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ICMR DG among 32 candidates in contention for post of AIIMS director

The incumbent, Randeep Guleria, slated to retire on March 23

AIIMS discontinues Covid tests before inpatient hospitalisations, surgeries

'In accordance with current ICMR's national guidelines, it has been decided to discontinue with routine Covid-19 testing,' the circular read

Ask AIIMS to start treatment for rare diseases: Delhi HC tells Centre

The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to communicate to AIIMS as well as to other Centres for Excellence to start the treatment of certain children suffering from rare diseases

Delta to Omicron: Looking back at Covid-19 pandemic's journey in 2021

With omicron presenting another challenge, the country is working to be better prepared this time around.

Third wave of Covid-19 here, doctors and nurses brace up yet again

The pandemic has taken a physical and emotional toll on frontline workers but they are carrying on with resilience

Mandaviya meets doctors, HCWs who tested Covid positive at AIIMS Delhi

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met doctors and health workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

Don't let your guard down thinking Omicron is mild infection: AIIMS doctor

Dr P S Chandra also said the Omicron variant is highly infectious and it is going to increase the herd immunity

AIIMS cancels doctors' winter vacation amid surge in Covid cases

The Omicron infection tally has reached 1,892 across the nation

Don't panic, but be vigilant: AIIMS Director Dr Guleria amid Omicron scare

AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday advised people "not to panic, but to be vigilant" while extending New Year greetings

Decision to vaccinate children 'unscientific': Senior AIIMS epidemiologist

A senior epidemiologist at AIIMS termed the Centre's decision to vaccinate children against Covid "unscientific" and said it will not yield any additional benefit

Covid LIVE: Maharashtra reports 11 new cases of Omicron, tally rises to 65

Union Health Ministry writes to states regarding measures that need to be taken in view of initial signs of surge in Covid cases

Covid vaccines can be tweaked for protection against new variants: Guleria

The COVID-19 vaccines can be "tweaked" to provide protection against new variants of the virus, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Director Dr Randeep Guleria said. His remarks come amid rising cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus and the ongoing debate about whether a booster shot is needed to increase antibodies. Speaking at a programme organised here in Maharashtra on Sunday, Dr Guleria said that as far as the severity of the Omicron variant is concerned, the next few weeks will be very crucial. "Although there is this new variant of COVID-19, the silver lining is that it does seem to be a milder disease and we should have protection as far as the vaccine is concerned. And I think it is important to remember that vaccines can be tweaked," Dr Guleria here said on Sunday. "We will have second-generation vaccines. This is something which we need to keep in mind. The current vaccines are effective but with new variants, they will decrease on immunity, ...

PM Modi inaugurates AIIMS, fertiliser plant in UP's Gorakhpur

Before 2014, shortage of urea used to make headlines; situation has improved now, says PM at Gorakhpur rally

AIIMS Bilaspur will be made functional within next 6 months: Anurag Thakur

He said that people in the state had to go to AIIMS Delhi and PGI Chandigarh for their treatment, but after six months people will be able to get treatment at Bilaspur.

Nadda says PM to inaugurate AIIMS Bilaspur, congratulate HP CM for 100% vax

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the fully functional All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bilaspur next year, BJP national president JP Nadda said on Sunday. Nadda, also a Rajya Sabha member, congratulated Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and frontline workers for making the state the first in the country to fully vaccinate 100 per cent of its adult population against COVID-19. Inaugurating the outpatient department of AIIMS in Bilaspur, Nadda said the health institute will be fully ready by June next year and hoped the prime minister will inaugurate it. As much as Rs 4,400 crore will be spent annually to run the institute, he said during the programme organised to celebrate the state's remarkable feat. Nadda, who is a native of Bilaspur, said though AIIMS Delhi and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, had been built in and around 1960, no other premier health institute had been built in other ...

AIIMS in Gorakhpur will be inaugurated next month: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Adityanath said that in December an AIIMS will be inaugurated in Gorakhpur and a fertiliser factory which has been lying closed since 1990 will be restarted

Rashtriya Janata Party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav admitted to AIIMS: Reports

Lalu Prasad Yadav has been admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi after he complained of fever, reports said

Foundation stone of AIIMS in Rewari to be laid soon: Manohar Lal Khattar

All the formalities related to the construction of the AIIMS in Rewari district have been completed, an official statement said

Lalu Prasad Yadav admitted to emergency department of AIIMS-Delhi

The veteran politician is learnt to be suffering from fever and is drowsy

Congress alleges corruption at AIIMS, Rishikesh demands CBI probe

The Congress in Uttarakhand alleged large-scale corruption in recruitment and sale of goods at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here and demanded a CBI probe into the matter