1,000 dental surgery seats remain vacant in India

29 Aug 2020 04:29 AM IST

Around 1,000 Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) seats are still vacant this year in India. Out of 6,511 seats, 5,549 seats have been filled and the reasons behind vacant seats could be Covid-19 or lack of interests of students in post graduate courses due to lack of jobs. “Students are

MCI releases new module for MBBS students

29 Aug 2020 04:28 AM IST

The Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to introduce a new Pandemic Management module for MBBS students. The MCI has prepared revised regulations for Graduate Medical Education and competency-based undergraduate curricula, accompanied by detailed guidance for its implementation. This programme will enable an Indian Medical Graduate (IMG) to be

What you should know about Cancer care during the time of a pandemic

29 Aug 2020 04:27 AM IST

While many cancer patients are sceptical to visit hospitals during Covid-19 to continue their treatment procedure, several hospitals have formed a robust cancer care facility that ensures that they have adequate screening and prevention measures. Experts across the globe feel that postponing procedures and deferring care as a result of

India’s health system needs support to overcome Covid crisis

29 Aug 2020 04:26 AM IST

Ever since the coronavirus outbreak engulfed the world, healthcare professionals have emerged as the real heroes of this crisis. Across the world, these heroes have led from the front, putting themselves at significant risk, yet going all out to save lives. According to estimates, as many as 548 doctors, nurses

Enforce Unlock 4.0 strictly as Covid doesn’t spare anybody: Dr Trehan

29 Aug 2020 04:25 AM IST

As India holds a dubious distinction of recording highest new cases in the world for 22 days, Dr Naresh Trehan, chairman of Gurugram’s Medanta Hospital, says that the government has to play a balancing act between life and livelihood and has to open carefully with strict protocols.

SC dismisses PIL on homoeopathy treatment for Covid

23 Aug 2020 09:26 AM IST

The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL filed by two petitioners, Dr Ravi M. Nair and Dr Ashok Kumar Das, who were seeking directions from the Central Government for permitting homoeopathic treatment of mild cases of Covid-19. The bench, comprising of Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde and Justices A.S.

Hospital to stop OPD services

23 Aug 2020 09:25 AM IST

The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry, a Covid-19 designated hospital, is facing a huge crisis due to increasing numbers of corona cases. The viral infection has burdened the centre as more than 300 patients are admitted in the JIPMER Covid Block and the ICUs

CCMB’s research stirs debate

23 Aug 2020 09:24 AM IST

A press release from the Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has stated that a study conducted by top scientists has projected roughly 6 lakh Covid-19 cases in Hyderabad, which is more than 6 times the number of cases which have been reported officially in Telangana till now. This

Frontline workers should be vaccinated first: Dr Poonam Khetrapal

22 Aug 2020 04:03 AM IST

Do you think Indian authorities’ strategy is moving towards the right direction in handling Covid-19? What more can be done? A: India acted early and took bold and decisive steps while implementing core public health measures to detect, test, trace, isolate and treat Covid cases. The country has been scaling

Bharat Biotech to start trials for Covid vaccine through skin route

22 Aug 2020 04:00 AM IST

Bharat Biotech has started running second-stage clinical trials at 12 selected sites across the country, where vaccination shots have been delivered directly into the muscles of healthy volunteers. However, according to a recent report, Bharat Biotech has proposed to conduct trials using the intradermal (ID) vaccine delivery route, which has

How Covid-19 is impacting multiple organs

22 Aug 2020 03:59 AM IST

2020 is the year most of the world would like to forget and wish that on one is exposed to such a situation ever. Our understanding of Covid-19 and its impact is limited still and the treatment is based more on symptoms rather than targeting the virus itself. The route

India exports 23 lakh PPEs to five countries in July

15 Aug 2020 03:29 AM IST

India, at the start of the pandemic, was going through the shortage for all kinds o f m e d i c a l equipment, including masks, PPE kits, ventilators, etc. Most of the products were not being manufactured in the country at the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. The