Read more about Tamil Nadu receives 495,000 doses of Covid vaccine, drive to continue on Business Standard. Tamil Nadu, which had announced the suspension of vaccination drive from Wednesday, is to continue inoculating people after it received 495,000 vaccines from the central government on Tuesday night
Anti-viral drug Remdesivir would be made available directly to private hospitals to avoid overcrowding in places designated for its prescription based sale by state authorities to the kin of COVID-19 patients, the Tamil Nadu government said here on Sunday. Effective May 18, a facility would be made available to private hospitals to register their drug requirement in a portal and only their representatives should collect the medicine from sale depots. While information on the portal would soon be released, the hospitals must furnish information related to intended recipients, the oxygen dependent patients, the government said in an official release. The state-run Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation provided the drug to government hospitals.
When All Of This Is Over, Tamil Nadu May Emerge As The Least Wounded Of All States â A Big Reason For That Would Be This Trio
by Aravindan Neelakandan - Apr 27, 2021 01:04 PM
From left to right: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar and State Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan.
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When this second Covid wave passes, Tamil Nadu would do well to remember three heroes: current Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar and state health secretary J Radhakrishnan.
When the pandemic becomes a horror and moral story for our great grandchildren, some names will have to be remembered.
The Madras HC on Thursday chastised the Centre for leaving those aged between 18 and 45 in the lurch by making them pay for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Senior officials and doctors met on Thursday to zero in on causes for the rapid surge in infections in Tamil Nadu over the last three weeks and brainstorm ideas on how to tackle the spike that has left the healthcare system overwhelmed. Almost all epidemiological factors, presented by the directorate of public health, indicated that the second wave was making a swift climb. Exponential growth in cases, dip in doubling time
It took almost a year for the state to record more than 10.25 lakh cases. Based on the existing growth rate, Tamil Nadu can double this number in a mere 66 days, while hotspot Chennai can double its tally of 2.9 lakh cases even faster, epidemiologists said. The state reported 780 new cases in the week of March 11-17. Now, it reports more than 10,000 cases daily. In the same period, new cases in Chennai increased from
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Health Secy., doctors say cardiac event not linked to vaccine
Actor Vivekh, who suffered a heart attack on Friday, is in a critical condition and is on ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) support at SIMS Hospital in Chennai.
Raju Sivasamy, vice-president, SIMS Hospital, told reporters that he was brought to the hospital in an unconscious state at 11 a.m. by his family members. An emergency team, along with cardiologists, resuscitated him. “He was shifted to the Cath lab, after an emergency coronary angiogram showed 100% blockage in his left anterior descending artery (LAD). He underwent angioplasty and is currently in the intensive care unit on ECMO support,” he said.