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13 Covid-19 patients die in hospital fire in Maharashtra’s Palghar

The fire was preceded by an explosion in the AC unit of the intensive care unit, District Disaster Control Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said.

US hospitals prepare as Pfizer ships out first batches of Covid vaccine

These 2.9 million shots of the newly-approved Pfizer vaccine will end up in the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents first.

Rajkot Civil Hospital has other problems amid Covid — patient ‘assault’, recalling dead body

Apart from rising cases in Rajkot, the Civil Hospital is also dealing with controversies over its handling of a 'mentally unstable' patient, and why a body was called back after being released.

After 8 Covid patients die in Ahmedabad hospital fire, relatives allege doctors ran away

Gujarat govt says fire started at around 3.30 am in ICU of 50-bed Shrey Hospital. The remaining patients and an injured nurse have been shifted to SVP Hospital.

Man drives 36 hours from Gujarat to Karnataka during lockdown to transport skin for wife

Misbah, a 23-year-old woman, suffered 71 per cent burns after a kitchen mishap, and then tested positive for Covid. She returned home in July after 70 days in a hospital.

Video of crowded OPD is not from Delhi’s RML, AIIMS Patna or Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru

In the video, one Dr Rana can be heard asking for help as the crowd outside OPD No. 5 had become too big for the staff to handle.

IIT Madras-supported startup develops portable hospital units to aid Covid fight

'MediCab' is a foldable unit and consists of four zones – a doctor's room, an isolation room, a medical room/ward and a twin-bed ICU, maintained at negative pressure.

Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy — the reason why India celebrates National Doctors’ Day

Roy, a physician & West Bengal's Chief Minister for 14 years, was instrumental in setting up Indian Medical Association & Medical Council of India.

Karnataka to get private hospitals to test, treat Covid-19 patients at capped prices

Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar Monday said private nursing homes and corporate hospitals with large number of beds will have to set up Covid isolation wards.

On World Blood Donor Day, a look at India’s blood crisis that’s compounded by Covid

In early April, the Indian Red Cross Society had raised an alarm that voluntary blood donation had fallen by almost 100 per cent.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.