Fortis Healthcare contributes INR 5.90 crore to PM Relief Fund for COVID-19

New Delhi: Fortis Healthcare, India’s leading integrated healthcare delivery service provider has donated a sum of INR 5.90 crores to The Prime Minister National Relief Fund to support the Government’s…

High Risk Non COVID Patients are in Dire Straits

New Delhi: 30 year old Kidney Transplant patient of Jhansi, Pappi Choudhry is despairing. His immunosuppressant medicines Mofiled and Vingraf will last only two days. Where would he get them…

Covid-19: Union Ministry of Health and welfare Approves HCQS, Azithromycin Combo For Patients

The Union Ministry of Health and family welfare of India has approved the use of hydroxychloroquine in combination with azithromycin for patients suffering from serious Covid-19 disease and requiring ICU…

500-Bedded Odisha COVID-19 Hospital Becomes Operational in KIMS

Bhubaneswar: A 500-Bedded Odisha COVID-19 Hospital managed and run by Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bhubaneswar has become operational from 2nd April 2020. Govt. of Odisha is financing equipment…

Nationwide Free Helpline to fight COVID 19 launched on PM’s Appeal

New Delhi: Amidst of the Nationwide lockdown a team of doctors of different hospitals have come together & joined hands to support the people facing healthcare emergency. They have launched…

Apollo Chairman’s Heart goes out for COVID Care Workers

New Delhi: Dr Prathap C Reddy’s love and respect for his own hospital’s healthcare workers is already part of Apollo fable as evidenced by his gesture of standing up to…

Cases of invasive pneumococcal disease in India is result of lack of country-wide vaccination: GlobalData

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) presents a significant public health concern globally. India leads the way with the highest number of diagnosed incident cases of IPD, according to GlobalData, a leading…

More than 150 NGOs across the world urge Gilead to ensure access to remdesivir, a potential treatment for COVID-19

More than 150 civil society organizations and experts across the world have expressed concerns about the American biotechnology company Gilead Science’s current approach to remdesivir, a potentoally key treatment for…

Kerala COVID Care: Aster DM Healthcare goes the whole hog

Dubai: The son of the soil in UAE, Dr Azad Moopen, has always been bulwark for Kerala as and whenever calamities befall the state. Close on heels of pouring help…

Sampling and testing strategy for COVID -19 reviewed by Union Health Ministry

The Union health ministry reviewed sampling and testing strategy for COVID-19 in consultation with senior officials of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and…