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WB Doctors' Forum writes to Chief Secy, express concern over health worker
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): The West Bengal Doctors' Forum on Monday wrote to Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha expressing concern regarding healthcare workers testing positive in large numbers in the state and said that all in-patient department patients (IPD) need to be test
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Health Ministry issues revised discharge policy for COVID-19 patients
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): As India's COVID-19 count surges to 67,152, Union Health Ministry on Monday issued a revised discharge policy for COIVD-19 patients under which a person having mild infection can be discharged after 10 days of symptom onset and if there is no fever for thr
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Ayurvedic medicine trial on COVID-19 patients begins in Chandigarh
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 11 (ANI): The trial of AYUSH 64 medicine to treat COVID-19 patients have begun at Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Chandigarh.
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Pakistan: Hospitals begin clinical trials of plasma therapy as first Covid
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): Pakistan's top hematologist said that three hospitals in the country have started clinical trials for passive immunisation with the support of National Institute of Blood Disease (NIBD) to treat the Covid-19 patients
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BJP MLA tweets video showing body bags lying next to patients in Mumbai's
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 11 (ANI): BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Monday tweeted a video in which body bags were seen lying next to patients in a ward in Mumbai's KEM hospital.
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Union Health Ministry issues revised guidelines for home isolation of pati
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11(ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has issued revised guidelines for home isolation of people who either have very mild COVID-19 symptoms or are in the pre-symptomatic phase.
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Men's blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], May 11 (ANI): Evidence from a large study of several thousand patients shows that men have higher concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in their blood than women.
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Treatment for opioid use disorder is rare in hospitals, study finds
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 10 (ANI): Despite the national opioid-related overdose epidemic that continues to claim tens of thousands of lives annually, a recent study shows that patients who received a medication to treat opioid use disorder while they were in the hospital were subsequently l
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Electronic care support network in UP to help hospitals treating COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): An Electronic COVID Care Support (ECCS) network has been developed comprising teams of specialists to help hospitals in Uttar Pradesh in the treatment of coronavirus patients, Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said on Sunday.
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Doctors warn against stigma being attached to COVID-19
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): With the number of COVID-19 cases continuously increasing in the country, there have been several incidents of name and shame, discrimination, verbal abuse and hostility with patients' families, doctors, and health workers, highlighting the stigma attached to
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Baramulla stadium converted into wellness center for treating COVID-19 pat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 10 (ANI): The administration in north Kashmir's Baramulla district has converted the indoor sports stadium into a fully equipped wellness center to treat coronavirus patients.
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387 COVID-19 patients to be discharged from home isolation in Gujarat
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 10 (ANI): As many as 387 COVID-19 patients in Gujarat will be discharged from home isolation as per the revised discharge policy issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Ahmedabad information department said on Sunday.
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