Only a few seekers of this therapy as people are unaware of it Enhanced External Counterpulsation is a less expensive and safer alternative to regular angioplasty surgeries. Awareness about EECP, however, is relatively low among heart patients. “Despite the fact that the therapy requires no surgery at all, not many people know about the existence […]
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Dietary habits impact one’s intake of iron
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Some still don’t see docs due to taboos, shyness The percentage of women who made at least four antenatal visits to maternity clinics has risen by 0.8 per cent over four years as per the State Fact sheet of the National Family Health Survey, 2019). According to the NFHS, the percentage of women who made […]
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State govt has raised budget by Rs 2 cr, but No. of beneficiaries has gone up The Karnataka government has decided to re-implement the Shuchi sanitary napkin distribution scheme in the financial year 2021-22, but with a reduced budget, the adequacy of this scheme is still in question. The state government has allocated a budget […]
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Prefer permanent jobs to higher pay for 2 months Kolkata: Registered nurses and para-medical staff of West Bengal who are waiting for permanent government jobs are unhappy with the state government’s decision to hire them on a contract basis for two months. Manisha Samanta, a staff nurse at R.N. Tagore Hospital, a private hospital in […]
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Method comes handy during shortage of O2 Nurses at the Bolpur super specialty hospital in West Bengal have found a unique way to provide oxygen support for two critical Covid-19 patients from a single oxygen cylinder and regulator. Madhurima Saha, a staff nurse of the hospital, informed The Observer: “Somewhere I heard that it was […]
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Sitamarhi: About 4,300 villages of Bihar have got tap water after 73 years of India’s independence. Mani Raushan Kumar, one of the beneficiaries of the state government’s Nal Jal Yojana, informed The Observer: “I have been using tap water for the past six months. Before, we villagers used a common hand pump. The prescribed 70 […]
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Sitamarhi: A fear among doctors and paramedical staff of contracting Covid-19 has led them to close their clinics and laboratories. Doctors in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district don’t seem to be willing to reopen their clinics following the Centre’s unlock guidelines. Dr Sanjay Kumar Verma, a physician, informed The Observer the main reason for doctors’ decision to […]
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Colleges in Odisha are facing difficulties in maintaining safety measures. The government has made it mandatory for teachers to go to the colleges to hold online classes, which increased the number of positive cases among teachers. “Three teachers have tested positive for Covid-19 after they came to college”, said Dr. Pradip Kumar Samantray, the HOD […]
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Live and dead pigs create a stench; patients, authorities blame each other Mangalam Basuvaraj sat in a corner of the hospital closing her nose with the pallu of her saree. She had accompanied her injured husband to the hospital. This is a common scene at the government hospital in Shahpur, 500 km from Bengaluru. The […]
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