Medically Speaking

Work towards dispelling distrust before Covid-19 vaccine arrives

26 Sep 2020 07:18 AM IST

Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has said in a statement that he would take the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine to address any ‘trust deficit’ over its safety. This statement gives me a feeling of déjà vu. Almost ten years ago, the then Health

Be prepared for Covid to be around for foreseeable future: Dr Nabarro

26 Sep 2020 07:13 AM IST

WHO’s special envoy for Covid-19 Dr David Nabarro says that we have to learn to live with the virus. ‘It hasn’t gone anywhere and it’s now multiplying,’ he tells The Daily Guardian in an interview, adding that no one knows how long it will take for a vaccine to be

IMA submits a list of 393 doctors who died during Covid

19 Sep 2020 08:54 AM IST

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has submitted a list of 393 doctors who lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, being disappointed with Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan’s statement in Parliament and the response of MoS, Health Ministry, Ashwini Kumar Choubey. No country has lost asmany doctors and healthcare

Maharashtra government to recruit medical students

19 Sep 2020 08:52 AM IST

The Maharashtra government has decided to draft 2,852 medical students from their college campuses to work in hospitals across the state. Maharashtra is the worst affected Indian states as far as Covid-19 cases are concerned. The government has sanctioned the appointment of 1,204 specialised final year medical students, and others

ICMR starts online course on prescription writing

19 Sep 2020 08:51 AM IST

On the occasion of World Patient Safety Day, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced an online course to teach MBBS doctors to write patients’ slips during internships. This course will play an important role as it will guide medical graduate students about the things to keep in mind

Big question: Will dentistry as a profession survive in India?

19 Sep 2020 08:46 AM IST

The unprecedented pandemic brings with it a huge weight of fear and suffering. Now after lockdown, almost all aspects of human existence are challenged, institutions as we know them, stumble and leadership struggles to give direction to find a way through uncharted waters. Healthcare reassembles itself as all elective procedures

India may report more Covid reinfection cases: IGIB Director Dr Arun Agarwal

19 Sep 2020 08:39 AM IST

As Covid-19 cases rise worldwide, experts are facing the critical question about catching the disease a second time. Research done by a team of scientists from CSIR- IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) has found reinfection cases in a few parts of the country. The people who tested positive

Can’t lower our guard when Covid-19 is evolving: Poonam Khetrapal Singh

19 Sep 2020 08:32 AM IST

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of the WHO South-East Asia Region, talks about the pandemic and whether we are witnessing a second wave of the disease worldwide.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND IN THE TIME OF A PANDEMIC

12 Sep 2020 12:39 PM IST

Covid-19 continues to spread around the world with new cases being reported all the time. The pandemic has given rise to many new conspiracy theories. Counter-actions include calling out false information, contacting the author, and taking care not to spread it further. Conspiracy theories often start as a suspicion based

COVID-19 SPREAD WIDELY IN MAY: ICMR SERO SURVEY

12 Sep 2020 09:29 AM IST

The ICMR sero survey results revealed that 64 lakh Indians have been already infected by Covid-19 inMay, which marked the initial stage. However, these cases had been undiagnosed and the patients developed antibodies against the novel coronavirus. The findings were revealed a day after India reported the highest rise in

KARNATAKA MINISTER ASKS FOR CLINICAL REPORT ON RE-INFECTION CASES

12 Sep 2020 09:28 AM IST

Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K. Sudhakar has instructed officials to conduct a clinical studyon re-infection cases reported in the state. Recently, a 27-year-old woman tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time at a private hospital in the state, after which, in a meeting with Task Force officials,Sudhakar asked

IMA WRITES LETTER TO UNION HOME MINISTER AMIT SHAH

12 Sep 2020 09:25 AM IST

After receiving several complaints of violence against doctors, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah about strengthening the anti-violence act until the central law is enacted. The statement given by IMA read, “The larger issue of safety of our hospitals, doctors, nurses and