Accelerate vaccinations to curb Covid spread and variants: Health experts

March 27, 2021

NEW DELHI: The threat of the spread of mutant variants, its implications and the ‘second wave’ of Covid-19—which The Sunday Guardian’s ‘Medically Speaking’ section was among the first to report—is looming large in the country today. The Sunday Guardian discussed the matter with prominent medical experts Dr Harsh Mahajan, founder...

WHY IS INDIA SEEING A SPIKE IN COVID-19 CASES? TOP DOCTORS EXPLAIN

March 24, 2021

Top healthcare experts and doctors discuss why India is again witnessing a massive spike in Covid-19 cases. Dr Anjan Trikha, Chairman of Clinical Managerial Group, Covid Centre at AIIMS, Dr Neeraj Nischal, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine at AIIMS, Dr Dhiren Gupta, Senior Consultant and Paediatric Intensivist at Sir Ganga...

PARLIAMENTARY PANEL DIRECTS CENTRALISED RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR ALL AIIMS

March 20, 2021

New Delhi: Addressing the issue of unavailability of candidates who could fulfill the high standards demanded in the selection process in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and other AIIMS, the Parliamentary Committee has called for a “centralised recruitment process” that would yield “speedy and better outcome”....

TRACE, TEST & TREAT TO OVERCOME SECOND COVID WAVE: IMA

March 20, 2021

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged everyone to follow the mantra of 3T—Trace, Test and Treatment—to overcome the second Covid wave in the country. In an official statement, the IMA warned against the unscientific drugs and procedures to treat Covid-19, “IMA urges all to come forward with...

Keeping an eye on glaucoma

March 20, 2021

Glaucoma cannot be cured but it can be treated. However, awareness is key as a delay in detecting the problem can lead to a worse situation for patients. Top eye experts Padma Shri Dr J.S. Titiyal, Professor, Head of Cornea Services and Chairman, National Eye Bank, AIIMS, Padma Shri Dr...

DR REDDY’S COMPLETES SPUTNIK VACCINE PHASE-3 TRIALS

March 18, 2021

New Delhi: Pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd has completed Phase-3 trials of Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V. The Phase-3 study of Sputnik V was conducted on about 1,500 subjects as part of the randomised, double-blind, parallel-group and placebo-controlled study in India. The result of trials is expected to come...

IMA WELCOMES PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MOVE ON SEPARATE IMS

March 18, 2021

New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has issued a statement on the parliamentary committee move for setting up a separate Indian Medical Services (IMS) cadre in the health sector. “IMA again puts it on record that the IMS will provide the healthcare of our country with due attention and...

How to eat right for a healthy brain

March 18, 2021

The food we eat directly affects our physical and mental health, especially by improving or worsening the functioning of our brains. Top experts Dr Manjari Tripathi, senior neurologist at AIIMS, Dr Vipul Rastogi, senior psychiatrist at Medanta, and Dr Megha Jain, senior dietician at BLK Hospital, share more information on how...

MANY COUNTRIES HALT THE USE OF ASTRAZENECA COVID VACCINE

March 13, 2021

New Delhi: Denmark, Iceland and Norway have stopped administering the shot of AstraZeneca vaccine, while Italy has banned the use of a vaccine as a precaution after some people reported blood clots. The Health authorities in Denmark, Norway and Iceland have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after blood...

HOSPITAL, NURSE TOLD TO PAY FOR AMPUTATION OF INFANT’S FINGER

March 13, 2021

Kannur: The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has held the staff nurse and hospital guilty of medical negligence amounting to deficiency of service for causing an infant’s disability by amputation of index finger and hence directed them to pay compensation to the father of the child. The child was born on...