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Haryana issues new guidelines for home isolation care of COVID-19 patients
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], September 19 (ANI): The Haryana government on Friday issued new guidelines to strengthen the home isolation care of COVID-19 patients across the state, wherein emphasis is on in-person visits by the 'district home isolation monitoring team' on every alternate day.
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Rajasthan government allows family members to meet COVID-19 patients in ho
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Health Department on Friday permitted family members of COVID-19 patients to meet with them in hospitals by wearing face masks, PPE kits and hand gloves.
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Union Home Secy writes to Chief Secretaries of States over supply of oxyge
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Friday wrote to the Chief Secretaries of all the States to ensure free movement of vehicles carrying oxygen stating that any impediment in the supplies of medical oxygen in the country may critically impact the manage
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120-bedded suspect ward for COVID-19 introduced in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 18 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Health Minister Vijaya Bhaskar on Friday dedicated a 120-bedded suspect ward for COVID-19 patients under the new initiative to contain the infection.
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Study reveals immunotherapy improves survival in advanced bladder cancer p
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], September 18 (ANI): An immunotherapy drug called 'avelumab' has been shown to significantly improve survival in patients with the most common type of bladder cancer, according to results from a phase III clinical trial.
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Coffee associated with improved survival in metastatic colorectal cancer p
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [USA], September 18 (ANI): In a large group of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, consumption of a few cups of coffee a day was associated with longer survival and a lower risk of the cancer worsening, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and other organizations re
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YSRCP MLA launches free ambulance service for COVID bodies
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA Hafeez Khan on Thursday launched a free ambulance service for the transportation of deceased COVID-19 patients in the Kurnool district here.
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COVID-19: Health Secretary highlights govt's efforts to protect health wor
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): On the occasion of 'World Patient Safety Day', Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan highlighted the Central government's efforts to protect health workers and patients in times of COVID-19.
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Goa govt should subsidise COVID treatment in private hospitals to mark PM
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Margao (Goa) [India], September 17 (ANI): The BJP government in Goa should either take over private hospitals treating COVID-19 patients or announce subsidised charges for its treatment in private hospitals to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee
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Fight against COVID isn't a political one, it is battle to save lives: San
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Many patients in Maharashtra are recovering from COVID-19 and the fight is against the infection and not a political one, said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday.
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IMA criticizes Centre for not maintaining statistics of doctors who died d
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday criticized the Union government for not maintaining the statistics of doctors who have sacrificed their lives while treating the patients of COVID-19.
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Heart transplants from severely obese donors show comparable outcomes for
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Heart transplant patients who received hearts from severely obese donors had similar short-term outcomes and long-term survival as patients who received hearts from non-obese donors, according to new research.
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