A delegation of health workers on Thursday met Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Lucknow, two days after they were allegedly roughed up by police while trying to meet the Uttar Pradesh chief minister in Shahjahanpur. Priyanka had on Wednesday accused the state government of “insulting” the work done by the Accredited Social Health … Read more
Mumbai: Roche Diagnostics India launched REACH, a wellness platform on Tuesday for supporting the emotional well-being of healthcare professionals through multilingual professional counselling. REACH aims to provide help and advice through professional counsellors to frontline workers who are among the most vulnerable groups at risk of mental health problems and build a trustworthy relationship with … Read more
The state of Karnataka on Monday registered a record 50,112 new Coronavirus cases on Monday contributing a major chunk of new cases to the national tally. (Representative image) Amidst the rising number of cases in Karnataka, the state government has decided to bring in more than 1 lakh students of medical, paramedical and nursing courses … Read more
INDORE: District health authorities have begun real time monitoring of diseases on integrated health information platform under the integrated disease surveillance programme (IDSP). Under the programme, the health authorities are getting real time information detailing prevalence of diseases in the district and the person suffering from it through their health facilities, ASHA workers and ANM … Read more
Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said he would be the first person in the state to be administered the vaccine during phase-I planned for health workers, if the central government allowed public representatives also to be covered. “The first batch to take the Covaxin will be the healthcare workers, but if the … Read more
The Centre estimates to receive and utilise 40-50 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine covering 20-25 crore people by July next year and it is preparing a format for the states to submit by October-end their list of priority population group to receive the vaccine, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday. He said priority … Read more