The COVID-19 vaccination drive is underway in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday with a government hospital doctor receiving the first shot, a senior health official said here.
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First phase of COVID-19 vaccination held across North EastNORTHEAST, JAN 16 (CORRESPONDENTS/ AGENCIES) | Publish Date: 1/16/2021 12:21:28 PM IST
Along with the rest of India, the first phase of COVID vaccination was held in the eight North-eastern states of India. The vaccine doses were mainly administered to frontline health workers with the chief minister of each states flagging off the vaccination drive.
MANIPUR: An attendant of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal was the first person to get the COVID-19 vaccine (Covishield) in Manipur.
Along with Ningombam Romesh of Khurai who was the first person, a total of 1000 healthcare workers were vaccinated after chief minister N Biren Singh launched the historic vaccination drive of COVID-19 vaccine (Covishield) in the state.
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ITANAGAR: The first medical college & hospital in Arunachal Pradesh Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHIMS) is set to ink a record soon by increasing the number of its beds to 750, said the institute s Director Dr Moji Jini, adding that the move will ensure that no patient returns for failure to get a seat for admission in the hospital.
The TRIHMS was approved in 2012 at the initiative of then Union Joint Health Secretary Shakuntala D Gamlin. It aims at offering round-the-clock emergency service while a dialysis unit under the PM National Dialysis Programme and have one of the best CT scan units in the country. The college opened with 50 seats in first batch in August 2018. The State government had urged the Medical Council of India (MCI) to increase the seats from 50 to 100. Dr Jini said that the ongoing Block-II on completion will undoubtedly increase the number of beds to 750, which was not in the plan, adding that the accommodation
this has shown that primary health centres often fail to correctly diagnose diseases such as cancer, and patients are forced to go to tertiary care facilities for a correct diagnosis, treatment and care. “When cancer is detected at an advanced stage, treatment may not be possible, which is why the survival rate is poor here [in the northeastern region],” Chandra said.
To get around this problem, the Arunachal Pradesh government decided this March to start screening people for common cancers – of the stomach, liver, breast and cervix. “Stomach and liver are our priorities because the rates are very high here,” Tsering said. But because of the ongoing pandemic, the project did not take off. When it does, it could help save many lives by detecting cancers at early stages, he said.