Tag: Hospital

The patients have moved to therapy on demand to avoid going to hospitals due to the pandemic. Access to factor replacement therapy, regular monitoring and physiotherapy, helps children and adults lead productive lives...................

The cross-sectoral national forum is also coming up with a white paper to strengthen the Centre’s Draft National Policy for Senior Citizens 2020......................

AliveCor’s entry into India comes at an opportune time when the public is cautioned to stay at home and the condition of most patients suffering from heart abnormalities has been worsening.....................

StrandAdvantage500 is a multiplex assay that overcomes iterative tests, saves time and precious sample, generates a comprehensive report at ‘one go’ with high confidence and accuracy...........................

New research found physicians and patients agree that there are widening gaps in vascular disease treatment. 55% of physicians from nine countries around the globe, including India, say the shortage of time to spend with each patient is the biggest challenge to improving the patient experience and delivering better outcomes.................

As of now, a 30 bedded hospital at a cost of 34 lakhs (INR) at Chengalpet, Chennai and another 12 bedded hospital in Waynad, Kerala at a cost of Rs 16 Lakh have been successfully installed as four-zone hospitals...............................

Diagnostic material for 4.7 lakh RT-PCR tests and 50,000 rapid antigen test kits supplied free of cost to Delhi government by ICMR “Sardar Patel Covid Care Centre” at Chhattarpur, a 2000-bedded facility, to be operated by medical and other personnel of Central Armed Police Forces................

Abbott's SARS-CoV-2 IgG test can be used for large-scale antibody testing, in line with the ICMR recommendation for the use of IgG CLIA (Chemiluminescence immunoassay) tests. It has demonstrated reliable results with 99.6% specificity and 100% sensitivity for patients tested 14 days or more after symptoms started...................

As per experts, untreated thyroid diseases can affect the mother and baby in serious ways even leading to miscarriage, premature birth, severely increased blood pressure and low birth weight....................

While the world has approx. 4.1 deaths/lakh population, India has about 0.2 deaths/lakh population comparatively. So far, more than 24 lakh samples have been tested.................