Rupsa Chakraborty

Last week, the Centre wrote to the states, directing them to review the additional restrictions as the positivity rate in India has dropped considerably.

The survey was conducted as part of a national survey by the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2019.

State relief and rehabilitation department expects around 10,000 extra deaths over official figures

The doctors, who are now serving their medical bonds, have written to state minister Aaditya Thackeray seeking justice

It has been observed that nearly 30 per cent of the newly diagnosed HIV patients drop out of the ART treatment regime within the first one year of their diagnosis.

The report revealed that the Omicron variant continued to dominate over its predecessors Delta variants as out of the 190 samples sequenced from Mumbai in the ninth genome sequencing, 180 or 94.74 per cent had the presence of Omicron.

The samples of the HCWs will be collected from the hospitals, while the blood samples of the frontline workers will be taken from across the 24 wards in the city.

Chakuli, now 25, is among 239 mental health patients who have been given new names since 2021, when the Nagpur hospital decided to start enrolling their patients for Aadhaar.

Between January 10-16, a total of 13,45,494 tests were conducted, of which 3,08,376 or 22.9 per cent samples were detected with Covid-19.

Out of 8,266 Covid-19 infected patients surveyed for the study across 36 districts, 943 were partially vaccinated, 4,359 had taken both the doses while the remaining 2,964 were unvaccinated.

In the state, over 90% of the eligible population has received the first dose while nearly 68% have been fully vaccinated.

For doctors and nurses at Breach Candy, the passing away of Lata Mangeshkar in the hospital was personal. “Today, my little daughter is grieving,” said Dr Pratit Samdani, internal medicine specialist and consultant at the hospital.

This gender gap is hampering paediatric cancer treatment among girls, say oncologists, and calls for measures addressing a range of issues from prejudice and awareness to even financial aid.

As per an analysis by the state health department, in 2020, which is marked as the first wave, 19,44,789 patients contracted Covid-19.

🔴 As per data from January 2016 to September 2021, procured by The Indian Express, a total of 5,877 patients with mental ailments have been abandoned by their relatives in the four regional mental hospitals— Pune, Thane, Raigad and Nagpur.

The MCR footwear is a boon to leprosy patients, who are highly vulnerable to cuts, ulcers and injuries due to nerve damage. This footwear helps those afflicted with leprosy to walk comfortably and without fear of possible injuries.

During pre-pandemic years, more men contracted TB than women, as per the data. In 2018, of the total diagnosed 57,031 TB patients, 29,371 were men and 27,448 women. Next year, of the 60,597 TB patients, 31,160 were men and 29,214 women.

Many patients are being diagnosed with the long post-Covid complications of Avascular Necrosis (AVN), referred to as bone death. What is it, and why are patients developing it? What are the symptoms? Why does AIIMS want to do a multicentric study?

With hospitals across the country continuing to report such cases, AIIMS-Delhi itself has treated over 50 patients. Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai undertook hip replacement of 10 AVN patients and several other hospitals across Delhi, Mumbai and other cities have reported an average of 10 cases.

The district-wise call centres established last December under the programme 'Dastak on phones' are struggling to convince the defaulters, said a source in the government.

🔴 After recording the peak of 20,971 cases on January 7, the daily cases in Mumbai have gradually dropped to 2,550 on January 23.

One of the biggest worldwide public health triumphs in recent years has been the reduction in maternal mortality.

🔴 Vaccine hesitancy, loadshedding, busy farmers, long distances — vaccinators are up against many odds in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar. But they are hoping to pull the tribal district up from its trailing numbers

🔴 In Maharashtra, out of the 60.63 lakh children in the age group of 15-18 years, 28.26 lakh of them have taken the first dose.