Health & Fitness

24 May

Talk on Black Fungus by an expert

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If I have done 30 surgeries in last 30 years, I have done same number of mucormycosis surgeries in the last 2/3 weeks. Situation is so bad: Dr. M. Mohan Reddy, ENT Specialist  What we noticed so far is that post COVID patients from 10days to 50 days developed Mucormycosis: ENT Expert Hyderabad, Telangana : TSFCCT organised  an awareness talk on Fungal Infection "Black Fungus" that is shaking our country now. The Telangana State Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Trade (TSFCCT)  which is always in the forefront of organising awareness talks on emerging and new subjects has roped in…
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22 May

DRDO lab develops antibody test kit for COVID-19

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New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists have now got a new breakthrough after developing COVID-19 drug 2-DG. Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), a DRDO laboratory, has now developed an antibody detection-based kit 'DIPCOVAN', the DIPAS-VDx COVID-19 IgG Antibody Microwell ELISA for sero-surveillance. The kit has been developed in association with New Delhi based company, Vanguard Diagnostics Pvt Ltd. DIPCOVAN kit can detect both spike as well as nucleocapsid proteins of SARS-CoV-2 virus with a high sensitivity of 97 per cent and specificity of 99 per cent. DIPCOVAN kit was developed indigenously followed by extensive validation…
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21 May

A virtual talk by Apollo Doctor on “Tiding Over Second Wave of Covid” held

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Once you get Corona, it is not the end of Life: Dr. Sudhir People are in a dilemma to choose a vaccine among the available three. It is better to take the one which has less duration between doses so that you get protection faster, Dr Sudhir informed to a question Crores have taken vaccines and their safety and efficacy is established. So one must not hesitate to get inoculated Except for pregnant women and kids below 18, it is safe for people with all ailments to take vaccine The 2DG, an oral antiviral drug just launched by DRDO is…
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19 May

Project Ashray – a Medical Care Centre for Early COVID patients

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Hyderabad, Telangana : The spread of the Virus is so fast, vast and devastating that demand has outgrown that the existing infrastructure was inadequate. The need for a medical care facility for the mild or asymptomatic is ore because hospital beds that are otherwise needed for serious patients are being occupied by these people by sheer fear. The mild patients do not need much medical attention as some serious patients do. By isolating them in facilities like these help to save the hospitals' beds for patients who are more serious, critical or those who may need critical and emergency support…
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16 May

Akshaya Patra Starts a COVID-19 Relief Feeding Centre at KR Market, Bengaluru – Home Minister of Karnataka, Shri. Basavaraj Bommai Launches the Programme

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Bengaluru, Karnataka: Akshaya Patra started its COVID-19 Relief Feeding Centre at KR Market in Bengaluru. The programme was launched by Hon’ble Home Minister of Karnataka, Shri. Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday, 15 May 2021. Through this centre, Akshaya Patra will serve 1,000 free cooked meals to COVID frontline warriors, industrial labourers and economically disadvantaged people between 12.00 pm to 3.00 pm every day. Over the next few days, the Foundation will start 3-4 similar feeding centres in other parts of the city. Akshaya Patra has been undertaking food relief in several locations across the country since March 2020. With the country…
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15 May

PIL filed by Divyanshu Mishra Anshu & Katni Blood Donors Welfare Society for installation of plasma Apheresis machine in Katni (MP)

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Katni, Madhya Pradesh: After taking relief to millions of people of 9 districts including Katni by installing a CT Scan machine through a PIL in the High Court, Divyanshu Mishra Anshu has pledged to install a blood component seprator plasma apheresis machine in Katni Madhya Pradesh. Demand was being sought through a memorandum to which no concrete reply was received, NSUI National Coordinator Divyanshu Mishra Anshu filed a PIL regarding installation of plasma apheresis blood component seprator machine in MP High Court, Jabalpur through advocate Yogesh Soni. The co-petitioner in the said case is Chairman Lokesh Sachdeva from Katni Blood…
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14 May

Post-Pandemic Depression and how to deal with it; Aanchal Narang Psychologist explains the basics

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, May 14: To help the readers cope with the ongoing pandemic Aanchal Narang addresses some basic issues affecting the mental health of the general population. The shared experiences of a global pandemic call for its own set of questions to address. And one of these questions is, “What happens after this?” Extended isolation and social distancing bring with it depression, anxiety, touch starvation, and several other small and big traumas. Post-pandemic, these issues are not likely to just go away. So what happens next is that you allow yourself to process in order to heal, and if needed,…
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10 May

LifeCell Expands Its Suite Of Diagnostic Offerings To Promote Better Newborn Health

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New Delhi, 10th May 2021: With an aim to provide the best possible healthcare to every child born in India, LifeCell, India’s leading diagnostic solutions provider, has introduced the first-of-its-kind diagnostic test called Omega Score. The OmegaScore-Prenatal and OmegaScore-Newborn test has been specially designed for Indian pregnant women as well as mothers respectively to determine the concentration of a critical omega-3 fatty acid, DHA, also known as docosahexaenoic acid. This fatty acid has been proven to be essential for the overall health and cognitive development of a child. DHA is particularly vital for the development of the brain and retina…
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27 Apr

Cyberabad Police & SCSC Launches – COVID Telemedicine Consultation Call Centre Facility for Citizens of Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, Telangana : Cyberabad Police & Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC) who are known for introducing many unique programs to help Citizens of Hyderabad, especially during the challenging times like these have launched yet another innovative and much needed Facility in the current times. They have launched COVID-Telemedicine Consultation Call Centre Facility for Citizens of Hyderabad. Disclosing this in a press note issued in the city today, Mr. VC Sajjanar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Cyberabad says the medical & healthcare system in Hyderabad & Telangana is highly stressed.  Cyberabad Police & SCSC felt there is need to bridge the gap…
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27 Apr

vivo India donates INR 2 Crores to address Oxygen shortage in the country

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New Delhi, April 27, 2021: In response to the devastating health crisis that the country is facing presently, vivo, the innovative global smartphone brand today, announces donation worth INR 2 crores to aid COVID-19 relief efforts and help acquire Oxygen concentrators. As the country navigates through these unprecedented times caused by COVID-19, vivo India wants to do its bit in the fight against the novel coronavirus. Reiterating the brand's consistent commitment to India and its people, Nipun Marya, Director, Brand Strategy, vivo India, said, "We are all in this together, and we must fight as a unit to defeat COVID-19.…
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