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37 doctors test positive for Covid-19 at Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital

At least 37 doctors of Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital have tested positive for coronavirus, as per the hospital sources on Thursday

Pune authorities ramp up bed capacity as coronavirus cases continue to rise

The civic administration in Pune city on Thursday said it is constantly working to increase the bed capacity for COVID-19 patients to ensure that there is no paucity.

ICU beds: Maharashtra struggles, others fare better as Covid-19 cases rise

At Maharashtra, the epicentre of the second wave of Covid-19 in India, the health infrastructure is facing a fresh challenge as cases multiply

Beds capacity at Delhi's pvt hospitals escalated from 15% to 25%: Jain

As Covid cases continue to surge in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain informed that the number of beds in private hospitals has been increased from 15% to 25%

Sharad Pawar discharged from hospital, condition stable: NCP leader

Pawar recently underwent a procedure for a gall bladder issue

Delhi sees 3,594 fresh cases of coronavirus, records 14 more deaths

Delhi recorded 3,594 fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday, the highest daily count this year, while 14 more people died due to the infection, taking the death toll to 11,050

Second Covid-19 wave: Lessons from last year in mind, hospitals prepare

Civic corporations in Maharashtra are ramping up hospital beds even as health minister Rajesh Tope said there was no bed shortage

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