CHANDIGARH: The UT health department has started gearing up for any rise in Covid numbers especially in view of cases of new variant JN 1 getting reported in the country. The health department will get genome sequencing of the patients done, so that the variants of the virus can be detected in time and preventive … Read more
Chandigarh: If all goes well, PGI’s department of telemedicine will soon start using drones for transportation of organs, besides delivering medicines at remote and tough terrain of Himachal Pradesh. This will do away with the compulsion to transport retrieved organs within a 20km radius and the need for a green corridor. The aerial radius of … Read more
Chandigarh: In an attempt to eliminate malaria by 2030 as per the Centre’s vision, an algorithm of not missing a single case of malarial parasite is being developed by the PGI, the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) and the department of health and family welfare, Punjab. The three-year project has been supported by department of … Read more
Chandigarh: In around seven months, premier medical institute PGI will have the country’s first complex integrated system of software for patient care in which registrations, appointment bookings, test reports, sample collection, accounts, and HR wiil be fully automated. However, each system will roll out in a phased manner. This is under the Hospital Information System … Read more
Chandigarh: In a major help for stroke patients, Chandigarh is likely to become the first city in the country to have a system where a tertiary hospital will be connected to district and sub-district hospitals with a communication application ‘Strokenet Chandigarh’, doctors from PGI have claimed. The mobile-based application will manage stroke treatment in hospitals … Read more
Chandigarh: PGI has been selected as one of the two centres in the country to implement “e-rupi” under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. As part of this, a break-up of investigation and treatment shall be prepared to assess how much money is being spent on tests and treatment separately. “Besides JIPMER Puducherry, PGIMER has been selected … Read more
Chandigarh: PGI is researching application of artificial intelligence/ machine learning algorithms to predict critical events such as mortality, length of ICU stay etc. Dr G D Puri and his team, led by Dr Rajarajan Ganesan are making inroads into the world of AI in medicine with the support of the cardiothoracic vascular surgery team under … Read more