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12 Mar

Free Heart Surgery for Children of below poverty line families

editor0 CommentsAssam, Health

Dr. Bhaba Das Foundation of Guwahati has launched a free heart surgery scheme for the children below 14 years of age below poverty line families in a press meet on 10 March in Guwahati. Medical Director Dr. B.P. Chakrabarty, Dr. Atanu Barthakur, Dr. Hemjit Talukdar, Dr. Biju Choudhury, Dr. Supriya Choudhury and Dr. Yasin Ali attended the press meet. Besides the free heart surgeries the foundation also gives importance for cancer treatments, medical education, nursing education and scientific research etc. The foundation also provides financial help to orphans, infrastructure improvement in differences medical organization. Dr. Bhaba Das Foundation was started…

11 Mar

Delhi AIIMS takes new initiative for booster dose

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India, Lifestyle

Delhi AIIMS is going to start a booster dose trial of Indian firm Bharat Biotech’s Intranasal Covid-19 vaccine from this week. This booster dose is for those who got vaccine shots of Covaxin or the Covishield atleast five months ago. The objective of the trial — titled as ‘Phase 3, Randomized, Multi-Centric, Open-labeled Study to Evaluate Immunogenicity and Safety of BBV154 Booster Dose in Participants Previously Vaccinated with EUA Vaccines’ — is to comprehend the best mix of heterologous helping. The purpose of this is to evaluate the safety of three vaccines as a booster dose in individuals previously vaccinated…

10 Mar

Medica conducts Robotic Surgery on 74yr old kidney cancer patient

editor0 CommentsHealthmedica

Medica Superspecialty Hospital, the largest private hospital chain in Eastern India, through their newly set up Oncology Department, providing world-class cancer treatment at Kolkata, achieved yet another momentous feat on a 74-year-old Kidney Cancer patient who could not be operated on in traditional method due to various complications, by conducting robotic surgery with the help of 4th generation Da Vinci X Surgical Robot available at the facility. This minimal invasive, challenging, yet successful operation of a critical patient adds another feather in the cap of the Medica Oncology team led by Dr. Sourav Dutta (Director, Medica Cancer Hospital). 74-year-old, septuagenarian…

08 Mar

Supreme Court may order probe into ‘fake’ Covid death cases

editor0 CommentsCovid-19SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court Monday expressed situation over pretend Covid loss of life certificates being issued by means of medical practitioner for ex-gratia compensation and found that it may order a probe into the issue.A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna additionally stated that there should be some time restrict for claims in search of compensation. “What is demanding is the fake certificate given by using doctors… It is a very serious thing", the bench observed. The top courtroom stated that there have to be some time limit, otherwise, the technique will go endlessly. "Please suggest how…

07 Mar

Indian women prefer snacking on almonds

editor0 CommentsBusiness, HealthAlmonds

According to a recent survey conducted between 7th to 22nd December by a research consulting firm YouGov, 72% of women in India find healthy dietary changes as an important step for beautiful looking skin. The quantitative survey aimed to assess the correlation between beauty and snacking, and understand women’s snacking patterns for beauty benefits. It was conducted amongst a sample size of 3,959 women. 80% of women in India are of the opinion that beauty shines through by being healthy rather than using topical skincare products. The majority of the females prefer to snack on healthy and nutritious food items…

26 Feb

Centre tries to make Kolkata Homeopathy institute a world-class centre

editor0 CommentsHealthkolkata

The focal special objectives to make the National Institute of Homeopathy (NIH) in Kolkata a-list focus with expanded accentuation on innovative work, Union Ayush serve Sarbananda Sonowal expressed here on Thursday. He additionally presented that a Rs 300-crore satellite unit of the Kolkata-based focus of greatness in homeopathy beneath the Ministry of Ayush will be opened and operationalised at Narela in Delhi soon. The declaration used to be made while the Union pastor alongside senior authorities of the Ministry of AYUSH visited the NIH for an assess get together in Kolkata, a service articulation said. "We decide to make the…

25 Feb

Delhi Ends All Covid Curbs, Schools Offline From April 1

editor0 CommentsCovid-19Delhi

As Covid energy cost in the city continues to drift cycle 1% or less, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) not permanently set up to lift all impediments constrained in the public capital. It has likewise allowed assets to end on the web/cross variety representations for real bearings from April 1. Sources expressed the new pointers are most likely to come into sway from Monday, February 28. The authority has moreover decreased the fines forced for veil infringement and non-adherence to social separating to Rs 500 from Rs 2,000. The city will be freed from all constraints like evening check…

24 Feb

Pfizer’s support to Tata Trusts Cancer Care Programme

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Health, Indiapfizer, Tata Trusts

Pfizer reported that its help to Tata Trusts Cancer Care program beginning around 2020 has helped in enlisting and evaluating 70,000 individuals for non-transmittable sicknesses (NCDs) and Cancer across Assam, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. Pfizer cooperated with Tata Trusts' Special Purpose Vehicle, Alamelu Charitable Foundation (ACF) for their Cancer Care Program to help set up wellbeing and health booths, work with local area screening and a virtual patient helpdesk, and aid the preparation of ASHA and Anganwadi laborers in Diphu and Silchar in Assam and, also, in Ranchi, Jharkhand, and Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Assam has probably the most elevated pace…

23 Feb

Medica successfully conducts Hysterectomy in daycare through Robot

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Health, Indiamedica

Medica Super specialty Hospital has set up Oncology Department, giving a-list malignant growth treatment at Kolkata, accomplished a pivotal accomplishment of a first Daycare Robotic hysterectomy made conceivable by the fuse of fourth era Da Vinci careful Robot accessible at the office. Mrs.Samanta, the 50-years of age premenopausal (around menopause) working class homemaker from Midnapore, had been experiencing weighty and delayed feminine dying. The patient and her family picked to go through a Robotic hysterectomy in the wake of understanding the advantages of the medical procedure made accessible through the condition of workmanship fourth era Da Vinci careful Robot accessible…

18 Feb

India Reaffirms its Commitment to End the Pandemic

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, IndiaHarsh Vardhan Shringla

On the 14th of February, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken convened a virtual Global Action Meeting on COVID-19 with the objective of coordinating global action on pandemic response. India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla represented India, given the absence of India’s EAM who was on an official visit to the Philippines. The meeting was attended by Foreign Ministers and senior officials from different countries and international organisations. India produces four vaccines – COVAXIN, COVISHIELD, COVOVAX and JANSSEN that have been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). But three other vaccines - CORBEVAX, ZyCov-D and Gennova are due…