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02 Jun

Heart patients must undergo cardiac check-up post COVID-19 recovery

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In severe cases or delayed diagnosis, poor heart health induced due to COVID-19 may become a probable cause for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the future. While millions of patients are recovering from COVID-19, the heart patients amongst them need to be extra careful. Dr Rituparna Baruah, Interventional Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Guwahati, strongly recommended all heart patients who tested positive with the virus to seek heart check-ups post-recovery to rule out or treat any side-effects that may have been caused by the virus. Dr Baruah said, heart patients who have tested positive need to be cautious as COVID-19 has been…

CNH Industrial to support employees during pandemic

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CNH Industrial which produces agricultural equipment and construction equipment has undertaken a host of preventive measures to combat COVID-19 along with daily regular sanitization at all their facilities. Besides these regular precautionary procedures, CNH Industrial has undertaken additional measures to safeguard the health and safety of employees. Some of the additional measures undertaken by CNH Industrial include: (1) Insurance for employees and their immediate families for COVID infection, (2) Tie up with Apollo Hospitals, (3) Dedicated task force, (4) Sourcing Oxygen Concentrators from their global counterparts in China and Italy, (5) Maintaining 50% attendance norms, (6) Heads of Departments keep…

Apollo introduces Halcyon Radiation Therapy System

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In a development that brings new hope to cancer patients in Eastern India, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals launched the advanced Halcyon Radiation Therapy System for optimized image-guided radiotherapy to deliver high quality cancer treatment. The Halcyon system introduced to Eastern India for the first time uses human-centred design to deliver sophisticated, highly targeted cancer treatments at a speed that is up to four times faster than standard technology. The Halcyon Radiation Therapy system’s targeted therapy ensures that damage to healthy tissues surrounding the tumour can be further avoided or minimised, which is of great benefit in cases such as cancer of…