London: Researchers have demonstrated how the induction of brain inflammation accounts for neurological damage that can lead to the onset of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease in Covid-19 patients. The study, published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology, describes how the spike protein used by the coronavirus to enter human cells can have a similar effect on […]
Kothagudem: Serious action would be taken against private hospitals if exorbitant fees were collected from Covid patients, warned Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister along with the District Collector Anudeep Durishetty held a review meeting with district officials on the measures being taken to contain the spread of Covid in Kothagudem on Wednesday. Speaking […]
Khammam: Dialysis centres at government hospitals are offering much-needed relief to poor patients suffering from kidney ailments. The Telangana government’s initiative of setting up dialysis centres in government hospitals is a godsend to patients who hitherto were compelled to spend huge amounts of money on the treatment. Four dialysis centres are being operated at district […]
The unfailing regularity with which fire mishaps occur in hospitals across India reflects a disturbing sense of callousness that has come to characterise the country’s healthcare administration. Safety standards are observed more in the breach than in practice. The recent string of tragedies — a fire in the neonatal ward of a hospital in Bhopal […]
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has directed the government to publish advertisements in newspapers and put information on the website of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to facilitate people to lodge complaints against private hospitals which have charged excess fees for the Covid treatment. The divisional bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, which took […]
Hyderabad: The AIG Hospitals will distribute one lakh copies of Covid-19 Protocol and Guidelines Book, a ready reckoner for physicians brought out by the hospital, to doctors across the country free of cost, AIG Hospitals chairman Dr D Nageshwar Reddy said on Monday. Dr Nageshwar Reddy was speaking after Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released […]
In case the private healthcare institutions fail to install the life-saving oxygen generating plants, their eligibility to treat Covid patients would be cancelled immediately, Director of Public Health (DPH) Dr G Srinivasa Rao warned.
