IMA seeks dismissal of Punjab minister: Expressing anguish over the incident, Punjab IMA president Dr Parmjit Singh Maan strongly condemned the health minister s attitude and demanded a public apology from him.
CHANDIGARH/KOLKATA/MUMBAI/DEHRADUN: Private hospitals in at least four states are buying well below their quota of Covid-19 vaccines. Information gathered by this newspaper reveals the stock is going unused in some places. Private Covid Vaccination Centres (PCVC) in Punjab had a quota of 5.5 lakh doses in June, but they bought only 50,000.
In West Bengal, these entities were entitled to nearly 20 lakh, but they procured around 2.5 lakh. In Maharashtra, of the 58 lakh procured by them this month, around 34.2 lakh were used. Uttarakhand had a quota of 2.5 lakh for private hospitals, of which 65,000 were purchased.
Under the current vaccination policy, 75% of shots produced and available in the country Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, Covishield by Serum Institute of India and the Russian vaccine Sputnik V is bought by the Centre and distributed to the states. The states administer these free of cost. The remaining 25% is for the PCVCs to buy at `650 per dose. They can charge `150 per s
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1 People going in for repeated CT scans instead of RT-PCR test to detect Covid need to be watchful as repeatedly getting exposed to radiation could lead to cancer, health experts have warned. - File photo
Manav Mander
Ludhiana, May 1
People going in for repeated CT scans instead of RT-PCR test to detect Covid need to be watchful as repeatedly getting exposed to radiation could lead to cancer, health experts have warned.
Dr Bishav Mohan, senior cardiologist at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here, said he had a patient who instead on relying on RT-PCR test, underwent five CT scans on his own within a short span. “His initial scans didn’t show any infection in the lungs and he kept on roaming freely.
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1 People going in for repeated CT scans instead of RT-PCR test to detect Covid need to be watchful as repeatedly getting exposed to radiation could lead to cancer, health experts have warned. - File photo
Manav Mander
Ludhiana, May 1
People going in for repeated CT scans instead of RT-PCR test to detect Covid need to be watchful as repeatedly getting exposed to radiation could lead to cancer, health experts have warned.
Dr Bishav Mohan, senior cardiologist at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital here, said he had a patient who instead on relying on RT-PCR test, underwent five CT scans on his own within a short span. “His initial scans didn’t show any infection in the lungs and he kept on roaming freely.