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14 May

75 Deaths At Goa’s Biggest Covid Hospital Fighting Oxygen Crisis

editor0 CommentsHealthCoronavirus, Goa, health

Seventy-five patients have died at the Goa Medical College and Hospital - the state's biggest Covid facility - in the past four days, because of "logistic issues" in the supply of medical oxygen.Thirteen died on Friday, according to former Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai, whose Goa Forward Party was allied with the ruling BJP before quitting last month over "anti-Goan policies". On Thursday 15 deaths were recorded. The day before - Wednesday - 21 people died, and on Tuesday 26 people lost their lives. All 75 deaths, Mr Sardesai told NDTV, took place in the "dark hours, which is the…

14 May

Blue Dart launches Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium

editor0 CommentsHealthBlue Dart, Blue Dart Med-Express Drone, vaccine

Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium has been formed by Blue Dart (India’s leading express logistics service provider and part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group) with the mission of revolutionizing the delivery of vaccines and emergency medical supplies to the remotest parts of India with Drones. Blue Dart Med-Express Drone flights will deploy an immersive delivery model to optimize the current healthcare logistics within Telangana. The model will enable deliveries from district medical stores and blood banks to Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), Blood Storage Units & further from PHCs/CHCs to Central Diagnostic laboratories. Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium is…

13 May

Here’s how Chocolate can be getting more Expensive in the coming days

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Health

The meteoric rise in palm oil prices is poised to inflate costs for everyone from restaurants to confectionery and cosmetic manufacturers, and could potentially change consumption patterns. The world’s most consumed edible oil has surged more than 120% in the past year and burst through 4,500 ringgit ($1,091) a ton to a record on Wednesday. The tropical oil, which is found in products as diverse as chocolate, pastries, soaps, lipstick and biofuel, and is widely used in Asian restaurants, has been swept up in the global commodity rally as farm crops soar on weather worries and China’s crop-buying spree. Palm…

13 May

“Religious and political mass gathering” are the reason behind India’s Covid crisis: Confirms WHO

editor0 CommentsHealthCoronavirus, health, India, WHO

The World Health Organisation has said a recent risk assessment of the situation in India found that “resurgence and acceleration” of COVID-19 transmission in the country had several potential contributing factors, including “several religious and political mass gathering events which increased social mixing”. The WHO, in its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, published Wednesday, said that viruses in the B.1.617 lineage were first reported in India in October 2020. “The resurgence in COVID-19 cases and deaths in India has raised questions on the potential role of B.1.617 and other variants (e.g., B.1.1.7) in circulation,” the update said. “A recent risk assessment of the…

12 May

Study finds that Covid vaccines do not affect placenta in women

editor0 CommentsHealth, LifestyleCoronavirus, health, pregnancy

COVID-19 vaccines may be safe during pregnancy, suggests a study that found no evidence of injury to the placenta in pregnant women who received the preventive. The first-of-its-kind study, published on Tuesday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, adds to the growing literature that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancy. “The placenta is like the black box in an airplane. If something goes wrong with a pregnancy, we usually see changes in the placenta that can help us figure out what happened,” said Jeffery Goldstein, assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US. “From what we can tell,…

12 May

‘City Health Card’ by Housing.com

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A recent report by leading online real estate firm Housing.com, titled “State of Healthcare in India: Indian cities through the lens of healthcare” shows that Kolkata lags in terms of delivery of health care services, sanitation and solid waste management compared to other cities. Kolkata has been ranked at the 7th spot on ‘Housing.com City Health Card’, which is a part of the report by the Elara Technologies-owned company. The ‘Housing City Health Card’ was prepared by benchmarking the top-8 cities against important parameters. For the City Health Card methodology, hospitals with more than 100 beds have been considered. Housing.com’s…

12 May

Happy International Nurses Day 2021

editor0 CommentsHealthhealth workers, international nurseday, nurses, sdg, WHO

With the increase in the cases of Covid19, hospitals are loaded with patients who need tremendous care and help. At this time, the role of the healthcare workers including doctors, health experts and nurses has increased way too much. Nurses are the first to come and the last to leave. They are working beyond what their duty is. They have been there with the patients, not just to heal their wounds but also to fill in positivity in them during this hard times. As per World Health Organization (WHO), 9 million more nurses and midwives are to be required by 2030…

12 May

Israel declares Emergency: Conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensifies

editor0 CommentsHealthemergency, israel, riots, world

Israel has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod after rioting by Israeli Arabs, as conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensified. Cars were set alight and a father and daughter -both Israeli Arabs - died when a rocket hit their car. Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets deep into Israel, while Israel carried out heavy air strikes on Gaza. At least 40 people have died in some of the worst violence in years. Israel's military says it is targeting militants in Gaza in response to rocket attacks on Jerusalem and other areas. More than…

12 May

Nearly 100 Decomposed floating bodies found in Ganga

editor0 CommentsHealthbihar, Covid-19, dead bodies, ganga, UTTARPRADESH

At a time when the two most populous states of the country Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are trying to do their best to mitigate the Covid crisis, At least 96 unidentified bodies, many of them decomposed and bloated and have been found floating in the Ganga over the past couple of days, triggering fears among local residents in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh that bodies of Covid victims were being dumped in the river. While 71 bodies have been recovered in Bihar’s Buxar, 25 bodies have been found in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has…

12 May

96 unidentified dead bodies wash up on the shores of ganga in UP and Bihar

editor0 CommentsHealthbihar, Coronavirus, dead bodies, ganga, India, UTTARPRADESH

At least 96 unidentified bodies – many of them decomposed and bloated – have been found floating in the Ganga over the past couple of days, triggering fears among local residents in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh that bodies of Covid victims were being dumped in the river. While 71 of the bodies have been fished out in Bihar’s Buxar district, at least 25 bodies were found in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. While authorities in both districts are yet to confirm if the bodies were of Covid victims, saying samples have been sent for tests, police in Buxar said they suspected the…