-The Hindu How the people of Landour with the help of friends raised money for medical equipment at the Landour Community Hospital — all in a day Five days ago, Priya Kapoor, the editorial director of Roli Books, tweeted out to say that the Landour Community Hospital (LCH), an 80-year-old institution, was fundraising for a ventilator. She appealed especially to those WHO had “visited and loved Landour”, saying, “Every bit counts.” Landour...
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Why edible oil prices are ruling high despite good crop and muted demand -Tina Edwin
-MoneyControl.com India’s production of oilseeds is too little to provide for the domestic demand and therefore is dependent on imports. The average retail prices of edible oils rose to their highest in May with soyabean oil prices climbing to nearly Rs 150 for a kilo and sunflower oil to Rs 170. The prices of both edible oils have jumped around 50% from the levels prevailing when the country was under a national...
More »The AIDS fight offers a COVID vaccine patent pathway -Murphy Halliburton
-The Hindu There are recognised ways to overcome the patents hurdle, ensuring social justice and boosting the COVID-19 battle In order to achieve global herd immunity and prevent new strains of COVID-19 from emerging, possibly for years to come, vaccines need to be affordable and available in massive quantities throughout the globe. This can happen through patent owners voluntarily licensing their products to other companies, especially Indian producers WHO are experienced at...
More »'Enough is enough': IMA demands prosecution of Ramdev under Epidemics Act -Deepali Sharma
-Hindustan Times "Enough is enough," IMA said slamming Ramdev for what it called “repeatedly taking advantage of the situation and creating fear among the public to sell his illegal drugs.” Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday lashed out at Yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on allopathy and demanded the Union health minister Harsh Vardhan to prosecute him under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 or accept his accusations and dissolve the modern medical...
More »‘If there’s hell…it’s here’ -- A day with patients in DMCH, north Bihar’s mainstay hospital -Jyoti Yadav
-ThePrint.in DMCH caters to patients from 5 districts of north Bihar. In the second surge of the pandemic, Darbhanga has engaged 20 private hospitals to manage the patient load. Darbhanga: A loud moan echoed in ward number 3, in one of the isolation wings for Covid patients, at the Darbhanga Medical College & Hospital (DMCH), around 5 pm Tuesday. The pitch of the cry of anguish, almost inhuman in its intensity, was...
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