Health - The Purbottar

06 May

ESL Steel supplies oxygen for Punjab and Bihar

editor0 CommentsBusiness, HealthCovid-19, ESL STEEL LIMITED, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) and Steel Ministry

A national steel player in the Vedanta Group, ESL Steel Limited has registered its plant at Siyaljori near Bokaro for liquid medical oxygen supply based on the requirements of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) and Steel Ministry. The Vedanta Group has aligned with the government’s initiatives to supplement its efforts in tackling the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like other group companies, ESL Steel Limited has also stepped in to augment oxygen supplies to COVID-19 patients as part of its Vedanta Cares initiative. ESL is committed to deliver liquid oxygen via a green corridor in the…

06 May

JBCPL launches new division ‘RENOVA’

editor0 CommentsHealthChronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Cilacar, J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited, Nicardia

RENOVA - J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited announces its foray into the area of Nephrology with this new dedicated division which will endeavour to serve patients who are under treatment for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The RENOVA division will focus exclusively on comprehensive renal care ranging from the management of hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease to End-stage renal disease. After successfully becoming one of the leading player in Hypertension with brands like Cilacar and Nicardia, JBCPL has now begun to also focus on patients with CKD. With the introduction of this new division and patient-centric initiatives, JBCPL can help address…

06 May

Pet dog exposes owner, a German fraudster

editor0 CommentsHealthfraudster, international, pet dog, spain, world

The 47-year-old woman, arrested by Spanish police, is suspected of having embezzled around €1m (£866,000; $1.2m) from the German solar power firm she worked for, DPA news agency reports. Private detectives hired by the firm sniffed around on social media and found that she owned a "giant" poodle. Their dogged work led to her arrest. The woman is now out on bail and has reportedly admitted having faked her own death. The detectives tracked her down to a chic villa in Santa Ponça after spotting a man walking such a poodle, which is not a very common breed on the…

06 May

GLENMARK SETS UP DEDICATED FABIFLU WEBPAGE & HELPLINE

editor0 CommentsHealthFabiFlu, Favipiravir tablet, Glenmark

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has recently announced that they have begun work to increase Favipiravir tablet (brand name FabiFlu) production in the country. The drug firm stated that their production capabilities have been in increased to ensure the antiviral drug’s availability in the market. The company also set up a dedicated FabiFlu toll free helpline 18002666650 and a dedicated webpage with a list of stockists for across the country http://glenmarkpharma.com/fabiflu-availability This website is updated once every 24 hours.

06 May

There will be complete Covid-19 lockdown in Kerala from May 8 to 16

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid-19, Kerala

According to official sources , necessitated by the current wave of the coronavirus, the Kerala government on Thursday announced a complete lockdown , would come into force on May 8 morning and extend up to May 16 . The 9-day strict lockdown-like restrictions are already have taken in the southern state and the Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to band the complete shutdown in the wake of a severe spike in the positive cases. Kerala had reported the highest-ever single day spurt in positive cases on Wednesday adding 41,953 infections.

06 May

Russia is dispatching another batch of 150,000 Sputnik V vaccines to India

editor0 CommentsHealthINDIA, Russia, Sputnik V vaccines

According to diplomats based in New Delhi and Moscow, Russia is sending at least four medium oxygen generating trucks, which can feed a 200-bed hospital after being plugged into the power supply. Apart From this , In the end of May another three million doses will be landing in Hyderabad with partner Dr Reddy’s Laboratories while in the next two days Russia is sending another 150,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines . Moscow has decided to ramp up Sputnik V doses to more than five million next month and more than 10 million vaccines in July. The first batch of 150,000…

06 May

US travel advisory: “Do not travel to India due to COVID-19”

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid-19, Health, INDIA, USA

The US has reissued its travel advisory on India, urging its citizens not to travel to the country due to an unprecedented surge in the COVID-19 cases there. India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds. “Do not travel to India due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution due to crime and terrorism,” the State Department said on Wednesday in its latest travel advisory that looked identical to the one issued on April 28. Both the travel advisory…

05 May

West African woman gives birth to nine babies at once

editor0 CommentsHealthafrica, international, nine babies

Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. Mali's government flew her there for specialist care. "I'm very happy," her husband told the BBC. "My wife and the babies [five girls and four boys] are doing well." A woman who had eight babies in the US in 2009 holds the Guinness World Record for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive. Two sets of nonuplets have previously been recorded - one born to a woman in Australia in 1971 and another to a woman in Malaysia in 1999 - but none of the babies survived more…

05 May

50% occupancy in Metro, limited gatherings for Bengal’s new Covid-19 curbs

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid-19 curbs, METRO

West Bengal on Tuesday reported its highest single-day deaths of 107 Covid-19-affected patients, which took the state's death toll to 11,744, the health department said in a bulletin. In view of the worsening coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crisis in the state, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced some restriction to tackle the pandemic. The suspension of local train services, the limited activity of market spaces, and 50% occupancy in public transport services including the Kolkata Metro. Passengers coming in west Bengal via long-distance trains and inter-state buses must enter with an RT-PCR negative report not older than 72…

04 May

Why did the Victoria falls stand silent in 2019? Read:

editor0 CommentsHealthafrica, climate, victoria falls, world

In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. Here, we look at the effects of global heating on Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world - and how Sub-Saharan Africa is learning to cope with the climate crisis. In full flow, Victoria Falls easily qualifies as one of the natural wonders of the world. Spanning 1.7km at its widest point and with a height of more than 100m, locals refer to Africa's greatest waterfall as "the smoke that thunders".…