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Nurses demand apology, action over Delhi hospital's 'No Malayalam' order

A June 5 circular had barred nursing staff at Delhi government run GIPMER hospital to converse in Malayalam.

Need better containment strategy, ramping up of infra: Dharminder Nagar

One day you were planning surgeries and doing oncology and the next day, you had converted half the hospital into a Covid facility

Health centre or a cattle shelter? Rural Bihar's health reality in Covid times

Govt expands credit lifeline for MSMEs amid second wave of Covid-19

Scheme removes the ceiling of outstanding loans of Rs 500 crore, keeps government's guarantee cover of Rs 3 trillion.

The only way out is to vaccinate 70-80% of the country: S Vincent Rajkumar

S. Vincent Rajkumar, an oncologist and professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in the United States, talks about how India can avert a possible third wave of Covid-19

Maruti Suzuki in process of installing 24 oxygen plants in govt hospitals

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday said it along with its supplier partners are in the process of installing 24 oxygen plants in government hospitals by the first half of June

Covid-19-hit athlete Milkha Singh stable, on oxygen support, say doctors

AthleteMilkha Singh, who won multiple gold medals in sprint at 1958 and 1962 Asian Games and was admitted to hospital after he contracted Covid-19, is stable on oxygen support, doctors said

Excessive antibiotics use in Covid-19 cases adds 'fuel to fire' in India

Doctors battling to save lives amid a dearth of effective treatments are turning to the medicines they have on hand.

Dysfunctional ventilators serious matter: Bombay HC seeks reply from Centre

The High Court said that more than a hundred ventilators provided to hospitals in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra through the PM CARES Fund turning out to be 'defective' was a serious matter

100 beds reserved for mucormycosis patients at AIIMS in Rishikesh

Amid rising cases of mucormycosis or black fungus in Uttarakhand, the AIIMS here reserved 100 beds, including 10 ICU beds, on Monday for patients suffering from the deadly disease.

HCL says it's expanding Covid help to states with hospital beds, equipment

Company will help set up a hundred-bed treatment facility in government hospital in Greater Noida.

Govt issues guidelines on Covid-19 management in rural, peri-urban areas

The health ministry guidelines are meant to orient community-based services and primary level health infrastructure in these areas towards Covid

At Delhi hospitals, shortage and a long wait for Covid-19 vaccine

Private, state govt hospitals struggle; central govt hospitals seem to be doing better

SBI eyes over Rs 10K-crore credit pipeline for health infrastructure

Ashwani Bhatia, managing director, SBI, said the bank had held discussions with firms that needed funds for building hospital infrastructure

Operational licence can be given to closed hospital: Delhi govt to HC

The 150-bed multi-speciality hospital was closed down due to insolvency resolution process against its parent company

International Nurses Day 2021: A day for health workers helping us in Covid

May 12 is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

I-T dept goes after hospitals taking cash payment to treat Covid patients

Response from Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur and I-T department is carried at the end of the story

Vedanta to set up 100-bed hospital for Covid patients in Rajasthan's Barmer

Oil and gas company Vedanta Limited has started setting up a 100-bed field hospital for coronavirus patients in Barmer district of Rajasthan

PIL in Delhi HC claims need for transparency in allocation of hospital beds

Hospitals in the national capital are allegedly following a "VIP culture" of allocating beds and therefore, there is a need for a transparent system, a PIL urged the Delhi High Court on Monday.

This Pune-based startup is helping coronavirus patients find beds, plasma