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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Topic: Hospitals

Delhi’s Kasturba Hospital resident doctors to go on strike from tomorrow over no salaries

Around 40 doctors will take part in this strike, which will go on till 20 October. The doctors have also threatened mass resignation if their salaries are not paid.

Reimagining health system — how India is innovating to improve access to care

An online panel discussion by Global Health Strategies and ThePrint on 'Reimagining India's Health System' focused on how to take healthcare forward using technology.

Drug-resistant fungi lurking in ICUs are infecting Covid patients, study in Delhi finds

Researchers found that 2.5% patients got candidemia while in the hospital. The main pathogen was found to be Candida auris, a known global health threat.

5,000 beds to be added for Covid-19 patients in Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi government has declared small and medium multi-speciality nursing homes with 10 to 49 beds as 'Covid nursing homes' to increase capacity for coronavirus patients.

80-year-old man found tied to bed in MP hospital over ‘non-payment’ of bill

The family of the man had paid Rs 11,000 in Shajapur City Hospital. However, at the time of discharge, the hospital asked the kin to pay Rs 11,270 more.

Delhi govt tells hospitals to update Covid death data in ‘timely manner’ as mismatch emerges

Delhi government Sunday issued a detailed SOP to hospitals to ensure proper data collection regarding Covid-19 cases and deaths. Hospitals blame government for discrepancies.

Does India need more Covid-19 testing or is it an uninformed argument?

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday joined a battery of health experts who have said that India’s testing rate was very low, urging the Modi govt to increase it.

At current rate, India can see 30,000 COVID-19 deaths by May, no hospital bed by June: Data

The response of various Indian states to COVID-19 will differ as the poorest states have the weakest capacity to deliver health services.

Hospitals to conduct ‘mock drills’ to deal with COVID-19 during Sunday’s janata curfew

Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal announced Saturday that 1000 hospitals were trained through video conferencing to conduct these drills.

Doctors blame staff shortage & poor infrastructure, not angry relatives for attacks on them

Doctors across the country on strike to protest against assault also call for stringent law to act as a deterrence against the violence.

On Camera

Indian shipping sector is vulnerable to geopolitical unrest. Build local, invest in air cargo

With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.

Complaints to RBI ombudsman up 68% in FY23, banks biggest cause for customer grievances

Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.

Tiger Triumph-24 — India-US tri-services exercise to boost coordination begins

The exercise will be simulated to undertake HADR operations in a ‘friendly island nation’, where troops will execute amphibious landing ops.

CAA comes not with a bang, but with a whimper. Without NRC, it will fade into academic debate

For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.