By Dr. Ramnath Babu Cryopreservation encompasses the freezing of biological materials, such as cells, tissues, and even whole embryos, for long-term storage. It forms a vital part of both biobanking and fertility treatment and is thus, an enabling technology in medical research. Long-term viability depends on a long regime of constant vigilance and often very … Read more
Water from the Panthalkudi channel enters homes at Kattabomman Nagar in Sellur, Madurai, on Monday, October 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: R. Ashok The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department has nominated 38 nodal officers for each district in the State to monitor the preparedness for the Northeast monsoon, which is likely to set in around … Read more
Presently, the fee structure for nursing students stands at ₹10,000 under government quota, ₹1 lakh under management quota, and ₹1.4 lakh for non-Karnataka students. | Photo Credit: File photo Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil has said that a fee regulatory committee has been formed to monitor and regulate the fee structure in nursing colleges … Read more
The Srikakulam district administration set up an exclusive control room (08942-240557) to monitor the rains and their impact on normal life. The cyclone which crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam at around 3 a.m. on Sunday (September 1, 2021) caused rains at several places. However, the situation is said to be under control as it could … Read more
Kolkata: At least two private hospitals in the city have either installed or are in the process of introducing artificial intelligence-powered remote monitoring system for every patient that will screen multiple vital parameters like heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, SPO2 levels or oxygen saturation and temperature. It also monitors ECG and issues real-time alerts … Read more
Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday announced plans to establish Telemetric Weather Stations (TWS) to monitor drought situation in the 100 most drought-prone tehsils in the State, including all tehsils in the seven districts of Bundelkhand region. “In a bid to effectively monitor drought conditions in Uttar Pradesh, U.P. government will establish Telemetric Weather Stations (TWS) … Read more
New Delhi: Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost clip that uses a smartphone’s camera and flash to monitor blood pressure at the user’s fingertip. The clip developed by researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego, US, works with a custom smartphone app and currently costs about 80 cents (5.6 rupees) to make. The … Read more
New Delhi: Robots are not uncommon in Bengaluru but now a government hospital in the city is experimenting with robots in intensive care units (ICUs). Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) has deployed a ‘robot’ to monitor patients being treated in intensive care units. The hospital management feels that the robot can substitute deployment … Read more
Maharashtra Minister for Women and Child Development Mangal Prabhat Lodha speaks to the media in Mumbai on December 14, 2022 on the State’s move to monitor interfaith and inter-caste couples. The Maharashtra Government has constituted a 13-member committee to collect details of couples in interfaith and inter-caste marriages, and the maternal families of the women … 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