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Violence against doctors: Pandemic worsens the problem

July 8, 2021 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Indian Doctor standing with stethoscope on India flag background. National healthcare system concept, medical theme. Image credit: Sezer özger / 123rf. violence against doctors concept.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in scenes of violence against doctors, as angered families take out their rage on the country’s beleaguered medicos.  Prefacing a BBC News report is the story of Dr Seuj Kumar Senapati who bluntly expresses his fears that he would be killed. As the report summarises, Dr Senapati attended a patient […]

Filed Under: Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: doctors, Healthcare, violence against doctors

Hospitals and staff overwhelmed amid COVID-19 surge

April 29, 2021 By Nicholas Parry Leave a Comment

A view of a hospital ward in Assam in response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic Image credit: AnjanBorah, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The initial wave of COVID-19 in India had already pushed hospitals to breaking point. The second wave has seen both daily cases and death counts triple, with many now dying […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, National, News, Social issues Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, government hospitals, Healthcare, hospitals

Healthcare gains from meeting Paris Agreement uncovered for India and other major nations

February 10, 2021 By Nick Witts Leave a Comment

By U.S. Department of State from United States [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Millions of lives could be saved by adopting policies in line with the targets of the Paris Agreement goals and prioritising health. This is according to new research published in The Lancet Planetary Health, from the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.  The adoption of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) aimed at limiting warming to […]

Filed Under: Environmental health, Featured Stories Tagged With: Air Pollution, climate change, climate policy, COP26, environmental health, Healthcare, Paris Agreement

How medtech looks going forward: An interview with Pavan Choudary

January 25, 2021 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Pavan Choudary - chairman, Indian Medical Technology Association. Medtech interview.

Medtech is a staple of healthcare systems the world over, vital in the management of a plethora of health issues. Last year, to explore this subject, Health Issues India interviewed Medical Technology Association of India chairperson, Vygon Indian managing director, and writer Pavan Choudary. At that time, Choudary and I discussed the importance of medical […]

Filed Under: Featured Stories, Interviews, Medicine and Research, Opinion, Science and Technology Tagged With: access to healthcare, economy, Healthcare, interviews, Medical devices, medical technology, Technology

Nursing: Healthcare’s front line

April 8, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Stock Photo - Indian nurses at road. Street photo, Shot at Gandhi Maidan, Patna, Bihar, India on 25.02.15 at afternoon hours. image credit: UPA GHOSH / 123rf. Nurses pictured in Patna, Bihar in 2015. Image credit: UPA GHOSH / 123rf. Midwives concept illustration.

The pandemic of coronavirus has highlighted to health systems the world over why health systems are important – and emphasised in particular the vital role of nursing on the front line.  It is fitting, therefore, that 2020 marks the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The World Health Organization (WHO) unveiled earlier this […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured Story, Medicine and Research, Opinion, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthcare, nurses, World Health Organization

PPE shortages in India lessening

April 8, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Health workers wearing personal protective equipment while caring for patients with coronavirus infection in the Indian state of Kerala.

The Union Government has sought to assure healthcare workers that personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages in the country are easing off. The arrivals of ordered imports and continued efforts to procure the much-needed supplies domestically are underway to guarantee staff safety.  “Along with domestic supplies of 20,000 coveralls, a total of 1.9 lakh (190,000) coveralls […]

Filed Under: Featured, Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthcare

World Health Day in a time of crisis

April 7, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Globe with a stethoscope.. World Health Day illustration. Image credit: olegdudko / 123rf

Today marks World Health Day – an observance the world marks this year in the context of the global pandemic of coronavirus. Cases of COVID-19 – the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or coronavirus – are rising sharply globally. India has reported thousands of infections and well in excess of […]

Filed Under: Access to Healthcare, Featured Story, International, Medicine and Research, National, Opinion, Science and Technology, Social issues Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthcare, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases, World Health Day

PPE kits dispatched to hospitals, more ordered

April 1, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

asian epidemiologist in hazmat suit and respirator mask using digital tablet while holding test tube with blood sample on street. PPE kits concept. Image credit: lightfieldstudios / 123rf

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced provisions for the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits to the nation’s healthcare providers amidst the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.  Already, 60,000 PPE kits have been procured by the Union Health Ministry for hospitals so healthcare workers can safeguard themselves against COVID-19. 3.34 lakh PPEs […]

Filed Under: Featured, Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, doctors, Healthcare

Health workers face a massive struggle

March 26, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

Health workers wearing personal protective equipment while caring for patients with coronavirus infection in the Indian state of Kerala.

During the Janata Curfew, throngs of Indians broke out in applause and other displays of gratitude in a mass felicitation of the country’s health workers manning the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. However, for many doctors, nurses, and other healthcare personnel, the reality of the pandemic is grim.  Numerous reports have […]

Filed Under: Featured, Infectious diseases, Medicine and Research, National, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, doctors, Healthcare

Janata Curfew sees health workers praised

March 23, 2020 By Kerean Watts Leave a Comment

File:Deserted streets in Ottappalam, India during Janata curfew.jpg. Viswanathan Cvn / CC0

The Janata Curfew which saw millions of Indians nationwide self-quarantine for fourteen hours led to an outpouring of thanks for the country’s health workers. The mass felicitation witnessed Indians across the nation who heeded Modi’s call for the Janata curfew to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic to applaud and ring bells in honour of the healthcare […]

Filed Under: Infectious diseases, National, News Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthcare, public health

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