Delhi’s air quality has plummeted to alarming levels over the past two days. Hospitals are witnessing about a 50 per cent surge in patient visits due to respiratory illnesses like bronchitis Men play cricket on a ground as the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality worsened due to air pollution, in New Delhi, India, November 20, 2024. …
Hospitals are seeing an increase in cases of stomach infection, loose motions, dehydration, dizziness and fever — all linked to the ongoing heat wave. Other categories are young children and the working class who are exposed to the outside harsh weather conditions.” Dr Manisha Arora, unit head, internal medicine, at New Delhi-based Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute has been observing …
For 39-year-old Basudeb Pal, a corner in the BC Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences in Kolkata, has been his home for the past three days. A senior doctor of the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital said that around 130 children were presently admitted in the paediatric ward. According to data released by the state health department, at least …
The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences has restricted the number of new patients for outdoor consultation to 50 per department given the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, as the state reported 893 new infections, more than double the cases reported a day before, taking the number of active cases to 2222, said officials. “Prior appointment for OPD consultation will be …
The twin factors of rising air pollution and a surge in COVID-19 cases have increased the burden on Delhi's hospitals with the number of vacant beds shrinking fast and out patient departments witnessing a spike in footfall, doctors said on Saturday. "Also, healthy people are coming with complaints like dry cough, throat irritation, nasal congestion and feeling of malaise which …
In a move that sends out a signal that Delhi is bracing up for a further surge in coronavirus cases and more hospital admissions, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Wednesday issued an order stopping admissions at the Out Patient Department. For the second time since the outbreak of coronavirus, the hospital shut down its OPD admissions that …