Health

New Delhi, June 12 : Amid calls for lower levies on items and medicines required in Covid-19 treatment, the GST Council on Saturday decided to slash rates of several Covid-relief items to 5 per cent from existing 12-18 per cent levels, although it ke…

Srinagar, June 12 : Jammu and Kashmir is preparing a capacity expansion plan to tackle a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.J (and) K Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta, on Saturday chaired a meeting to oversee the preparation of the action …

Chandigarh, June 12 : In a first in the country, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here is going to start a serological survey of children in the age group of two to 18 years this month to check the prevalence of a…

New Delhi, June 12 : The Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) on Saturday said that states intervening in price control of Covid-19 essentials will lead to supply constraints.According to Pavan Choudary, Chairman and Director General, MTaI,…

Srinagar, June 12 : To combat the rapid surge of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir and also to prepare for the anticipated third wave of the pandemic, Army’s Chinar Corps on Saturday dedicated a 50 bed facility to the people of Kashmir.The facility adds …

New Delhi, June 12 : HCL on Saturday announced that it has provided 17 ready-to-use oxygen plants to the Delhi government.These plants have been imported from France and are now deployed across seven hospitals in the city.The total combined capacity …

New Delhi, June 12 : To prepare the health system for a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Delhi, which faced an acute shortage of medical oxygen to cater to the huge number of daily patients during the second wave, has started as many as…

Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 : The Attapadi areas where a sizeable tribal population lives in Palakkad district has been unwilling to get vaccinated against Covid-19, so a doctor went out of the way to encourage them — he decided to dance and woo the…

New Delhi, June 12 : The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will undertake a two-arm phase-II clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of the drug Colchicine for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.Colchicine is used for trea…

New Delhi, June 12 : The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will undertake a two-arm phase-II clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of the drug Colchicine for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.Colchicine is used for trea…