Covid inquiry Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said. Amanda Pritchard told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry the decision, made by the Treasury in July 2020, had been “very disappointing”. Extra beds and staff would have … Read more
Getty Images The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians secret. Lawyers for UKHSA applied for an order preventing publication of their names, on the grounds they could be subject to abuse and harassment on social media and in … Read more
Some cases of witch-hunting in the tribal pockets of Maharashtra appear to be linked to a term for patients in medical records — DOR, short for ‘discharged on request’. Doctors and other medical staff at primary health centres and hospitals in Gadchiroli, one of the State’s most underdeveloped districts, which borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana, say … Read more
JD(S) leaders met Hassan Superintendent of Police Mohammed Sujeetha on May 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: Prakash Hassan Leaders of Janata Dal (Secular) in Hassan met Superintendent of Police Mohammed Sujeetha with an appeal to take measures to stop the circulation of obscene videos in the district. District JD(S) president K.S. Lingesh, Shravanabelagola MLA C.N. … Read more
Revanth Reddy. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s request to the Central Government seeking steps to recover money from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh for utilising the assets belonging to Telangana has caught the officials by surprise. They have a reason as the Chief Minister’s request to the Union Home Minister Amit … Read more
NHS bosses make more than 20 requests for junior doctors to return to work on the first day of a strike. Source link
Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Monday said the Centre had not received any request from the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw permission to NLC India to start mining operations in Mine III in Cuddalore district. Mr. Joshi also said there was “no proposal to withdraw the proposed Mine III … Read more
Shashi Tharoor said that he never expected big leaders to support him and does not expect it even now, but at the same time he needs everyone’s backing Shashi Tharoor said that he never expected big leaders to support him and does not expect it even now, but at the same time he needs everyone’s … Read more
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 (Kaiser News) — The nation’s roiling tensions over vaccination against covid-19 have spilled into an unexpected arena: lifesaving blood transfusions. With nearly 60% of the eligible U.S. population fully vaccinated, most of the nation’s blood supply is now coming from donors who have been inoculated, experts said. That’s led some … Read more
Kolkata: In the wake of the fresh round of COVID-19 related restrictions announced by the Maharashtra government on April 4, the Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI) – which is the PAN India apex association of stock and commodity brokers – has written to Maharashtra government to classify stock and commodity broking under “essential services.” … Read more