Page 28 - Hospitals

RBI's Rs 50K cr liquidity facility can augment hospital bed capacity Crisil

Reserve Bank's Rs 50,000-crore liquidity window can help augment the bed capacity at hospitals by up to 20% as credit will be available at cheaper costs, credit ratings agency Crisil said on Friday

Gujarat: Covid-19 positive report not required for hospitalisation

In a relief to people, the Gujarat government on Friday announced that carrying a Covid-19 positive report will not be necessary for admission of patients to hospitals in the state

Delhi's Army hospital facing capacity constraints amid Covid-19 second wave

The Indian Army's base hospital in Delhi is operating under tremendous capacity constraints and working to increase the number of oxygenated beds from 450 to 950 by the month-end

Home Ministry asks states, UTs to conduct fire safety review of hospitals

The Home Ministry has asked states and union territories to carry out a detailed fire safety review of hospitals and nursing homes to prevent fire incidents

Health care infrastructure is India's only pain point: USISPF's Mukesh Aghi

In an interview with Shreya Nandi, Aghi talks about the global task force on pandemic response and how it plans to support India

No patient to be denied hospitalisation for lack of local address proof: SC

The Court has directed the Centre to formulate within two weeks a national policy on admissions to hospitals in the wake of the second wave of Covid-19

How India has failed to budget for health in the past 75 years

Healthcare has found little mention in Budget speeches over 75 years. Its near collapse in the face of the pandemic today is a result of this

The manpower crisis

Urgent steps need to be taken on the shortage of medical personnel

Mom's ailment drove this CA to build a biz in post-hospitalisation care

Rajinish Menon's enterprise Sukino Health care specialises in offering rehab and recuperation to chronically ill patients at a much lower cost than hospitals

FIR against private Covid-19 panel hospital in UP's Kanpur for overbilling

The Kanpur district administration has lodged an FIR against a private Covid panel hospital for overbilling

Those above 18years to get Covid-19 vaccines in Mumbai private hospitals

People above 45 years would continue to receive vaccines at 63 government and municipal centres

Harsh Vardhan visits soon to be operational Covid centre in Delhi

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visited the Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre in Chhatarpur and oversaw the preparations for the reopening of the centre with the addition of 500 oxygenated beds

Delhi hospitals raise SOS signal over oxygen shortage, seek help from govt

More hospitals in the national capital continued to send out SOS calls reporting shortage of oxygen and sought help from authorities to ensure supply

Covid-19 crisis: Hospitals scrape bottom of barrel as oxygen runs out

Not just patients, social media is seeing cries of help from big hospitals which have often been left with just a few hours of supply

Second wave: 1,000 tankers out on long road as patients gasp for breath

Not about supply of oxygen alone, it's also about transportation and storage

Second Covid-19 wave: Delhi records 19,486 cases, Maharashtra over 63K

The Maharashtra government has asked the Centre to cancel all elective surgeries and admissions in a bid to save medical oxygen from running out

Create more Covid-19 centres to hike number of beds with oxygen: Kejriwal

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday directed officials to ensure that the beds shown on the Delhi Corona app are actually available in real-time at hospitals and create.

The second wave: Covid-19 testing labs look at ways to ramp up capacity

Now demand is growing almost 100 per cent week-on-week, leading to a testing crisis, said an industry insider.

How bad is India's Covid situation & why? Watch to witness ground reality

The number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high with over 200,000 infections being reported in a day, while the active cases surpassed the 1.4 million- mark on April 15. In this video, we are trying to look at the grim ground reality across the country due to the worsening Covid situation. From labourers fearing job loss, a possible migrant exodus to people flouting coronavirus norms at will, the video gives the prevailing situation as India battles odds to fight the pandemic.

Hospital staffer held for black marketing of antiviral drug remdesivir

An employee of a private hospital was arrested for allegedly trying to sell a vial of remdesivir injection at an exorbitant price in Maharashtra's Pune city, police said on Wednesday. Based on a tip-off, a decoy customer was sent to Bhavani Peth area on Tuesday and the accused Shivaji Sawant was caught while attempting to sell a vial of remdesivir for Rs 7,000, a senior crime branch official said. Amid shortage of the anti-viral drug, cases of black marketing have been reported, in which the Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune police have already arrested some people in separate cases. The accused works as an assistant in a private hospital and was in possession of two vials, the official said. The family of a COVID-19 patient at the hospital had procured extra vials of the injection and had given it away to the hospital, and Sawant had somehow managed to get hold of two vials, which he tried to sell at an exorbitant price, he said. The accused has been arrested under relevan