DCGI Directs To Recall Batches Of Rapid Antigen IVD Kits Of Labcare Diagnostics And SD Biosensor

Mumbai : The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed all state licensing authorities (SLAs) to recall batches of rapid antigen in vitro diagnostic (IVD) kits of Gujarat-based manufacturer…

Crowd Funding Helped Save Life of a Young Medical Student

New Delhi: 25 Year old patient from Lucknow, successfully underwent a liver transplant surgery under Dr Neerav Goyal, Senior Consultant and Head, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals along with his team successfully…

Indian Origin Doctor honoured with International Road Safety Award 2020

New Delhi: Indian Head Injury Foundation was awarded with The Prince Michael Award which is an award for road safety. Dr Rajendra Prasad, Honorary Medical Director of IHIF, received the…

DayToDay Health builds a virtual healthcare system for COVID-19 Patients

New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai : DaytoDay Health (DTDHI), a leading global health-tech service company which provides personalised technology-based solutions to patients to guide, help and assist patients through pre and…

28 Million Routine Surgeries May be Cancelled or Postponed Worldwide: Reveals Study

New Delhi, 16th Dec 2020: The CovidSurg Collaborative research study based on a 12-week period of peak disruption to hospital services due to COVID-19 has predicted that around 28 million…

Focus On Boosting Supply Chain For Medical Devices

New Delhi : India took less than a year to become self-reliant in the manufacture of medical devices, personal protective equipment (PPE), and ventilators following the coronavirus outbreak and now seeks…

DCGI Seeking More Data For Granting Emergency Use Authorisation Won’t Impact Timeline For Vaccine Roll-Out: Govt

New Delhi : The applications of Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute and Pfizer seeking emergency use authorisation for their COVID-19 vaccines are being examined, the Centre said on Tuesday asserting that drug…

‘New variant’ of coronavirus identified in Britain

London, A new variant of coronavirus has been found which is growing faster in some parts of England, British MPs have been told. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at least 60 different…

COVID TRIGGERING RARE BUT DEADLY MUCORMYCOSIS

New Delhi : In last 15 days ENT surgeons at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have seen 13 cases of Covid triggered Mucormycosis with over 50% patients’ with loss of eyesight…

As vaccine hopes rise, some doctors & nurses wary of jab

MUMBAI: With Covid-19 vaccines expected to arrive within weeks to a month, many healthcare workers have grown wary of being the first ones to take the shot. Many doctors and nurses TOI…