Bad blood: The rise and fall of Theranos boss Elizabeth Holmes
14 May, 2021 12:34 AM
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Elizabeth Holmes on the cover of Forbes in 2014. Photo / Forbes
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By: Margi Murphy
When Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes came walking through the office, employees would mutter E is coming under their breath. We didn t want to say her name out loud, says Cheryl Gafner, a former receptionist at the biotechnology company. It was like Beetlejuice, if you said it three times then s would happen.
Perhaps workers were on to something. Today, Holmes, whom Gafner once joked was hatched out of a pod due to her cold demeanour, could face up to 20 years in prison for allegedly lying to investors, doctors and patients about the limits of Theranos technology.
An old man breathes his last at the entrance of MGM Hospital
By News Desk| Edited by Sameer | Published: 6th May 2021 10:47 am IST Representative Image
Hyderabad: Warangal’s MGM Hospital is witnessing deaths due to COVID-19 on a daily basis. Everyday around 30 persons are losing their lives due to the disease. With the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, Warangal MGM hospital was designated as the main treatment center for the patients.
Many patients with the symptoms are visiting hospitals in big numbers.
Meanwhile, an old man who came for treatment at the MGM Hospital lost his life at the entrance of the hospital. Who was this old man? Where did he come from? Who brought him here? Or did he came alone to hospital? No one knows the answers but his dead body was found at the MGM hospital.
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With a surge in the number of severe COVID-19 patients in the country, the demand for oxygen supplies has only increased. While a large population of people gasping for breath and queuing up outside hospital premises, there are also a significant number of infected individuals, who are getting themselves treated at home, breathing with the help of oxygen concentrators and other means of oxygen. But what is an oxygen concentrator and how does it work? Here s everything you need to know.
What is an oxygen concentrator and how does it work?
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness. It not only infects the respiratory tract, but in severe COVID patients, it also takes a heavy toll on their oxygen saturation levels. With oxygen deprivation and increasing lung infections in COVID patients, oxygen concentrators and cylinders are highly valuable.