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03 Jul

Bengal Govt fixes medical test rates for private labs and hospitals

editor0 CommentsHealth, Covid19, India, West BengalCOVID VACCINE, Private Labs, West Bengal

On Friday , Similar to the capping of coronavirus test prices the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) fixed the charges on five radiological tests and 15 pathological tests which are conducted by private hospitals. The health department has issued an order that all private hospitals with more than 150 beds would follow the order. Among pathological tests, the Procalcitonin test cannot cost more than Rs 4,000, the upper limit for the IL-6 test has been fixed at Rs 3,500, for D-dimer, it is Rs 2,300. According to the commission, Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many had complained about exorbitant rates of tests…

03 Jul

Union health ministry decided would set up two oxygen plants at north Bengal hospitals

editor0 CommentsHealth, Covid19, India, North Bengal, West BengalNorth Bengal, Oxygen Plants, Union Health Ministry

The Union health ministry has assigned two central agencies to set up two oxygen plants at the district hospitals of Darjeeling and Kalimpong and decided conduct the projects. On Friday,the BJP MP of Darjeeling Raju Bista said that Pressure Swing Adsorption i.e. medical oxygen generator plants which would be irst-of-its-kind facility in the hills,would be available at the hospitals very soon. The MP, Raju Bista has said that I had written a letter to the Prime Minister , mentioning that and requested him for oxygen plants, one each in these two places and another in Siliguri where patients from all…

02 Jul

First of its kind of surgery at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre

editor0 CommentsAssam, HealthApollo Proton Cancer Centre, Dr. Prathap C Reddy

India’s first of its kind Mega prosthesis Fixation for femur (thigh bone) and Laparoscopic Radical nephrectomy to remove a cancerous kidney as a single stage surgery through a Multimodal approach has been performed on a woman (54) from Assam giving her a new lease of life. Two complex and complicated surgery on the patient has been successfully performed at same time by a team of doctors at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (the first Proton Therapy Centre in South Asia & the Middle East). The patient had sustained fracture of her left thigh bone and suffered with a trivial injury 2…

01 Jul

Delta variant to become dominant strain of COVID-19 in coming months: WHO

editor0 CommentsHealth, IndiaCovid 19, WHO

The World Health Organisation has said the Delta variant of COVID-19 is now present in nearly 100 countries as per conservative estimates, and warned that in the coming months the highly transmissible strain will become the dominant variant of the coronavirus globally. In its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, the WHO said as of June 29, 2021, "96 countries have reported cases of the Delta variant, though this is likely an underestimate as sequencing capacities needed to identify variants are limited. A number of these countries are attributing surges in infections and hospitalisations to this variant." "A number of these countries…

01 Jul

India Logs 48,786 New COVID-19 Cases,Recorded Recovery Rate At 96.97%

editor0 CommentsIndia, Covid19, HealthCovid 19, India

India on Thursday recorded 48,786 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Active cases are now below 8 lakh mark at 5,23,257. Active cases constitute 1.72% of total cases.In the last 24 hours, 61,588 patients recovered from the infection. The total tally of people who have recovered so far from the disease is 2,94,88,918.The recovery rate has increased to 96.97%.33.57 crore vaccine doses were administered so far under a nationwide vaccination drive. The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.64%.Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 49th consecutive day.The daily positivity rate is…

01 Jul

Seven European Union countries have cleared India’s Covishield amid travel pass row.

editor0 CommentsHealth, India, InternationalUnion countries

Several European Union countries have cleared the Serum Institute of India's Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, amid travel pass row. According to a PTI report, nine European nations have agreed to accept Covishield for travel to their countries. Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain are among the countries that will allow travel by people who have taken Covishield shots. Besides, Switzerland has also included the drug in 'green pass' amid a row over travel pass to Indians. Separately, Estonia has also confirmed that it will recognise all vaccines authorised by India for the travel of Indians. This comes after India requested…

01 Jul

Covid Delta variant detected in 96 countries: WHO

editor0 CommentsInternational, Covid19, HealthCovid-19, International, WHO

The Delta Covid-19 variant has now been detected in 96 countries, 11 more than last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its latest update. The Delta variant, also referred to as a “double mutant” because it carries two mutations, is 55 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, initially detected in the UK, and will rapidly become the dominant strain of globally, Xinhua news agency quoted the WHO as saying in the update issued on Wednesday. Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria, and Malawi are among the 11 countries…

01 Jul

India logs 48,786 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate at 96.97%

editor0 CommentsIndia, Covid19, HealthCovid 19, India

India on Thursday recorded 48,786 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Active cases are now below 8 lakh mark at 5,23,257. Active cases constitute 1.72% of total cases.In the last 24 hours, 61,588 patients recovered from the infection. The total tally of people who have recovered so far from the disease is 2,94,88,918.The recovery rate has increased to 96.97%.33.57 crore vaccine doses were administered so far under a nationwide vaccination drive. The weekly positivity rate remains below 5%, currently at 2.64%.Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 49th consecutive day.The daily positivity rate is…

30 Jun

Malaika Arora trolled for wearing gym wear for Covid vaccination

editor0 CommentsHealth, Covid19Malaika Arora

Malaika Arora is fully vaccinated against the deadly Coronavirus. The diva announced the same on Instagram informing that she has received the second vaccine shot against Covid-19. Malaika posted pictures from the vaccination center of getting the jab. In the photos, Malaika is seen wearing comfortable gym active wear. She is casually dressed in a black and white sports bra, track pants, and a layering of a summer sweatshirt thrown on one side. Commenting on Malaika's post, an Instagram user wrote that her outfit confused him if she went to the vaccination centre or the gym. Whereas, taking a jab at…

29 Jun

Thane woman claims she got 3 vaccine doses in 15 mins

editor0 CommentsHealth, IndiaAanand Nagar, Thane, vaccine

The incident allegedly took place on Friday in Thane , when a woman went to the Aanand Nagar vaccination center along with her husband to get the first dose of vaccine. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Monday has formed an inquiry committee to probe into charges that at a vaccination center in Thane a woman was administered three vaccine doses within 10-15 minutes. The Mayor of Thane Municipal Corporation said that We have executed committee to conduct an inquiry into this matter and have also provided inevitable medicines and other help to the woman and her husband. I am…