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Hospital infrastructure may be stressed if Covid-19 infections rise further

Rate of hospitalisation low so far, at less than 2%, but doctors caution against dropping guard

352 health workers at PGIMER, Chandigarh test Covid positive since Dec 20

As many as 352 healthcare workers, including 157 doctors, of PGIMER here have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since during the past over a fortnight, the premier institute said in a statement on Friday. "A total of 352 Healthcare Workers (HCWs) have tested positive since 20th December, 2021 in Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. Of these, 157 are doctors Junior Residents, Senior Residents & Faculty Members," the statement said. It further said that the increase in cases amongst HCWs is commensurate with increase in cases amongst the population at large. "More than 95 per cent of HCWs who tested positive had received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine. It is reassuring to note that almost all of these infections have been mild. HCWs who are staying in hostels on the institute campus and who do not have provision for home isolation, have been isolated in Nehru Hospital Extension Ward of the institute," it said. The statement further said ...

Doctor consultations up 54% in a day, rise 2.5x in 3 days on Covid surge

Over half the consultations are for GPs and pulmonologists with concerns like fever, sore throat, headache, body pain, stuffy nose, Omicron spread, Covid-19 vaccine booster doses, and vaccines for kid

100 students, doctors of medical college in Punjab test positive

Nearly 100 students and resident doctors of the Government Medical College in Patiala in Punjab have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Tuesday.

NEET-PG issue: Resident doctors in Maharashtra to go on strike from Friday

The strike is likely to affect the services at government hospitals

NEET-PG 2021 counselling: Protesting doctors return lab coats, hold march

Intensifying their stir over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling, scores of resident doctors in Delhi on Monday symbolically 'returned their lab coats', and took out a march in streets.

India opens vaccination for children, booster shots for frontline workers

Citizens above the age of 60 years with comorbidites will be given shots from Jan 10, after consultation with the doctors

From Pilots, doctor to physicist, cyclist: NASA selects 10 new astronauts

NASA selected 10 new astronauts, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars.

Doyen of cancer treatment in India Krishnan Nair passes away at 81

One of the tallest figures in the country in cancer treatment, Nair passed away on Thursday

BS Number Wise: There are no NEET solutions

Tamil Nadu has no faith in the test to select students for medical colleges, data shows there is little reason to chuck out the system

Aggrieved over pay revision, government doctors to protest from Oct 4

Government doctors in Kerala would be boycotting trainings, online meetings and e-Sanjeevani, from October 4 in protest against a cut in their pay and allowances, an association representing them.

'Don't treat doctors as footballs': SC fumes at changes in NEET SS syllabus

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the National Board of Examination (NBE)

Reports about mass transfer of AIIMS doctors incorrect: Health ministry

The Union Health Ministry on Sunday termed as "fallacious" reports in a section of media alleging that Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said there will be a mass transfer of AIIMS Delhi doctors. According to the media reports, the minister made the statement while speaking on the 66th Foundation Day of AIIMS on Saturday "The reports further state that the government will soon implement a transfer policy to introduce uniform medical standards in all AIIMS across the country. This policy will lead to mass transfer of doctors of AIIMS Delhi to the new AIIMS, while new doctors will be appointed for AIIMS Delhi," the ministry said in a statement. "It is clarified that the headlines of various newspapers quoting the Union Health Minister from yesterday's AIIMS New Delhi 66th foundation day event are incorrect and misleading. The Union Minister did not make such statements yesterday. These reports are fallacious, ill-informed and have clearly misrepresented the facts," it said. Mandaviya

Naidu calls for mandatory rural service for doctors before first promotion

The Vice President stressed the need to increase the number of medical colleges while referring to the government's efforts to bridge the gap in doctor-patient ratio in the country.

Names of 3 doctors to be sent for Padma awards: Delhi CM

A Delhi govt panel has shortlisted names of doctors S K Sarin, Suresh Kumar, Sandeep Budhiraja to be recommended for Padma awards this year

Doctor consultations exceed 4 billion in India in FY21: Praxis report

Growth in teleconsultation peaked after the lockdown induced by the pandemic and the online doctor consultation market in India is expected to reach $836 million by FY24

Indian-American doctors to pay $37.5 mn to settle allegations of kickbacks

Two Indian-American doctors and one of largest hospital systems in the US have agreed to pay nearly $37.5 million to settle allegations of kickbacks for patient referrals, Department of Justice said

U'khand increases stipend of MBBS interns from Rs 7,500 to Rs 17,000/month

Uttarakhand Chief Minister raised the stipend of MBBS intern doctors of state medical colleges from Rs 7,500 to Rs 17,000 per month

'Lot depends on them': Junior doctors demand better pay as they fight Covid

Young doctors and medical staff have had to protest during pandemic for even basic rights: salaries, protection from assaults by patients' families, better staffing, poor quality hospital equipments

Dr P K Warrier, doyen of Ayurveda medicine, passes away at 100

In hislifetime spanning a century, he treated tens of thousands of patients from across the globe and his patients included former presidents and former prime ministers of India and abroad.