Tag: patients
AIIMS, IIT Engineer Develop Mobile App For Plasma Donors, Corona Patients
In the wake of rising demand of plasma treatment, a pair of brothers - a doctor at AIIMS and an engineer at IIT Delhi - have developed a mobile application that would bring the needy and the donor of plasma on the same platform. ....
Remdesivir Linked To Reduced Death Risk In Severe Covid Patients
New data revealed by Gilead Sciences has shown that its antiviral drug remdesivir reduces death risk of severe Covid-19 patients by as much as 62 per cent when compared with standard care alone. ....
5,106 Covid Patients Discharged In Tamil Nadu On Thursday
Tamil Nadu on Thursday saw a record 5,106 Covid patients discharged from various hospitals even as 4,549 new coronavirus cases emerged, said the State Health Department. ....
Follow Delhi Model For Home Isolation Of Asymptomatic Patients: Goa AAP
The Aam Aadmi Party in Goa on Tuesday urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to simplify home quarantine norms for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients on the lines of the model adopted by the party's government in the national capital, which provides free pulse oxymeters and counselling to the patients. ....
Bengaluru Private Hospital Forced To Return Money To Covid Patients
A city-based private hospital has been forced to return lakhs of rupees of advance money it had collected from Covid patients referred to it by the government for treatment, which should have been free as the cost is borne by the state, an official said on Tuesday.....
Study Identifies Longer-term Symptoms In Coronavirus Patients
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have identified a pattern of longer-term symptoms likely to be experienced by people who were hospitalised with the COVID-19 infection. ....
Lung, Heart Damage In Coronavirus Patients Can Improve With Time: Study
The bad news is that people show lung impairment from Covid-19 weeks after discharge. The good news however, is that the impairment tends to ameliorate over time which suggests that the lungs have a mechanism for repairing themselves, researchers said on Monday. ....
COVID Patients On Ventilators Can Have Permanent Nerve Damage: Study
Severely ill Covid-19 patients on ventilators are placed in a prone (face down) position because it's easier for them to breathe and reduces mortality. However, a new study shows that life-saving position can also cause permanent nerve damage in these vulnerable patients.....
Delhi Government Orders Private Hospitals To Reserve 80% ICU Beds For Covid Patients
In view of the rising Covid-19 tally in the national capital, the Delhi government on Saturday ordered 33 private hospitals, including five fully Covid hospitals, to reserve 80 per cent of their bed capacity in ICU wards for corona patients with immediate effect. ....
AHPI Mulls Legal Options Against Delhi Govt Order Reserving 80% ICU Beds For COVID Patients
The Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) would likely challenge in court the Delhi government's recent order where 33 private hospitals were directed to reserve 80 per cent of their total ICU bed capacity for COVID patients. The association expressed serious reservations against the latest order and called it "arbitrary in nature". ....
