Many Hospitals In Hyderabad Operating ‘Without Authorisation’ Under Biomedical Waste Guidelines

Improper or untreated bio medical waste spreading into a major epidemic is waiting to happen. As it turns out, there are around 1,500 health care facilities that are located in the city and almost 500 of them have no proper authorization for a proper disposal of waste. The Forum for Good Governance (FGG), which had […]

‍Why Many ‘Covid Recovered Patients’ Re-Admitting At Various Hospitals In Hyderabad?

As a sudden spurt in recovered Covid patients returning with severe ailments to hospitals in Hyderabad is the major concern for doctors. Although there has been a dip in the number of Covid-19 cases across the state, an increase in the number of patients returning to hospitals post recovery is now a matter of deep […]

‍Severe Chaos Prevail At Covid Testing Centres In Hyderabad

In Hyderabad,  chaos prevail in all testing centres for covid in hospitals  diagnostic centres with huge corruption and favoritism conditions without test kits, and vaccines. Covid-19 patients here and elsewhere in Telangana continued to face chaotic conditions at several hospitals and testing centres, where thousands of people waited anxiously for their Rt-PCR test results. This, […]

‍‍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 […]

Will Telangana Schools Re-Open To Combat With Covid Pandemic?

Questions around the reopening of schools in Telangana are causing concerns among both parents as teachers, even as the state government’s Education Department remains silent on the opening date for schools or how they will manage physical distancing in the classroom amidst the pandemic. #KhabarLive discussed the issue with several teachers, educationists, parents and Education […]

Why Telangana Govt Accused of Underreporting Covid-19 Cases?

The Telangana chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s perception as a strong leader who has made timely interventions to contain the coronavirus epidemic came under the scanner when a doctors’ body alleged that his government may have underreported COVID-19 cases in the state. Doctors For Seva, a collective of private doctors based in Hyderabad, raised doubts […]

Is #CoronaVirus ‘Community Transmission’ Started In Telugu States?

Despite the state governments evaluations and statements on deadly #CoronaVirus community transmission, the attack is already kicked off in Telugu States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. While Union health secretary Luv Agarwal has been saying every day that there was no community transmission of Covid-19 in the country, Telangana government’s bulletin too has bene saying […]

Sudden Shortage Of ‘Hydroxycholoroquine’ Forcing Doctors To Make ‘Tough Choices’ In Telangana

Many doctors in Telangana said that they currently have no choice but to give priority to rheumatoid arthritis and lupus patients who need the medicine the most. For the past couple of weeks, Srinivasulu, a 50-year-old school teacher in Jagtial district, has been trying desperately to find tablets of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the anti-malaria drug that […]

Why Govt Delays To Provide Doctors ‘Protective Gear’ And PPE In #Corona Hospitals?

The Modi government delayed framing proper guidelines and standards for the manufacture of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) — meant for health workers and first responders treating coronavirus patients — in India. The delay is one of the reasons that health workers in India are now facing a severe shortage in high quality protective suits, the […]

Amidst Scary Situation, A ‘Big Relief’ For Doctors Fighting With #Coronavirus In Hyderabad

Telangana Health department declared Nineteen doctors out of 25 who were placed on quarantine in Hyderabad after coming in contact with a three-year-old boy infected with novel coronavirus, tested negative for COVID-19. The test results of the remaining six are awaited. In one more pointer to the vulnerability of frontline medical professionals tackling the COVID-19 […]