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AIIMS-Delhi to resume routine inpatient admissions, elective surgeries

Delhi was hit badly by a brutal second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic

India begins 'Extension of Hospitals' project to fight Covid

To plug a major health infrastructure gap in India's fight against Covid-19, especially in rural areas and smaller towns, India has started project 'Extension of Hospitals' in various states.

Delhi hospital official apologises to staff over 'no Malayalam' circular

The nursing superintendent of GB Pant Hospital here has apologised for issuing a controversial circular that barred nursing staff from speaking in Malayalam on duty

New vaccine norms call for fairness to small hospitals, e-vouchers for poor

Vaccine price for private hospitals to be declared by each vaccine manufacturer, subsequent changes to be notified in advance

Pfizer supports deployment of oxygen and ICU beds in Delhi, Mumbai

Around 10 per cent of these beds have been set up to meet the requirements of Covid-19 paediatric patients.

Coal workers in battle for frontline status amid Covid-19 pandemic

Coal India says it made arrangements for sufficient beds, unions dispute claim

Cong seeks action against hospital authorities over 'no Malayalam' order

The Congress on Sunday demanded strict action against authorities of a Delhi Hospital for issuing a circular that asked nursing staff not to speak in Malayalam at work

Nurses demand apology, action over Delhi hospital's 'No Malayalam' order

A June 5 circular had barred nursing staff at Delhi government run GIPMER hospital to converse in Malayalam.

Need better containment strategy, ramping up of infra: Dharminder Nagar

One day you were planning surgeries and doing oncology and the next day, you had converted half the hospital into a Covid facility

Health centre or a cattle shelter? Rural Bihar's health reality in Covid times

Every time when a person from rural India travels miles for a healthcare facility, it tells us how far we are from building an efficient healthcare system. And when something like a pandemic hits that fragile health infrastructure, everything falls apart. And at a time when the whole country is bearing the brunt of Covid-19 with patients and their families struggling to get medical attention, even in India's metropolitan cities, people in rural areas are facing a different challenge altogether. Today, we are talking about the worsening state of health affairs in Bihar. Watch video

Govt expands credit lifeline for MSMEs amid second wave of Covid-19

Scheme removes the ceiling of outstanding loans of Rs 500 crore, keeps government's guarantee cover of Rs 3 trillion.

The only way out is to vaccinate 70-80% of the country: S Vincent Rajkumar

S. Vincent Rajkumar, an oncologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in the United States, talks about how India can avert a possible third wave of Covid-19

Maruti Suzuki in process of installing 24 oxygen plants in govt hospitals

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday said it along with its supplier partners are in the process of installing 24 oxygen plants in government hospitals by the first half of June

Covid-19-hit athlete Milkha Singh stable, on oxygen support, say doctors

AthleteMilkha Singh, who won multiple gold medals in sprint at 1958 and 1962 Asian Games and was admitted to hospital after he contracted Covid-19, is stable on oxygen support, doctors said

Excessive antibiotics use in Covid-19 cases adds 'fuel to fire' in India

Doctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand.

Dysfunctional ventilators serious matter: Bombay HC seeks reply from Centre

The High Court said that more than a hundred ventilators provided to hospitals in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra through the PM CARES Fund turning out to be 'defective' was a serious matter

100 beds reserved for mucormycosis patients at AIIMS in Rishikesh

Amid rising cases of mucormycosis or black fungus in Uttarakhand, the AIIMS here reserved 100 beds, including 10 ICU beds, on Monday for patients suffering from the deadly disease.

HCL says it's expanding Covid help to states with hospital beds, equipment

Company will help set up a hundred-bed treatment facility in government hospital in Greater Noida.

Govt issues guidelines on Covid-19 management in rural, peri-urban areas

The health ministry guidelines are meant to orient community-based services and primary level health infrastructure in these areas towards Covid

At Delhi hospitals, shortage and a long wait for Covid-19 vaccine

Private, state govt hospitals struggle; central govt hospitals seem to be doing better