-The Telegraph A Twitter campaign sends a searing message DocsNeedGear — a campaign on Twitter on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon Indians to light torches for nine minutes against Covid-19 on Sunday — tried to drive home the message that doctors fighting the coronavirus pandemic needed protection. “We won’t be safe if our doctors are not safe. Remember everyone,” said a tweet under #DocsNeedGear on Friday. Several Twitter users posted news...
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Making the private sector care for public health -Rama V Baru
-The Hindu India needs a national policy providing for free testing and treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals As India enters the second week of a national lockdown imposed in response to COVID-19, it is still unclear how well prepared the healthcare system is in dealing with the pandemic. Given the resource constraints of both the Central and State governments, it is clear that government hospitals alone will not be able...
More »Size of the population susceptible to coronavirus infection is significant
Between 25th and 30th of March, 2020, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India has more than doubled i.e. from 519 to 1,251, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). In a span of 6 days, the total number of deaths from COVID-19 has more than trebled i.e. from 9 to 32. In a health situation like this, when the coronavirus...
More »India’s shift to insurance-led private healthcare weakens its ability to combat COVID-19: Experts -Tushar Dhara
-CaravanMagazine.in At 5 pm on 29 March the union health ministry’s website said that India had 869 positive COVID-19 cases, spread over 26 states and union territories. Seven days earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced his main attempt to halt the spread of the pandemic: an unanticipated 21-day nationwide lockdown. Amid rising concerns of shortage of essential equipment and services in public hospitals for front-line staff dealing with the epidemic,...
More »AIIMS Says Many Doctors Forcibly Evicted by Landlords Fearing Coronavirus, Stranded on Roads
-News18.com The AIIMS Resident Doctor’s Association has asked the government to issue an order prohibiting landlords and home-owners from evicting medical professionals working tirelessly amid the outbreak. New Delhi: Several doctors and nurses at AIIMS have been forcibly evicted from their rented homes by landlords due to the fear that it would make them more susceptible to novel coronavirus, the premier hospital’s Resident Doctor’s Association has said in a plea for help...
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