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Many ventilators provided by the PM Cares fund need small repairs but as the government hospital lack staff and technicians ventilators and other medical supplies not being able to be put to use and eventually turning waste. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Ventilators sent by PM Care lying unattended in premier hospitals

Lack of staff and technicians in several government hospitals in Telangana is creating a serious situation of stocked up...

10 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Drugs Controller General of Indias (DCGI) had approved the anti-Covid drug developed by DRDOs Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) in collaboration with Dr Reddys Laboratories (DRL), Hyderabad, for emergency use. (Representational Photo: AP)

DRDO all set to supply anti-Covid drug in bulk

2-DG drug developed by the defence wing can handle new strains effectively, says DRDO Chief

10 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The police chief calls upon public to report to them of any curfew violations through 104 and 108 or through Police Seva app. He also urges strict adherence to Covid safety protocols. (Photo: DC/Narayana Rao)

E-passes for emergency travel in AP from today

DGP Gautam Sawang sterns warns against violating Curfew rules

10 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The cost at private hospitals has been determined as Rs 250, of which Rs 150 is for the vaccine and Rs 100 is towards service fee, as per Government of India orders. (DC Image)

DC IMPACT | Vaccination centres moved to spacious locations in Kurnool

Centre also shifted from cramped Govt general hospital

9 May 2021 11:45 PM IST

Covid patients on ICU beds in Telangana outnumber other states

Covid patients on ICU beds in Telangana outnumber other states

One in six of all Covid-19 patients in a critical condition in India are in Telangana state

9 May 2021 11:45 PM IST

Though the lions in the safari park area of the Nehru Zoological Park are provided with clean drinking water in saucer pits, often they also consume some of the water from Mir Alam Tank that flows through their enclosure. (DC File Image)

Hyderabad: Toxic lake water poses threat to Covid-positive zoo lions

Extremely polluted water in the Mir Alam Tank abutting the Nehru Zoological Park makes eight Covid positive lions...

9 May 2021 11:36 PM IST

In many other states, the third phase of the vaccination drive for the newly added age group commenced on May 1, as per schedule. (Representational Image/AFP)

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh receive fresh stock of COVID-19 vaccines

Karnataka received 3.5 lakh doses of Covishield on Saturday night, while Andhra Pradesh received 3.60 lakh doses of the...

9 May 2021 12:19 PM IST

A medical worker inoculates an elderly woman with the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a primary health centre in Hyderabad. (AFP)

Chaos hits Hyderabad's vaccination centres

At most vaccination centres, all run by the government, there were no stocks of Covaxin

9 May 2021 9:10 AM IST

As against NPPA-fixed price of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) at Rs 25.71 per cubic meter in cylinders, refillers are overcharging up to 95 per cubic metre, and showing nominal prices in invoices. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Centre enhances medial oxygen supply to AP to 590 MT

Maintaining that ISRO was having 90 to 100 tonnes of medical oxygen storage capacity, he said that they had requested it...

9 May 2021 8:57 AM IST

The court has examined the data as to how much of the oxygen was supplied to the state since April 25. (Representational Photo: AFP)

500-bed hospital to come up close to steel plant in Tadipathri

Oxygen needs of patients can be met with swift supplies from plant

9 May 2021 2:29 AM IST

Workers prepare an OT (Operation Theatre) at an ICU ward, specially for COVID-19 patients, during its inauguration in Bengaluru, Wednesday. (PTI)

Recovery eludes Covid patients in ICUs

With fewer quick discharges, demand for ICU beds goes up; lack of beds puts patients in a fix

9 May 2021 2:09 AM IST

Principal Secretary (Health) issued a Covid instant order-119 here on Saturday to constitute state and district-level oxygen war rooms and specified their responsibilities. (Photo: AP)

Oxygen scarcity hits hospital admissions in Kadapa

Against the need for 26 kl, Kadapa getting only 17.5 kl a day

9 May 2021 2:01 AM IST