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Odisha: 7,000 unemployed health workers to be engaged at COVID Care Homes
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Odisha government on Tuesday said it will engage around 7,000 trained unemployed healthcare workers at the COVID-19 Care Homes (CCHs), which are proposed to be established in all 6,798 Gram Panchayats in view of rise in COVID-19 cases in the s
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Society should provide safe environment to healthcare workers : Shashi Tha
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday condemned the alleged attack on healthcare workers in Thiruvananthapuram's Poonthura and said that it is the responsibility of the society to protect and provide them a safe working environment.
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US sees new shortage of PPEs as COVID-19 infections rise, hospitalisations
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 10 (ANI): Healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States have once again started facing shortages of masks, gowns, face shields and gloves as the infection spread and the number of patients getting hospitalised continues to cl
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Private hospital in Mumbai gets its first robot to assist healthcare staff
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): A Mumbai-based private hospital got its first robot 'Gollar' to assist the healthcare staff in the hospital during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Punjab CM releases COVID-19 manual for healthcare workers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday released a COVID-19 manual for all healthcare providers.
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Doctor's Day: Coronavirus exacerbates burnout rate in doctors: How to addr
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 1 (ANI): With COVID-19 gripping the nation, the first line of defence, doctors and other healthcare workers have been caught in the eye of a storm.
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Jennifer Lopez gives sweet surprise to an emergency room nurse fighting CO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 26 (ANI): American singer Jennifer Lopez gave a special surprise to a healthcare worker fighting COVID-19 pandemic in New York.
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COVID-19: Engineering student invents camera-integrated thermal scanning m
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 22 (ANI): An engineering student in Kochi has invented a device 'AutoTemp Camera Integration' aimed to help health workers prevent COVID-19 by identifying the infected through thermal scanning.
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Health Ministry issues fresh advisory for healthcare workers managing covi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The quarantine period for healthcare workers (HCWs) with high-risk exposure to confirmed COVID-19 cases has been reduced from 14 days to one week initially, as per the latest advisory by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
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SC notice to Centre on plea seeking protective kits for healthcare workers
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central government on a plea filed by the United Nurses Association (UNA) that submitted the healthcare workers are exposed to the risk of contracting COVID-19 and sought directions to provide protective ki
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SC directs Centre to look into issues of salaries, quarantine facilities
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central government to look into the issue related to payment of salaries and quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients, and pass necessary directions for the same.
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Nurses approach SC seeking provision of protective kits for healthcare wor
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): The United Nurses Association (UNA) approached the Supreme Court mentioning that healthcare workers are exposed to the risk of getting infected by Covid-19 and sought to provide protective kits to healthcare workers.
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