Irish health officials on Sunday recommended the temporary suspension of the AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of serious blood clotting after inoculations in Norway. Dr. Ronan Glynn, Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer, said the recommendation was made after Norway’s medicines agency reported four cases of blood clotting
India recorded a significant milestone in its countrywide COVID19 vaccination drive which started on 16th January, 2021. More than 20 lakh (20,53,537) vaccine doses were given on Day-56 of the vaccination drive (12th March, 2021) through 30,561 sessions. This is the highest single day vaccine administration so far. 16,39,663 beneficiaries
Patients without COVID-19 symptoms are far less likely to test positive, and unknowingly spread COVID-19 ten days after receiving a second dose of a messenger RNA vaccine, compared to those who have not been vaccinated, a study says. Researchers from Mayo Clinic in the US noted
Noting that people are realising the benefits of Ayurveda and its role in boosting immunity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the current situation presents the right time for traditional medicine to become even more popular globally. Inaugurating the fourth edition of the Global Ayurveda Festival
The World Government Summit Dialogues saw world leaders outline solutions to humanity’s most urgent challenges during the virtual event on 9-10 March. Dr. David Nabarro, Special Envoy on COVID-19 to the World Health Organization (WHO), claimed the unfair weighting of vaccine access in favour of rich
The Centre on Thursday said the acceleration in delivering COVID-19 vaccine shots has been achieved in collaboration with the private sector which administered more than 23 per cent of the doses. Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 71.23 per cent of coronavirus
The Union Health Ministry on Thursday clarified that there is no shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses in any state in the country so far. Responding to a question on the Rajasthan government’s claim that there is a shortage in COVID-19 vaccine stock, Union Health Secretary Rajesh
With an aim to benefit the industry as well as the budding Hospital and Healthcare Administration students with his expertise, Chief Executive Officer and MD of Shree Pragati Foundation- Hira Mongi Navneet Hospital Dr. Anupam Karmakar, has been an integral part of the Healthcare Delivery
Over the past 10-15 years, lifestyle-related diseases in India have contributed to over 60% of the disease burden in the country. Currently, more than 2,00,000 patients are dying of kidney failure every year in India. Our country is currently the home to over 60 million
· Over 440 million syringes will be supplied by HMD for India’s massive vaccination drive by September including 177 million by April this year Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HMD), one of the largest manufacturers of Disposable Syringes in the World and possibly the largest for
