As Telangana government declared Covid situation is under control but state covid designated Gandhi Hospital sounds sirens of alarming situations and less recoveries with high mortality. The present situation prevails at Gandhi Hospital as Covid patients occupied the 350-bedded Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and more inflow of patients makes the authorities to demand government the emergency […]
Category: Medical & Health
Despite Sufficient Production, Why Covid Vaccines Running Out Of Stock?
Close to one fifth or 18 per cent citizens or someone in their social network could not find a Covid-19 dose when they went for vaccination in the first 10 days of April, as per a Local Circles survey. Indians facing shortages of vaccines can have wider access, it’s a positive step. As India adds […]
Superfast Covid Wave Shakes Telangana On Furious Mode
Telangana State reported 181 cases of coronavirus on March 9. In just a month, i.e. as of April 9, the number of daily cases touched 2,909. This represents a five-fold increase in the intensity of the Coronavirus infection, compared to that registered last year. And there is a steep rise in infections. It was only […]
Why People Are Re-Infected With Covid New Variant Despite Taking Covaxin Jabs In Telangana?
There have been at least 15 cases of Covid-19 infection amongst fully vaccinated individuals in Telangana. The individuals had completed both doses of the vaccine and still contracted the virus. However, the infection stayed between mild to moderate levels among all the patients, senior health officials said. “As per our information, at least 15 such […]
Why Covid Positive Tribal Girl From Telangana Allegedly Forced To Isolate In Jowar Fields?
In an inhuman situation, a tribal girl spent two weeks isolating herself in a make-shift tent in her family’s jowar field in Telangana region. For 13 days, an intermediate student in Telangana’s Adilabad district was allegedly forced to isolate herself in a make-shift tent after she tested positive for the novel coronavirus. It is alleged […]
Why ‘Generic’ Medicines Being Sold As ‘Branded’ In Telangana?
The owners of several medical shops are exploiting the sale of generic drugs under the guise of branded drugs. Retailers make about 18 to 20 per cent profits of selling branded drugs, and make 70 to 200 per cent of profits selling generic drugs. This is a common practice in Telangana without any governance or […]
Many Dishoused People With Mental Illness Living On The Brink
Beyond this silhouette, however, is an individual surviving in an alternate reality, with a sense of impending doom, largely oblivious to the present, and it to her. A speeding vehicle hits her and rambles on, leaving her injured in the corner, too weak to scream. Limping her way across to a somewhat safe location, she […]
Why Hospitals Using Middlemen To Recruit Volunteers For Covid-Vaccine Clinical Trials?
The demand for volunteers is high because more than half a dozen vaccines are at various trial stages and they are competing to finish the trial as early as possible. Hospitals are allegedly hiring middlemen and agents for arranging volunteers for clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccines. Pharmaceutical companies are roping in various hospitals for trials […]
Rainbow Hospitals Charged ₹700 For A Plate Of Idlies To A Patient Bill In Hyderabad
Normally a hospital gives what is loosely referred to as ‘shock treatment’ in the form of electroconvulsive therapy. Under this procedure, small bursts of electric currents are passed through the brain, intentionally triggering a brief seizure. A corporate hospital in Banjara Hills seems to have innovatively adopted a less-expensive (to the hospital) method of giving […]
How Safe Is To Eat Poultry Meat, Eggs In Birds-Flu Outbreak?
Avian influenza continues to take a heavy toll on India’s poultry sector. Thus far, the disease has spread in 11 states. Besides chickens, other species of birds, including ducks, crows and pigeons, have also been found dead. Recently, officials reported that a brown fish owl in the Delhi zoo had tested positive for the disease. While the virus’s rate of transmission between […]