Nikki Fox Health correspondent, BBC East Nikki Fox/BBC Senior sister Lauren Jakes has worked in the critical care department of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for almost 14 years Five years on, Senior Sister Lauren Jakes still vividly remembers the moment she was told her ward was to expect the arrival of its very … Read more
TV presenter Davina McCall is out of intensive care and has made an “enormous leap forward” in the last 24 hours, following her surgery to remove a rare brain tumour. In an update on her Instagram account her partner Michael Douglas said: “Thanks so much to all the well wishers. She really has made an … Read more
Bengaluru: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), India’s premier technology and innovation hub with a cutting-edge healthtech & biomedical portfolio head-quartered in Bengaluru, has rolled out the second phase of its partnership with SBI Foundation (SBIF) and SBI General Insurance to enable efficient patient monitoring. Named Project Aarogya Daksh, the initiative aims to … Read more
Bengaluru: Google Cloud and e-Governments Foundation, on Monday, launched the first Tele-ICU hub at K.R. Hospital in the presence of Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Health Minister K. Sudhakar in Mysuru which will connect the ICU healthcare in remote hospitals in the state. “We are excited to partner with Google Cloud which is enabling … Read more
by Harsh Parikh Whether it is AIDS, Malaria or now, COVID-19, infectious outbreaks follow a grim pattern. Diseases hurt certain sections of the community more than the others. Healthcare in India has always been a tale of two cities and averages are hardly representative of the ground realities in rural and semi-urban areas of the … Read more
An online choir of intensive care unit staff has met in real life for the very first time – almost a year after attempting to reach Christmas number one. The 100-strong group covered The Police’s Every Breath You Take in December 2020 to raise money to support the mental health of ICU staff, who had … Read more
Oct. 12, 2021 — The filling up of the nation’s intensive care unit beds has been headline news for months now. As waves of COVID-19 cascade across the country, hospitals have been pushed to capacity. You can read the headlines about a lack of ICU beds, but it might be hard to picture what that … Read more
The Stasis Monitor, which has FDA market clearance, is a centralized monitoring system that automates and digitizes monitoring, documentation, and communication of critical patient information. Medical technology company India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc has announced a strategic partnership with Stasis Health Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stasis … Read more
The author, who spent weeks in intensive care after contracting Covid-19, on his gratitude for the NHS. Source link
The BBC’s James Cook returns to Monklands Hospital eight months on to find the staff struggling against the odds. Source link