Despite UT’s report confirming the anaesthetic (propofol injection) used at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI) was of “substandard” quality, the responsibility is yet to be fixed in connection with five deaths during operative procedure at the hospit
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Health workers during the dry run of COVID-19 vaccination, at a health care centre in Kamakshipalya of Bengaluru.
As India gears up to launch the world s largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, conducted a dry run on Saturday to assess their ability and readiness to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country. The move came day after a government panel recommended for the emergency use approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield and all eyes are on Director Controller General of India (DCGI) for the final nod.