Stray dog enters runway, creates panic among officers, crew during Emergency Runway Landing test at Bapatla

Stray dog enters runway, creates panic among officers, crew during Emergency Runway Landing test at Bapatla

An IAF officer runs behind the stray dog which entered the runway during the ERL testing, on NH 16 in Bapatla district on Monday. | Photo Credit: T. VIJAYA KUMAR Tension prevailed for some time when a dog entered the Emergency Landing Runway (ELR) on Monday, March 18, while the Indian Air Force (IAF) was conducting … Read more

Dedicated lane for emergency vehicles to be created on Thalassery-Mahe bypass

Dedicated lane for emergency vehicles  to be created on Thalassery-Mahe bypass

Considering the congestion witnessed at the toll plaza on the recently inaugurated Thalassery-Mahe bypass, it was decided to create a dedicated lane for emergency vehicles. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by District Collector Arun K. Vijayan and attended by District Police Chief Ajit Kumar, Additional District Magistrate Naveen Babu, and officials of … Read more

Covid inquiry: Astonishing reluctance to call Covid civil emergency – expert – BBC News

Covid inquiry: Astonishing reluctance to call Covid civil emergency – expert – BBC News

The inquiry is shown a briefing that PHW prepared on 11 March making the case for the Welsh government to declare a major incident. It outlined predictions that Wales would see 1.5 million symptomatic cases, 200,000 requiring hospital admission, an estimated 18,000 needing mechanical ventilation and 25,000 predicted deaths. The briefing also said that a … Read more

Emergency loading dose for heart attack patients stocked at 10,999 rural health facilities: T.N. Health Minister

Emergency loading dose for heart attack patients stocked at 10,999 rural health facilities: T.N. Health Minister

T.N. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian inaugurated a heart institute at Kauvery Hospital on Radial Road in Chennai on Tuesday….. photo Srinath M/The Hindu | Photo Credit: M SRINATH Expressing concern over the rise in heart attacks among people after the COVID-19 pandemic, T.N. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Tuesday said that the State government, through … Read more

Trainer aircraft makes emergency landing on agriculture field in Kalaburagi

Trainer aircraft makes emergency landing on agriculture field in Kalaburagi

A trainer aircraft operated by Redbird Flight Training Academy, after it made an emergency landing on an agricultural field near Pete Sirur village in Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district on June 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A trainer aircraft operated by Redbird Flight Training Academy made an emergency landing on an agricultural field … Read more

Childline to be merged with Emergency Response Support System in nine States and Union Territories

Childline to be merged with Emergency Response Support System in nine States and Union Territories

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan In a first, the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has decided to do away with NGOs collaborating to run the successful Childline emergency counselling and distress helpline for children, established in 1995. According to Ministry officials, the merger is a part … Read more

Punjab Police rolls out Drone Emergency Response System to prevent smuggling of drugs, arms

Punjab Police rolls out Drone Emergency Response System to prevent smuggling of drugs, arms

In a joint operation, BSF troops recovered a Pakistani drone that violated Indian airspace near Bhaini Rajputana village in Amritsar on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Punjab Police has rolled out a Drone Emergency Response System (DERS) in the border district of Pathankot to foil attempts to smuggle drugs and weapons from across the … Read more

Tourism surge in Europe strains emergency rooms, telemedicine platform aims to bridge gap – ET HealthWorld

Tourism surge in Europe strains emergency rooms, telemedicine platform aims to bridge gap – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Amidst a surge in tourism in Europe, marked by the recent UNWTO data, the influx of tourists threatens to intensify the stress on Europe’s already overtaxed emergency services. Unaware of local health systems, tourists frequently use emergency departments for non-emergencies, exacerbating existing staff shortages and wait times. Innovative Italian startup Doctorsa is addressing … Read more

AI might improve heart attack diagnosis to reduce pressure on emergency departments: Research – ET HealthWorld

AI might improve heart attack diagnosis to reduce pressure on emergency departments: Research – ET HealthWorld

Washington: According to new research from the University of Edinburgh, funded by the British Heart Foundation and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and published today in Nature Medicine, an algorithm developed using artificial intelligence might soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with greater speed and accuracy than ever before. … Read more