Health

New Delhi, May 4 : The Delhi government on Tuesday cornered the Central government over the allocation of medical oxygen to the national capital on Monday, saying it received only 433 metric tonne (MT) oxygen on Monday against its requirement of 976 …

Puducherry, May 4 : The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) has said it has hiked the number of beds from 229 to 400 for Covid patients and plans to add another 75 beds due to the spike in the number of cases …

Srinagar, May 4 : Jammu and Kashmir logged 4,650 new cases and 37 deaths on Tuesday as the Covid crisis refused to abate in the Union Territory.Officials said of the new cases, 1,463 were from the Jammu division and 3,187 from the Kashmir division wh…

New Delhi, May 4 : High concern for patients with Covid-19 infections resulted in delay in treatment of people with non-Covid ailments, finds a survey by NATHEALTH, a healthcare industry body.The survey “Impact of Covid-19 on patient behaviour toward…

Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that Covid cases continue to remain high as 37,190 people turned positive after 1,42,588 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.The day also saw 26,148 people turn n…

Chennai, May 4 : With shortage of Covid-19 vaccines reported in Tamil Nadu, about two lakh doses of Covishield and 75,000 vials of Covaxin arrived here on Tuesday.The additional stock arrived here following a request by the state government to the Ce…

Hyderabad, May 4 : An 11-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh got a new lease of life thanks to timely help provided by Telangana legislator K.Kavitha, daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.Gnapika, a resident of Kandukur village in Prakasam d…

Hyderabad, May 4 : Eight Asiatic lions at the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) in Hyderabad have tested Covid-19 positive, in what is believed to be the first case of human to animal transmission in India.The Zoo reported the lions with mild respiratory d…

New Delhi, May 4 : A total of 24 different categories of items numbering nearly 40 lakhs have been distributed to 86 institutions in 31 States and Union Territories, said Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHF) on Tuesday.Major categories of equ…

New Delhi, May 4 : Amid Covid surge and lack of beds and ICU in Delhi, former Congress MP Sandeep Dikshit on Tuesday alleged that Arvind Kejriwal and his government did nothing to improve healthcare system in the capital and did not even complete the…