Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat Apr 2: Those who attacked doctors, nurses, must be punished, they are enemies of society
4 years, 9 months ago

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat Apr 2: Those who attacked doctors, nurses, must be punished, they are enemies of society

India TV News  

I am really shocked to see videos of people belonging to a community pelting stones and spitting at doctors, nurses and other staff during door-to-door survey for Coronavirus in Indore. In Jaipur, a crowd attacked doctors who had gone to a locality to trace people who had come in contact with Coronavirus patients. The attacks on doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, police in the midst of Coronavirus pandemic are, to say the least, heinous. Watch full episode here: Aaj Ki Baat: Monday to Friday, 9 PM India’s Number One and the most followed Super Prime Time News Show ‘Aaj Ki Baat – Rajat Sharma Ke Saath’ was launched just before the 2014 General Elections.

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Violence against doctors sparks outrage after recent attacks in Chennai
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Violence against doctors sparks outrage after recent attacks in Chennai

India Today  

The issue of violence against doctors has resurfaced after a doctor in Chennai was recently stabbed by a patient's attendant. This attack follows the tragic rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, which has led to nationwide protests by medical professionals. Doctors in Kolkata continue to demand strict action against the accused, Sanjay …

Day after attack, doctor says he’s doing well; stir continues
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Day after attack, doctor says he’s doing well; stir continues

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: The government doctor in Chennai, who was stabbed multiple times by his patient’s son on Wednesday, said from the ICU on Thursday that he was stable even as doctors working in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu boycotted their duty in protest against the brutal attack and demanded more security. Doctors during a strike against the recent stabbing of Dr. …

Violence against doctors is a symptom. What is the disease?
1 year, 7 months ago

Violence against doctors is a symptom. What is the disease?

The Hindu  

One chilly evening, I sat at the computer desk in the hospital I worked at as a junior doctor, typing out the discharge summary of a patient who was meant to go home in an hour. Research has also found that workplace violence is mostly directed at junior doctors and residents, with the incidence progressively dropping against more senior healthcare …

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s healthcare workers are facing a Covid onslaught with infections rising rapidly in many hospitals. Director of medical education, Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy said the department did not have a count of the overall number of healthcare workers infected in the state. A member of a state doctors’ association said that almost 80 per cent of …

West Bengal: Women attack health workers in Alipurduar, vandalise hospital over delay in vaccination
3 years, 6 months ago

West Bengal: Women attack health workers in Alipurduar, vandalise hospital over delay in vaccination

India Today  

A group of women attacked health workers and vandalised a hospital in West Bengal’s Alipurduar over delay in vaccination drive. While they waited in the heavy rain for the vaccination drive to begin, no health workers arrived at the hospital till half past 11 in the morning. The health workers complained that such a big incident had taken place as …

‘Keep Getting Threats, Abuses’: Assam Doctors Practising Amid Extreme Fear After Attack on Colleague
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Keep Getting Threats, Abuses’: Assam Doctors Practising Amid Extreme Fear After Attack on Colleague

News 18  

Pictures of an Assam-based doctor, who carried a stick in his hands when he went to visit a patient in the hospital, had recently gone viral on social media. While vaccination process and treatment facilities are not adequate to fight the raging challenge, the doctors and health workers are facing a tough time dealing with adverse situations in remote areas. …

COVID: Cosmopolitan India Dedicates It’s Cover to ASHA Workers
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID: Cosmopolitan India Dedicates It’s Cover to ASHA Workers

The Quint  

The ASHA workers, the foot soldiers fighting the pandemic in India, have been working frantically on the rural frontline, multitasking even as the fear of infection remains high. In the magazine, India Today Editor Preeti Chaudhary who has been reporting on India’s crisis through her on-ground reports, authors a piece on the selfless acts carried out by ASHA workers. Bellow …

Medical Team Attacked During Covid-19 Vaccination Drive in MP's Ujjain, 2 Held
3 years, 7 months ago

Medical Team Attacked During Covid-19 Vaccination Drive in MP's Ujjain, 2 Held

News 18  

A group of people allegedly attacked a team of health workers when they tried to persuade residents of a village to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Monday, police said. A video of the incident was also shared on social media wherein the medical team members were seen fleeing after the ruckus created by some people …

Covid Prowls in Rural Bihar: Doctors Helpless, Hospitals Choked, Locals Turn to Quacks
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid Prowls in Rural Bihar: Doctors Helpless, Hospitals Choked, Locals Turn to Quacks

News 18  

As we walk into a rural health clinic at Khawaspur, just 20 kilometres from the district headquarters of Bhojpur in Bihar, a doctor is seen sitting helplessly. With a stethoscope and a few paracetamol and vitamin C tablets, he cannot do much for Covid patients frequently walking in. “People come here with cough and cold…they then go to Uttar Pradesh …

India Covid: Doctor attacked by victim's relatives as health system collapses
3 years, 8 months ago

India Covid: Doctor attacked by victim's relatives as health system collapses

Daily Mail  

Doctors in India are being attacked by relatives of Covid victims as anger mounts over the country's collapsing healthcare system which has been crippled by a brutal second wave. Furious relatives attacked a 25-year-old medic outside a hospital in Pune, India, last week after he failed to save a 65-year-old man who was sick with Covid amid mounting anger at …

Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hundreds of Covid-19 patients are being “exploited” in the state-run Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Gachibowli. The TIMS is charging a fee ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 via digital payment for facility to attend to the patients, cleaning the room and even passing on to patients the home-cooked food. Sharing the plight, a man whose …

Telangana's Covid crisis
3 years, 8 months ago

Telangana's Covid crisis

India Today  

On April 18, the Telangana health authorities did not administer a single dose of anti-Covid vaccines at any of their centres, observing a ‘vaccination holiday’ for want of supply. During the first Covid-19 wave, till September 3 last year, there were 18,232 hospital beds across the state available to manage Covid-19 patients, with a bed-occupancy ratio of 40 per cent …

India’s Battle Against Coronavirus: A Year of Stress and Success
3 years, 10 months ago

India’s Battle Against Coronavirus: A Year of Stress and Success

News 18  

An unsuspecting world woke to the advent of 2020 with the excitement of a new year’s dawn, amplified by the charm of its resonant numeric. These were accompanied by alarming predictions of imminent doom for India, in the form of a ferocious tidal wave of cases and millions of deaths, by modellers who extrapolated Western experience to the Indian population. …

Number of new cases reducing constantly in Telangana: State health minister
4 years ago

Number of new cases reducing constantly in Telangana: State health minister

Hindustan Times  

Telangana has not witnessed the second wave of Covid-19 till now, and the mortality rate and the number of positive cases are reducing constantly, said the state health minister Etela Rajender on Tuesday. The minister said the Telangana has not reported any cases related to the new strain of Coronavirus that has recently been found in the United Kingdom. Addressing …

Death due to coronavirus higher among doctors, healthcare workers
4 years, 3 months ago

Death due to coronavirus higher among doctors, healthcare workers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In comparison to others infected with Covid-19, the risk of death due to infection is 17 times higher in doctors and 15 times more in healthcare workers, according to the Indian Medical Association. It has been noted that in every one lakh people in India there are 4,969 cases of infected healthcare workers, 1,428 cases of infected doctors and …

Coronavirus COVID-19 has hit some of India's poorest regions hard. Some doctors worry they're overworked and under protected
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus COVID-19 has hit some of India's poorest regions hard. Some doctors worry they're overworked and under protected

ABC  

With the remote eastern corner of India struck by COVID-19, Dr Deepak Kumar worked double shifts to treat those who could not be admitted to government hospitals. Doctors put under huge strain during pandemic Now, with more than 90,000 daily cases over the past week, India's coronavirus count is showing no signs of slowing down. Armed guards surround some doctors …

'Coronavirus Can't Attack Me, It's Weakened': As Cases Rise in Rural India, Villagers Tire of Restrictions
4 years, 4 months ago

'Coronavirus Can't Attack Me, It's Weakened': As Cases Rise in Rural India, Villagers Tire of Restrictions

News 18  

Harmahan Deka doesn’t wear a mask anymore to avoid the novel coronavirus nor does he try to keep a safe distance from others. “Sometimes people take it too lightly, as if nothing will happen to them just because they’re breathing fresh air and eating fresh vegetables,” said Rajni Kant, a member of a rapid response team of the state-run Indian …

Days After Gujarat, Vijayawada Mishaps, Records Show 90% Hospitals in Hyd Not Fire-Safety Compliant
4 years, 4 months ago

Days After Gujarat, Vijayawada Mishaps, Records Show 90% Hospitals in Hyd Not Fire-Safety Compliant

News 18  

In an alarming development, it has come to fore that many hospitals in Hyderabad are functioning in dangerous conditions, records of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation show. According to a Times of India report, which has accessed the civic body's records, out of the over 1,700 hospitals that fall under its administration, 90% are not following the fire safety guidelines. …

Coronavirus | Indian Medical Association flags death of 196 doctors
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus | Indian Medical Association flags death of 196 doctors

The Hindu  

Close to 200 doctors, the majority of them general practitioners, have lost their lives to COVID-19 till August 7 according to information compiled and released by the Indian Medical Association, which has now written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to urgently ensure that these “at risk healthcare workers and their families at least get assured treatment when …

India's biggest slum has so far nailed coronavirus. Here's how they did it
4 years, 5 months ago

India's biggest slum has so far nailed coronavirus. Here's how they did it

ABC  

With its narrow streets, congested housing, underfunded health care and poor sanitation, many thought India's largest slum would be devastated by COVID-19. "Slowly, slowly, the cases were appearing in all the slum pockets," said Dr Virendra Mohite, a chief medical officer for one of Dharavi's coronavirus hospital wards. "We are already beginning to see several patients from Patna, which is …

India hits 2 million cases as health volunteers strike
4 years, 5 months ago

India hits 2 million cases as health volunteers strike

India Today  

As India hit another grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, crossing 2 million cases and more than 41,000 deaths, community health volunteers went on strike complaining they were ill-equipped to respond to the wave of infection in rural areas. "Despite our huge population and rampant illiteracy, if we have only 2 million cases so far, it shows that …

India\'s COVID-19 battle: Centre asks states to ramp up testing as virus cases soar
4 years, 6 months ago

India\'s COVID-19 battle: Centre asks states to ramp up testing as virus cases soar

Deccan Chronicle  

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned people not to be negligent and casual with regard to taking precautions to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus, the Central government has directed all states and Union territories to significantly ramp up their testing for the virus. Tamil Nadu continues to register very high numbers and in the last 24 …

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Confirmed cases in Bihar reach 6,475, toll rises to 36; senior police officer tests positive in Uttar Pradesh
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Confirmed cases in Bihar reach 6,475, toll rises to 36; senior police officer tests positive in Uttar Pradesh

Firstpost  

6:53 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update Plea in SC raises concern over safety of health care workers A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court raising concern over the safety of healthcare workers, including nurses and paramedical staffs, and has sought directions to authorities to provide proper protection kits to those working in COVID-19 …

Patralekha | Why Covid-19 pandemic is now personal
4 years, 6 months ago

Patralekha | Why Covid-19 pandemic is now personal

Deccan Chronicle  

Death is no longer something that happens to people far away. It’s equally sad to find at times like these that many among those on the frontline doctors and health workers are being deprived of basics. At a webinar hosted by the Indian chapter of Women in Global Health, an Asha worker from Haryana spoke movingly about the harsh realities …

'Eight Doctors for 120 Patients in ICU': Protest at Telangana's Nodal Covid Hospital Enters Third Day
4 years, 6 months ago

'Eight Doctors for 120 Patients in ICU': Protest at Telangana's Nodal Covid Hospital Enters Third Day

News 18  

About 300 junior doctors are protesting at Telangana’s nodal hospital for COVID-19 for the past three days demanding better facilities and more staff following an attack on their colleagues by a deceased patient’s family members. Highlighting the heavy load of patients at the hospital, the doctors said their primary demand is decentralising cases/patients coming to the hospital. Apart from asking …

Hyderabad: Doctors at Gandhi Hospital protest, block road after kin of Covid-19 patient attacks colleague
4 years, 6 months ago

Hyderabad: Doctors at Gandhi Hospital protest, block road after kin of Covid-19 patient attacks colleague

India Today  

Junior doctors at Hyderabad's state-run Covid-19 facility at the Gandhi Hospital have been sitting on protest since yesterday after a colleague was attacked by kin of a patient. #CoronaWarriors #Healthcareheroes #Telangana pic.twitter.com/okmCGGZu6g — Aashish June 10, 2020 Speaking to media, the protesting Gandhi Hospital doctors said, "We demand security for doctors. Govt doctors in the single COVID designated Gandhi Hospital …

India's richest city Mumbai is rapidly turning into the world's next coronavirus catastrophe
4 years, 7 months ago

India's richest city Mumbai is rapidly turning into the world's next coronavirus catastrophe

ABC  

Indian businessman Manit Parikh had thought a lot about the coronavirus pandemic that had swept his home city of Mumbai, but he never anticipated the crisis would engulf his family in just a few days. Key points: Mumbai accounts for more than a fifth of India's total COVID-19 cases Mumbai accounts for more than a fifth of India's total COVID-19 …

31 doctors, 3 nurses have died of Covid-19
4 years, 7 months ago

31 doctors, 3 nurses have died of Covid-19

Deccan Chronicle  

As many as 31 doctors and three nurses have died in India due to Covid 19. A senior IMA member on condition of anonymity said, “So far in Telangana state we do not have a single death. We are worried for the families which are already reeling from the stigma of the disease and it is important to protect them.” …

[COVID-19] SC Seeks Centre's Response On Plea For Suitable Quarantine Facilities For Frontline Medical Workers [Read Order]
4 years, 7 months ago

[COVID-19] SC Seeks Centre's Response On Plea For Suitable Quarantine Facilities For Frontline Medical Workers [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday sought instructions from the Centre on the issue of access to suitable accomodation & quarantine facilities for medical workers involved in treating COVID19 patients.A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan Kaul & BR Gavai took up the plea pertaining to welfare of medical personnel, especially "doctors, nursing staff, hospital staff,. The Supreme Court …

Karnataka HC Issues Notice To State On Plea Challenging The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020'
4 years, 7 months ago

Karnataka HC Issues Notice To State On Plea Challenging The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020'

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government and directed the petitioner to implead the Union of India in a petition, challenging the Ordinance passed by the Karnataka Government called 'The Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020', to protect all officials engaged in COVID-19 duty, from physical harm. The Central Government has approved the amendment of the …

Coronavirus lockdown: 5 killed, 11 injured after truck carrying labourers overturns
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: 5 killed, 11 injured after truck carrying labourers overturns

Op India  

In another unfortunate incident, 5 people have lost their lives while 11 have been injured after a truck laden with mangoes carrying labourers from Telangana’s Hyderabad to Uttar Pradesh overturned near Patha village in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh. One of them has cough, cold & fever since 3 days so we've conducted samplings of all of them, including the dead: …

Maharashtra: Pune cop, suspected of coronavirus, runs pillar to post for treatment, hospitals refuse to admit him
4 years, 8 months ago

Maharashtra: Pune cop, suspected of coronavirus, runs pillar to post for treatment, hospitals refuse to admit him

Op India  

As the scourge of coronavirus rampages through the city of Pune, the assistant sub-inspector of the Pune Police, a part of the coronavirus task force to battle the spread of the contagion in the city, had to run pillar to post for his own treatment. Suspected of being infected by the coronavirus, one hospital in Pune refused to admit him …

Hyderabad doctor harassed by brother's neighbours, case filed
4 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad doctor harassed by brother's neighbours, case filed

India Today  

A doctor at a Hyderabad hospital treating coronavirus patients says she was harassed and abused by the residents' association at the building where her brother lives, and denied entry. This follows a series of reports of medical staff in India being harassed, attacked or even denied a proper burial during the coronavirus outbreak. The police have filed a case under …

Coronavirus Outbreak: 5 of 126 arrested for attack on health workers in Karnataka, test positive for COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: 5 of 126 arrested for attack on health workers in Karnataka, test positive for COVID-19

Firstpost  

Five people among those arrested for the violence let loose on health workers in Padarayanapura last week have tested positive in jail and consequently shifted to a hospital, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwath Narayan said on Friday. Bengaluru: Five people among those arrested for the violence let loose on health workers in Padarayanapura last week have tested positive …

In Indore's COVID-19 hospital, patients help lighten the mood, motivate health workers to keep up fight against coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

In Indore's COVID-19 hospital, patients help lighten the mood, motivate health workers to keep up fight against coronavirus

Firstpost  

The COVID-19 ward in Indore’s SAIMS hospital has taken efforts to create an alternate family – for the doctors as well as the patients – in order to help allay the fear that hangs uneasily over it Editor’s note: This series will focus on the difficulties faced by the medical fraternity at COVID-19 hospitals, their duty hours, access to protective …

Rajasthan: Nursing staff, 7 others test coronavirus positive in Jhalawar
4 years, 8 months ago

Rajasthan: Nursing staff, 7 others test coronavirus positive in Jhalawar

India TV News  

At least eight people, including nursing staff, have tested positive for coronavirus in Rajasthan's Jhalawar. Out of the new cases, four people including a PG resident, nursing staff member and 2 ward boys work at the Jhalawar Medical College and Hospital. India coronavirus confirmed cases have crossed 21,000-mark taking positive patients toll to 21,393 including 681 deaths and 4,258 have …

Protection for protectors: The Hindu Editorial on safety of healthcare workers
4 years, 8 months ago

Protection for protectors: The Hindu Editorial on safety of healthcare workers

The Hindu  

Since the first case of novel coronavirus infection in India was reported in end-January, many healthcare workers have been subjected to abuse and violence in the line of duty. The dastardly act of a few people in Chennai who not only attacked healthcare workers but also prevented a decent burial of a neurosurgeon who died of COVID-19 complications on April …

Karnataka to test journalists for coronavirus from today
4 years, 8 months ago

Karnataka to test journalists for coronavirus from today

India TV News  

Taking note after several journalists in Mumbai, Chennai tested positive for coronavirus, the Karnataka government will now test city journalists for a possible coronavirus, The health department has said the government will set up two-day camp in Bengaluru from Thursday onwards. "The COVID-19 test will be conducted on the journalists at the state-run hospital in the city's eastern suburb on …

Data | How many doctors and nurses have tested positive for coronavirus in India?
4 years, 8 months ago

Data | How many doctors and nurses have tested positive for coronavirus in India?

The Hindu  

At least 96 doctors and 156 nurses have tested positive for COVID-19 across India as of April 22. Infected medical workers The chart depicts the number of infected doctors, nurses and medical workers. Maharashtra accounted for close to 42% of infected doctors, 70.5% of infected nurses and 84% of infected medical workers. Medical workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 …

Coronavirus | Attacks on health workers to attract up to 7 years in prison
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Attacks on health workers to attract up to 7 years in prison

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, making acts of violence against medical staff a cognizable and non-bailable offence and to provide compensation for injury to healthcare personnel or for damage or loss to property. Harsh Vardhan’s tweet Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, in a series of tweets after …

Modi govt brings an ordinance to end violence against health workers
4 years, 8 months ago

Modi govt brings an ordinance to end violence against health workers

Op India  

In a significant measure to stop the attacks against the healthcare workers in the country, Modi Government has brought an ordinance to end violence against health workers. Amidst the ongoing assaults on the frontline health workers, policemen during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, the central government has brought in a timely ordinance to deter the unruly mob. Demand for a special …

Three booked for attacking and threatening to kill ASHA worker in Mysuru
4 years, 8 months ago

Three booked for attacking and threatening to kill ASHA worker in Mysuru

Op India  

An ASHA worker in Mysuru, Sumayya Firdose, was allegedly attacked by three men, Mehaboob, Khaleel and Zeeshan, when she advised them to wear face masks and follow social distancing guidelines. Attacks on ASHA workers ASHA workers, along with other healthcare professionals have been attacked numerous times amid the coronavirus outbreak. In Darbhanga, recently, Bihar DGP’s warnings fell on deaf ears …

Healthcare workers attacked by violent mob in Bengaluru's Padarayanapura
4 years, 8 months ago

Healthcare workers attacked by violent mob in Bengaluru's Padarayanapura

Op India  

On the evening of Sunday, 19 April, a team of health workers and BBMP officials in Bengaluru was brutally attacked by a violent mob in the Padarayanapura locality, a coronavirus hotspot. As per reports, the government health team was there to quarantine the primary contacts of coronavirus positive patients. A group of BBMP doctors, nurses and ASHA workers had gone …

Health workers on COVID-19 duty in Bengaluru's Padarayanapura attacked
4 years, 8 months ago

Health workers on COVID-19 duty in Bengaluru's Padarayanapura attacked

India TV News  

Health officials who had come to shift coronavirus suspects to a quarantine facility were manhandled in Bengaluru, following which tension prevailed in Padarayanapura city late on Sunday. Few locals and some secondary contacts of COVID-19 patients argued and tried to remove barricades and argued with officials after which the city has been sealed. Police said the incident happened when officials …

[COVID-19] Uttarakhand HC Directs Govt To Ensure Safety And Welfare Of All Health Workers In The State
4 years, 8 months ago

[COVID-19] Uttarakhand HC Directs Govt To Ensure Safety And Welfare Of All Health Workers In The State

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court on Friday directed all the District Magistrates of the state of Uttarakhand to look into the grievances of Health Care Workers in their respective Districts, besides requiring that the Medical Officers and the medical staff, if aggrieved, may raise their grievance before the State Government instead of approaching the Media. Moreover, all the District Magistrates are …

Coronavirus | More healthcare workers test positive in Mumbai
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | More healthcare workers test positive in Mumbai

The Hindu  

With seven deaths and at least 118 new coronavirus cases reported on Friday, Maharashtra’s death toll touched 201, with 3,320 cases so far. Even as more frontline warriors such as doctors and nurses tested positive in Mumbai, two large hospitals that had been declared containment zones after numerous staff and doctors had been infected, are likely to resume their services …

Coronavirus | All residents of Indore set to be screened for Influenza-Like Illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | All residents of Indore set to be screened for Influenza-Like Illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness

The Hindu  

As Indore grapples with a high fatality rate from COVID-19, the city administration is surveying all residents for Influenza-Like Illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Illness to check the spread of the novel coronavirus. Coronavirus | India pegs fatality rate at 3.3% With 707 COVID-19 cases as of Thursday, Indore has the third highest number of cases in the country, after …

Coronavirus outbreak presents chance for India to strengthen public healthcare system, train grassroots health workers to detect epidemics
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak presents chance for India to strengthen public healthcare system, train grassroots health workers to detect epidemics

Firstpost  

What we have at the grassroots level are the frontline health workers like ASHA, ANM, AWW and MPW at the level of a health and wellness sub-centre covering a big chunk of the population. First, strong laboratory support for public health surveillance and second and most importantly, a competent public health workforce for active and passive surveillance regularly. The validation …

Court slams Telangana police for not acting against those who attacked doctor
4 years, 8 months ago

Court slams Telangana police for not acting against those who attacked doctor

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A division bench of the Telangana High Court found fault with the Telangana Police for not taking any action against persons who attacked a doctor and medical team deputed to treat Covid-19 patients. If police abstain from taking stringent action against persons who resort to such crimes, then the general public that throngs various hospitals for treatment for Covid-19 …

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat April 15 episode: Those attacking doctors must be behind bars
4 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat April 15 episode: Those attacking doctors must be behind bars

India TV News  

Visuals of a senior doctor bleeding inside an ambulance in Moradabad, after a mob stoned health care staff who had gone to a locality for quarantine measures, have shook the people of India. The health care staff led by Dr SC Agrawal had gone there with a police team to take family members of the victim for quarantine. The other …

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