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Hyderabad: Day 1 of the vaccine rollout for private healthcare workers saw lukewarm response at privately-run centres in the city, even as corporate hospitals reported an impressive turnout, on Monday. In fact, at four private centres — each with 100 plus beneficiaries — government vaccination officers (in charge of conducting the drive) were not even allowed entry by the staff who refused to take the jab. “The level of hesitancy is surprising. Some instances of facilities not allowing our staff, also came to our notice. We will counsel them and try to vaccinate them again,” said Dr G Srinivasa Rao, director public health, Telangana.The mop up session for government healthcare workers — last chance for those who had previously refused to take the vaccine shot — also met with poor response. Roughly 1,000 of the close to 40,000 such beneficiaries opted for the vaccine on Monday. Post the mop up, the remaining staffers will not get another chance to be … [Read more...] about Hyderabad: Corporate hospitals see impressive jab turnout

Twenty-eight inspection warehouses for imported frozen food will be added in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to expand checks of imported frozen food starting on Wednesday, a statement released by the city's headquarters of COVID-19 prevention and control said on Tuesday. … [Read more...] about Cold food check stations to be added in Guangzhou

There is danger of COVID-19 infection if someone touches a contaminated frozen food package and then his or her eyes or mouth or other mucous membrane. But the possibility of that is high only in cold storage warehouses where the temperatures are low enough for the virus to be active and in high concentration. … [Read more...] about Imported food－be cautious, don’t panic

Bengaluru: The health condition of former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala, who is undergoing COVID-19 treatment here at a Bengaluru hospital, is stable. "Sasikala is stable and comfortable and is taking oral food normally. She is walking with support," informed the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) on Tuesday. The medical college also revealed that she is being treated as per standard protocol for COVID-19 and is being continuously monitored, it added. The close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalitha was admitted to Lady Curzon Hospital following complaints of fever and later she was admitted to BMCRI and tested positive for COVID-19 in an RT-PCR test on January 21. She is currently serving a sentence in a disproportionate assets case. In 2019, the Income Tax Department had attached properties worth Rs 1,600 crore belonging to the former AIADMK leader under the provisions of the Benami Transactions … [Read more...] about Sasikala’s health condition stable, being continuously monitored: Bengaluru hospital

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Dr Alok Khullar, CEO, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai, to know about his views and expectations from the Union Budget 2021 Expectations from the Union Budget 2021 Some of the expectations of the healthcare industry from the Union Budget 2021 are more to do with capacity building in India and looking at upgrading the health infrastructure in India to the next level to be able to compete with other western powers and how those countries have handled their healthcare. Last year also, India’s total spending on healthcare as percentage of GDP was only 3.6 per cent. If you compare it with the US which was 16.9 per cent, the BRICS countries all of them are in the range of 8 to 10 - 11 percent. Considering we have such a huge population of 135 crore, if we have to provide decent high-quality health care, we should have at least 7-8% of the GDP being spend on healthcare, which includes access to healthcare, includes building healthcare … [Read more...] about We should spend at least 7-8% of the GDP on healthcare: Dr Alok Khullar, CEO, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai