Page 28 - Hospitals

Delhi govt to review ICU beds' shortage in Covid facilities: Satyendar Jain

Jain's statement came amid reports that some private hospitals in Delhi were facing a shortage of ICU beds

Second Covid wave: Delhi hospitals run short of ICU beds with ventilators

All ICU beds with ventilators in the Central government's Northern Railway hospital are occupied

ICU cases in French hospitals creep toward new peak amid Covid-19 surge

Hospitals stopped treating many non-Covid-19 patients to avoid becoming completely overwhelmed

Maharashtra CM Uddhav assures strict action in hospital fire, announces aid

Thackeray said the fire did not break out in the hospital, but at some office or shop situated below it

Bombay HC allows use of hospital basement to provide additional beds

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday nightgranted permission to the Government Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) here touse its basement to accommodate additional COVID-19 patients. A division bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Avinash Garote passed the order in view of the sudden spurt in new cases in the city. The government pleader told the court that owing to the high court's earlier order, additional beds could not be placed in the basement, and around 50 patients were waiting to be admitted at the hospital.

Mumbai hospitals stare at bed crunch amid spike in Covid-19 cases

As Covid cases rise, pvt hospitals say situation could get critical in 2 weeks if momentum continues

Hospitals 'profiteering' by selling Remdesivir at printed rate: Maharashtra

Several hospitals in Maharashtra have been recovering the printed price of Remdesivir injections, used for COVID-19 treatment, from the patients and making profit, officials said on Thursday. The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has now proposed to the Center that the printed retail price on the injection be lowered to avoid patients getting overcharged. The FDA and Medical Education and Drugs departments held joint meetings in this regard last week, an official statement said. It came to light that hospitals are recovering the printed price or MRP from patients. "Since February this year, the printed price on the 100 mg Remdesivir was not reduced though the actual selling price by wholesalers to hospitals was brought down by the state government. "However, most of the hospitals were found quoting the printed price to the patients which was 10 to 30 per cent higher (than the procurement cost)," it said. Hospitals were thus found to be "profiteering", the governme

ESIC takes steps to improve service delivery; to run new hospitals itself

All newly constructed hospitals and those approved in future will now be run by the Corporation itself unless the state government insists to run the hospital

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Russian, Chinese hacking groups target pharma companies for Covid-19 data

Singapore-based cyber intelligent firm Cyfirma says 15 active hacking campaigns are underway; US, UK and Japan among a slew of other nations also on cybercriminals' target list

Nitish launches ambitious Rs 5540 cr project to upgrade Patna hospital

The project is for upgrading the Patna Medical College Hospital

Standardised, affordable 'drop-in' ICU facilities for India's small towns

CIPACA a health start-up in the south, claims to have saved about 106,000 lives over five years with its ICU services

Covid vaccination: 16k personnel at over 3k centers give Day 1 a good start

A total of 3,351 sessions of vaccinaton were held wherein 165,714 beneficiaries got vaccinated according to the provisional reports

Doctor, nurse, sanitation worker to get vaccine in presence of Delhi CM

A trio of a doctor, nurse and a sanitation worker will receive COVID-19 vaccine shots in the presence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the state-run LNJP Hospital

PM-Cares Fund allocates over Rs 201 cr to boost medical oxygen supply

A sum of Rs 201.58 crore from the PM-Cares Fund is being allocated for installing 162 dedicated PSA medical oxygen generation plants in public health facilities

Budget Byte: Need to spend more on healthcare to manage shortcomings

Spending on health is improving gradually in India, even though it has not grown substantially from its level of 1% of GDP

DV Sadananda Gowda collapses due to low blood sugar, hospitalised

Mr Gowda, 67, is currently stable and is undergoing further tests at the hospital

Lords Hospital to invest Rs 100 crore to add 200 beds, develop infra

The hospital's medical facilities, protocols and emergency services will provide patients with the highest standards of medical excellence for improved outcome in the post-covid future

Covid-19 will drive revenues for hospitals, diagnostic labs in 2021

The RT-PCR tests will carry on, and the massive vaccination drive will require lakhs of antibody tests to check for immunity

British hospitals scramble for space as Covid cases soar despite new curbs

British authorities are blaming a new variant of the coronavirus for soaring infection rates in London and southeast England