MUMBAI: At its maximum capacity, the city’s major private hospitals will manage to vaccinate between 7,000 and 8,000 people in a day, which means public centres will have to shoulder most of the vaccination burden. On Thursday, 13 private hospitals joined the programme out of 29 that have been granted permission by the Centre. The number is expected to rise to 35. While Mumbai ’s daily vaccination turnout has been rising steadily, it needs to increase manifold, BMC officials said. The city was vaccinating 11,000-12,000 every day till Phase II began on Monday for senior citizens and those above 45 with comorbidities. The numbers have since jumped to 18,566 on Wednesday and 22,975 on Thursday. On Thursday, apart from 13 private hospitals, six Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)-empanelled hospitals joined the drive. Together, the 19 hospitals vaccinated over 4,000 and BMC centres over 18,000. Mumbai City Updates Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani ... » Learn More about Mumbai: 13 private hospitals join drive, can vaccinate 8,000 people a day at the most
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Delhi CM administered Covid-19 vaccine at LNJP hospital
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his parents received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at the government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan hospital here on Thursday. The Covishield vaccine was first administered to Kejriwal's parents, Govind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi, and then to the chief minister. "My parents and I got vaccinated today. All of us are feeling fine. There should not be any doubt about the vaccine anymore and I would request more and more people to get vaccinated," the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo told reporters. The Delhi government will open more vaccination centres for the public if the need arises, he added. During the second-phase of the inoculation drive that started on March 1, people aged 60 years and above and those in the 45-59 age group with specific comorbidities are being administered the vaccine at 192 hospitals across Delhi. ... » Learn More about Delhi CM administered Covid-19 vaccine at LNJP hospital
Assam poll: Cong promises 50% quota for women in govt job
The Congress said on Thursday that if the opposition 'Mahajot' or grand alliance is voted to power in Assam, it will ensure 50 per cent reservation for women in government jobs. IMAGE: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tries her hand at plucking tea leaves in Assam. Photograph: ANI Photo Addressing a press conference, All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev said the Congress-led alliance will focus more on the upliftment of women and youths. "When the Congress-led grand alliance will form the government, we will implement 50 per cent reservation for women. This will be one of the first things we're going to do," she said. Dev asserted that the Congress and the grand alliance believe in accountability and the guarantee of jobs. "Youths and women of Assam don't want charity. They want job opportunities and want to contribute to the economy of the state," Dev said, taking a dig at the BJP-led state government's various schemes of direct ... » Learn More about Assam poll: Cong promises 50% quota for women in govt job
Reconsider decision to allow pvt hospitals charge Rs 250 per COVID-19 vaccine: Siddaramaiah
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COVID-19 Highlights March 5: 13 private hospitals join vaccination drive in Mumbai, Maharashtra’s COVID-19 cases cross 1000-mark
Take a look at the top news highlights for March 5, 2021 The Health Department on Friday stated that Maharashtra reported 10,216 fresh cases. the highest number of single-day cases nearly after five months. The total tally now stands at 21,98,399. With 53 more fatalities, the total death toll rose to 52,393. It can be recalled that this is the first time since October 17, 2020, the state has crossed the 10,000-mark. On October 17, Maharashtra had reported 10,259 cases. Meanwhile, 6,467 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, the recovery count increased to 20,55,951. The recovery rate is 93.52 per cent, while the fatality rate is 2.38 per cent. Here are some of the other COVID-19 and vaccination-related highlights of March 5: 13 private hospitals join the drive, can vaccinate 8,000 people a day at the most The major private hospital now joined the vaccination drive and will be able to vaccinate between 7,000 and 8,000 people in a day. ... » Learn More about COVID-19 Highlights March 5: 13 private hospitals join vaccination drive in Mumbai, Maharashtra’s COVID-19 cases cross 1000-mark
Dozee Launches a contactless remote patient monitoring solution for hospitals
Bengaluru, 3 March 2021: Dozee , announced the launch of Dozee Pro, a Contactless Vitals Monitor for hospitals. The Dozee Pro features an AI-powered triaging system that converts any bed into a step-down ICU in under 2 minutes and enables remote monitoring of patients outside of the ICU. Dozee is seeing an increased adoption of its new RPM solution with over 70 hospitals across India partnering with the startup in less than 3 months. It has deployed 4000 devices in hospitals to monitor patients continuously and to help them enhance patient care and clinical outcomes. Dozee has monitored over 16,000 patients, helping save the lives of more than 250 by early identification of risk and health deterioration. Dozee expects to partner with more than 500 hospitals and monitor an additional 200000 patients in the next 12 months. Dozee Pro enables the continuous (more than 100 times per hour) and accurate monitoring of a patient’s heart rate, respiratory rate, and other clinical ... » Learn More about Dozee Launches a contactless remote patient monitoring solution for hospitals
Indian Army releases notification for 90 posts, 12th pass candidates can apply before this date
Indian Army Recruitment 2021: There is a golden opportunity for those who are looking forward to serve in the Indian Army. The Indian Army has brought out a notification of recruitment for about 90 vacancies for the Indian Army 10+2 Technical Entry Scheme (TES) 45 Recruitment 2021 for the July session of this year. Candidates who want to apply for the vacancies in the Indian Army can do so through the official website: joinindianarmy.nic.in. Interested candidates should know that they should submit their online application for the 10+2 TES 45 Recruitment 2021 by March 2, 2021. Only those candidates who have the 12th pass certificate that is those who have cleared their 10+2 exams with the PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) subjects are eligible to apply for the TES vacancies in the Indian army. Candidates who get selected through the recruitment cycle will be joining as permanent commission in the army after four years of basic military training followed by ... » Learn More about Indian Army releases notification for 90 posts, 12th pass candidates can apply before this date
Solving the Myriad Challenges in Healthcare Through AI-Driven Analytics
Venky Ananth SVP and global head of Healthcare at Infosys Remote areas usually have limited medical access. How do people handle emergency situations or for that matter even day to day sickness? Usually, they turn to quacks or self-medication or try to live through the pain before considering medical help. Travelling to a city to get the right help is expensive. And this is the situation in many areas in India. India has only 1 doctor for every 1457 citizens and 2 out of 3 doctors in rural areas are usually quacks. Even in cities where decent medical care is accessible, there are problems in accessing medical records, getting the right prognosis among many others. Can technology turn around the disappointing scenarios in Indian healthcare? The answer is an astounding yes. When visiting a health practitioner, we still lug paper files right from the time we were born to the current time to tabulate our medical history. Usually, we stick to one hospital because the data which we ... » Learn More about Solving the Myriad Challenges in Healthcare Through AI-Driven Analytics
Rajasthan Chief Minister Gehlot, Health Minister receive first dose of coronavirus vaccine
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and the state's Health Minister Raghu Sharma were administered the first dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine at Sawai Man Singh hospital in Jaipur on Friday. Gehlot tweeted a short video of him getting the first dose. "Arrived at IDH Jaipur (SMS hospital) here and administered the first dose of covid vaccine ," he said. He asked people not to worry about the vaccine and said it is safe. The chief minister asked beneficiaries to get the vaccine dose when it's their turn and motivate others to do the same. Health Minister Sharma said there are no side-effects of the vaccine. "There is no complication to anyone in the state. The vaccine is safe and no need to worry about the misinformation that is being spread about it," he told reporters. "We have stock till Tuesday and I will speak to the Union health minister today to request him to supply the required doses so that we can continue the vaccination campaign," he ... » Learn More about Rajasthan Chief Minister Gehlot, Health Minister receive first dose of coronavirus vaccine
Amarinder trashes allegation of rejecting Covaxin, calls it ‘part of BJP’s propaganda’
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday trashed the Bharatiya Janata Party's allegation of Congress-ruled states rejecting Covaxin and termed it 'a complete lie' and 'part of the ruling party's false and politically motivated propaganda.' The CM was responding to a question during an informal media interaction after taking the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine at Civil Hospital in Mohali. Categorically denying the charge, he slammed the BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's claim that Punjab, along with other Opposition-ruled states, had expressed doubts and refused to accept the vaccination. When asked how he was feeling after the COVID-19 vaccine jab, Singh said, "He was in 'Chardi Kalan' and was feeling absolutely fine." An official of the Punjab health ministry later disclosed that the state had received 1.34 lakh Covaxin doses, of which 2,500 had already been administered. The CM, in response to another question on the slow pace of vaccination ... » Learn More about Amarinder trashes allegation of rejecting Covaxin, calls it ‘part of BJP’s propaganda’