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We should focus on reducing Covid mortality: AIIMS doc

September 18, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Dr Sanjay Rai, from Department of Community Medicine, Delhi-AIIMS, has said that testing for corona should focus on symptomatic patients whi

Mumbai: Two 90-years-plus patients beat Covid
September 16, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
In heartening cases of recovery from Covid-19, two ninety-years-plus patients defeated the deadly virus which is said to be life threatening

Yoga, chyawanprash in protocol for corona recovered
September 14, 2020

BS RAWAT
Yoga, Pranayama, morning walks and having chyawanprash are some of the fresh sets of instructions by the Indian Health Ministry for people who have

Zen Mumbai: Man with post COVID fibrosis recovers
September 7, 2020

DTMT NETWORK
Doctors at Mumbai's Zen Multispeciality Hospital have given a new lease of life to a 57-year-old man who had lung fibrosis due to Covid 19.

90% fall in corneal transplant surgeries in April-May
August 26, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Corneal transplant has been badly hit due to the lockdown imposed across India in response to the Covid pandemic. Speaking at the 35th Natio

Scientists developing low cost kit to detect Covid
August 21, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Scientists from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-Delhi, and Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, have initiated a study i

Cancer cases in India likely to soar 15.7% by 2025: ICMR
August 18, 2020

BS RAWAT
New cancer cases in India are estimated to grow by 15.7% by 2025, according to the cancer registry released by the Indian Council of Medical Resear

Don't neglect NCDs during Covid: Dr Prathap C Reddy
August 13, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, has said that treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) should never be neglected at the time of Covid pandem

Mumbai: Docs remove huge advanced head, neck tumor
August 12, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Doctors at Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital have given a new lease of life to 42-year-old man by removing a stage 4 large sized head and ne

74-year-old brain dead donates organs, saves 2 lives
August 4, 2020

DTMT Network
Consent to donate liver and lungs of brain dead by family members saved two lives

Less than 1% of active corona cases on ventilator: Govt.
July 17, 2020

Rohit Shishodia

Amid daily record breaking surge in corona cases and deaths in India, the Indian Health Ministry has informed that less than 1% of corona cases are on ventilators, less than 2% case

Noida doc gets corona again after 45 days
July 16, 2020

DTMT NETWORK

In a first of it's kind case, a Noida doctor working in Super Specialty Pediatric Hospital and Post Graduate Teaching Institute has tested Covid positive again after recovering fro

Assam's 'Messiah of the poor': Doc dies fighting Covid-19
July 16, 2020

BS RAWAT

Dr Pradip Kumar Sharma, 75, who has treated thousands of poor people without charging them a single paisa in Assam, has died after a battle with Covid-19.

He was und

87-year-old cancer survivor, diabetic beats Covid
July 15, 2020

Rohit Shishodia

Braving all odds, an 87-year-old former journalist, who is a cancer survivor and suffers from co-morbidities like diabetes and dementia, recovered from Covid-19 at Delhi’s Apo

Oximeters to home isolated resulted in more recoveries
July 13, 2020

Rohit Shishodia

The norms and standards for care in home isolation along with use of oximeters helped to keep a check on the asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients without burdening the hospit