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A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a government hospital in Hyderabad on April 6, 2021. (NOAH SEELAM / AFP)

Youth join hands, set up helpline in Madakasira

Reach out to rural people, spread awareness, provide crucial info

9 May 2021 1:49 AM IST

Covid-19 patients, who are unable to get admitted to an ICU or find oxygen-equipped hospital beds in Nellore, are rushing to Chennai in hope of getting sophisticated treatment. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Long, agonising wait for getting a bed in hospitals in AP

Even after admission, many Covid-19 patients complain of poor service, negligence

9 May 2021 1:11 AM IST

A health worker inspects COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment at Shehnai Banquet Hall, converted into an isolation centre amid surge in coronavirus cases, near LNJP Hospital in New Delhi. (PTI)

DCGI approves use of 2-DG for treatment of Covid patients

Higher proportion of patients treated with 2-DG showed RT-PCR negative conversion in Covid patients

9 May 2021 12:11 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)

Oxygen prices spiral as refillers exploit demand in AP

DCA says keeping tabs on situation, urges patients not to hoard cylinders

9 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Health workers conducting the covid test at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram in Vijayawada on Thursday. (DC Image)

Covid+ test report not mandatory for admission to health facility:...

The directive comes following heavy criticism after serious patients were denied medical attention by hospitals owing to...

8 May 2021 11:57 PM IST

A COVID-19 patient on oxygen support waits in an ambulance outside the District Hospital Koti, in Hyderabad, Friday, May 7, 2021. (PTI)

Telangana an island of calm amidst Covid storm in neighbourhood

However, along with the fall in cases, the number of tests being conducted every day has also been fluctuating just...

8 May 2021 11:55 PM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

SC steps in, sets up 12-member National Task Force to manage O2,...

'Union government shall act on Task Force's recommendations, including on allocation of oxygen'

8 May 2021 10:28 PM IST

Health workers and relatives carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in Jammu, India. India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday, April 28, 2021 of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. (AP)

Third wave of the pandemic can be handled if stringent steps taken on...

Two days ago Dr Raghavan had said the third wave was inevitable given the high levels at which this virus is...

8 May 2021 9:30 AM IST

Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. (PTI file photo)

Sonia asks PM to call all-party meet on Covid

Referring to the letters written to Modi by Dr Manmohan Singh and by Rahul Gandhi, Sonia said all these had fallen on...

8 May 2021 9:09 AM IST

A deserted thoroughfare in Bhupalpally on Friday. DC Image/Anudeep Ceremilla

Villagers turn wiser, impose self-lockdown in Warangal

Business establishments are allowed to remain open only during specific timings and the entry of outsiders into the...

8 May 2021 8:52 AM IST

An Indonesian medical staff takes a blood sample from a woman during a rapid test in Surabaya on May 11, 2020 amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. AFP Photo

Gandhi Hospital orders patient attendants and relatives out

A doctor said they have received several such cases wherein the attenders contracted the virus from the patient...

8 May 2021 8:37 AM IST

As many as 24 patients including 23 suffering from COVID-19 died in Chamarajanagar due to alleged oxygen shortage in the district hospital, officials said. (Representational Image/PTI)

TIMS gets new triage unit; plans afoot for more oxygen beds

These units will attend to Covid-19 patients instead of making them wait in ambulances, till the time a bed becomes...

8 May 2021 8:27 AM IST