The Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on mental health led a record number of people—3.5 lakh—to seek counselling and treatment from the public health system in Maharashtra in 2020-21. In Mumbai, another 80,000 people have called up BMC-Mpower helpline for Covid-related grief since April 2020. “In 2020, we counselled many migrants
Renowned Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan - Medanta explains how the virus affects heart patients and answers some of the most frequently asked questions: Does Coronavirus effect Heart patients more severely? Are they more vulnerable to catching the Virus? Compared with a Healthy Heart, people
The Seventy Fourth Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia Region, began today with health leaders calling for greater commitment to build resilient health systems and to achieve universal health coverage. “This Session is convened to take important decisions on improving the health status of the
· Production capacity of 25 million tests per annum, that can be ramped up further if required · MDX facility with a core production area of around 9,500 sq. ft., is co-located in the Diagnostics facility spread over 50,000 sq. ft. · Designed with high sensitivity, specificity, and inclusivity, varied
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India takes pride in having the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination programme and more than 54 crore people have already taken the vaccine doses. In his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the prime minister
The Centre will provide a financial package of Rs 1,300 crore to Northeastern states to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. Assessing the Covid-19 situation with health ministers of all the Northeastern states in Guwahati, Mandaviya said the fund is
A multi-lingual horizontal Mobile app to authenticate products for the pharmaceutical & Medical Device industry with results in multiple (15 vernacular) languages and audio button for the consumer to hear the result. PUCHO’s AI Tech can also help identify Fake Covid-19 Vaccines An AI Tech startup
Over the last year, public health advice has recommended hand hygiene to break the cycle of COVID transmission along with other measures, such as distancing and mask wearing. Hygiene was a significant part of the health measures to control the coronavirus at the start of the
The pandemic forced Indian pharma companies to come together and work as a team in the hour of crisis. The trend, experts suggest, will continue for solving long-term issues such as innovation, R&D and digitisation. The pandemic has brought forth many learnings for the pharmaceutical industry.
Centre said that 49,85,51,660 vaccine doses have been provided to States and UTs so far, through all sources and a further 20,94,890 doses are in the pipeline The Central government on Tuesday informed that more than 2.75 crore unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with
