Coronavirus | Demand for air ambulances soars as virus exposes crumbling healthcare
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May 11, 2021 23:07 IST
Despite high costs, requests for airlifting COVID patients from ill-equipped northern States to southern medical hubs has multiplied manifold
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Aggregators and charter plane operators say the demand for air transportation of patients has increased ten-fold.
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Despite high costs, requests for airlifting COVID patients from ill-equipped northern States to southern medical hubs has multiplied manifold
Last week, a Beechcraft King Air C 90 air ambulance from Bagdogra lost its right wheel while taking off from Nagpur after refuelling. The aircraft was carrying a COVID-19 patient for treatment in Mumbai. The pilot was alerted but he kept flying to burn fuel before coming in to land. After hovering over Mumbai, he finally made a belly-landing without any casualties.
Telangana Govt Stops Supply of COVID Vaccines to Private Hospitals May 01, 2021, 15:43 IST
Vaccine supply to private hospitals in Telangana has been halted.
Individuals over the age of 45 will continue to receive free vaccinations from government centres.
Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Friday (April 30th) halted the supply of Covid vaccines to all private hospitals in Telangana that were previously involved in administering vaccines to people over the age of 45.
The State government has also urged private hospital executives to return any unused Covid vaccine vials, in accordance with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare guidelines on Liberalized Pricing and Accelerated National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy.
March 11, 2021
The total number of doses of Covaxin administered till February 9 was 3.03 lakh - PTI
The total number of doses of Covaxin administered till February 9 was 3.03 lakh - PTI×
DCGI panel seen scrapping ‘clinical trial mode’ condition for the Bharat Biotech vaccine, based on 81 per cent efficacy report The acceptance for Covaxin, the Covid-19 vaccine developed entirely by the Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, appears to be rising perhaps after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took it, on March 1.
Even as an official source confirmed to
BusinessLine on Tuesday that the Health Ministry has ordered for 45 lakh doses of Covaxin for delivery by March 16, in another significant development, an independent Subject Expert Committee of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is learnt to have recommended ending the “clinical trial mode” condition for the vaccine, based on interim clinical trials results which showed 81 per cent efficacy. A final decision
Tuesday, 9th February 2021 | 6:30 PM IST
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In 1977, smallpox eradication lead to improved health systems, trained manpower to administer vaccines, infrastructure and systems to store vaccines and a network for surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. The lessons from this success were used universally to strengthen public healthcare, vaccination and develop a pool of public health professionals. In 1978, after it was declared free of smallpox, India launched the National Immunization Programme called the Expanded Programme of Immunization and since then has been one of the leading countries to introduce mass immunization measures for preventable diseases.
Although the Immunization programme in India has partially succeeded in reducing the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases; a significant proportion of them still exist. Moreover, there remains a wide gap in reported versus evaluated coverage. Now, with more than 16 lakh people already vaccinated in India and