The Weeknd donates $500,000 from mask sales to Toronto hospitals
The Weeknd has just put up half a million to support COVID-19 frontline workers in his hometown of Scarborough, Ontario. The After Hours singer is...
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Bengal opposition cries foul over mobile ban in Covid-19 hospitals
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The West Bengal governments order banning mobile phones in Covid-19 hospitals has raised the hackles of opposition parties, which called the...
Bihar govt orders to open private hospitals
Patna, April 21 (IANS) Amid the soaring number of coronavirus infected cases in Bihar, the state government has ordered all private hospitals, nursing homes, clinics,...
Delhi government hospitals asked to monitor social media
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Delhi government on Monday asked the hospitals in the national capital to form a media cell to monitor the...
Andhra to spend Rs 16,000 cr to revamp hospitals
Amaravati, April 18 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government would invest Rs 16,000 crore to revamp hospitals, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said, here on...
K’taka Covid hospitals ordered to incorporate selective oxygen therapy
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) All Karnataka districts hospitals caring for moderate to severe Covid-19 patients have been ordered to install oxygen therapy facilities, following the...
Odisha sets up 21 Covid-19 hospitals
Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) To combat coronavirus, the Odisha government has set up 21 Covid-19 hospitals in 19 districts, raising the number of beds to...
1,211 cases in a day; 602 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals in India
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday reported another 1,211 confirmed cases and 31 deaths in the last 24 hours. The...
B’luru civic body ropes in private hospitals for corona care
Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) The city civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has sought the cooperation of private hospitals in tackling Covid-19 pandemic, an...
Centre to ramp up dedicated Covid-19 hospitals
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Centre is following a graded approach to ensure availability of critical items, like PPEs, N95 masks, testing kits, medicines...
UK hospitals report body bag, PPE shortages
London, April 11 (IANS) Funeral directors and disaster relief charities have stepped in to help National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the UK as they...
Punjab brings private hospitals under ambit for corona battle
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet led by Amarinder Singh on Friday approved the Punjab Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Ordinance 2020, to bring...
Allow foreign-trained doctors to work in hospitals: Brampton Mayor
BRAMPTON There are around 7,000 foreign-trained doctors in Ontario alone who are facing regulatory hurdles in their quest to become practicing doctors. At a time...
Key officials of Bengal district hospitals tested for COVID-19
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The superintendent of Howrah district Hospital and a senior health official of North Bengal Medical College hospital have tested positive for...
Hyderabad hospitals bank on e-consultation in challenging times
Hyderabad, April 8 (IANS) The coronavirus-fuelled lockdown has not only confined people to their homes, but has also badly impacted the functioning of hospitals, landing...
Covid-19 tally reaches 314 in AP, govt reaches out to pvt hospitals for ventilators
Amaravathi, April 7 (IANS) With 10 more positive cases emerging from the tests conducted during the day, Andhra Pradesh’s tally of Covid-19 cases reached 314...
4 hospitals with 3,500 beds in Delhi to give free COVID treatment
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Lok Nayak Hospital (LNH) along with G.B. Pant Hospital (GBPH), Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital (RGSSH) and Guru Teg Bahadur...
3 railway hospitals in Karnataka ready to treat corona patients
Bengaluru, April 7 (IANS) Three railway hospitals in Karnataka are ready to treat coronavirus positive patients, an official said on Tuesday. These hospitals at Bengaluru,...
Mumbai, Pune pvt hospitals isolated as 130 staff test Covid-19 positive
Mumbai/Pune, April 6 (IANS) In a huge health scare, two major private hospitals, one in Mumbai and another in Pune have been declared as “containment...
Delhi extends term of empanelled pvt hospitals till June 30
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Amid the lockdown, the Delhi government has extended till June 30 the terms of the empanelled private hospitals and centres...