline workers.
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Pakistan approves COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for health care workers, i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Pakistan on Wednesday approved a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, immunocompromised people and those aged over 50 years.
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Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance scheme for health workers f
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): The Central government on Wednesday extended the duration of 'Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), an insurance scheme for health care workers fighting COVID-19, for a further period of 180 days, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfa
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Health workers blow whistles to make people aware to install mosquito nets
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 6 (ANI): As a part of an awareness campaign against Dengue and Malaria, health care workers in Chhattisgarh are blowing whistles to make people aware of the need for mosquito nets to stay safe from these diseases.
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Mansukh Mandaviya shares glimpse of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination progra
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday praised health care workers of the country and shared a glimpse of nationwide vaccination programme initiated on January 16, this year with India administering a record over one crore vaccine doses against
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J-K Governor to honour 50 Covid Warriors on Independence Day
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 13 (ANI): Appreciating the services rendered by the Health Care Warriors, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha has decided to honour 50 Health Care Workers (Covid Warriors) with Certificate of Appreciation on 75th Independence Day
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Doctors' Day: WHO lauds tireless efforts of healthcare workers amid COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 1 (ANI): On the occasion of Doctors' Day on Thursday, World Health Organisation Regional Director (South-East Asia) Dr Poonal Khetrapal Singh expressed gratitude to health care workers for working tirelessly amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Covid vaccines provided protection in over 95 pc of vaccinated healthcare
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): COVID vaccines provided protection in more than 95 per cent of recipients with post-vaccination infection (PVI) occurring in only 4.28 per cent of those who received the jabs, according to study of a cohort of over 31,600 vaccinated health care workers by a
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Vaccines are working against infection, severe disease of COVID-19, reveal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Christian Medical College, Vellore, a 2,600 bed tertiary care hospital in India with 10,600 employees has vaccinated 84.8 per cent staff with majority of them getting Covishield and rest received Covaxin by Bharat Biotech, a latest research done on health
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