Covid-19: 180 Deaths Reported After Vaccinations In India Published by GulteDesk April 09, 2021
“India reported a total of 180 casualties (29.2%) following vaccination across the country” – as per a presentation made to the National AEFI Committee during a meeting held on March 31. Post immunisation, we have 617 critical, including deaths and the complete documentation is available only for 236 (38.3%) cases.
Out of the 617 instances of severe and serious AEFI, 492 have so far been classified on the basis of their severity, by the AEFI Secretariat of the Immunisation Technical Support Unit at the Union health ministry. Similarly, 124 of the 180 deaths have so far been classified for their cause.
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Empathy. Humility. Compassion. Sympathy. Kindness. Those are some of the attributes that come to mind when we think of healthcare professionals. The medical experience between a doctor and a patient may be one of the most humane experiences in our lifetimes. Patients trust doctors with their most valuable asset their health in what could be one of their most vulnerable encounters of their time on this earth. In return, doctors have sworn to give a patient everything they have to offer; to go above and beyond to augment their quality of life and offer them care like no one else can. Very simply put, a doctor and a patient share a meaningful relationship that embodies the essence of vulnerability and human compassion. This relationship characterises human beings as cognitively functioning species exchanging emotions in defenseless states.
US President Joe Biden has reversed a Trump administration policy that prohibited US funding for nongovernmental groups that provide or refer patients for abortions.
The Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy, was enacted in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan. Since its introduction, the policy has been instated by each Republican president and rescinded by each Democrat president.
Under President Donald Trump the policy was made more stringent on two occasions – once in 2017 when his administration passed the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy and again in 2019 with a further expansion of its implementation.
The Global Gag Rule requires non-governmental organisations (NGOs) based outside the US that receive US government global health assistance to certify that they will not use any funding to provide legal abortion services, referrals, or information to clients, or to advocate for the liberalisation of a country’s abortion law. It also applies to
Coronavirus | Vaccine death reports will be published, says adverse events panel expert
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National Adverse Event Following Immunisation Committee for COVID-19 advisor addresses concerns of scientists on cluster of cardiovascular deaths.
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National Adverse Event Following Immunisation Committee for COVID-19 advisor addresses concerns of scientists on cluster of cardiovascular deaths.
The Advisor to the National Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFI) Committee for COVID-19, Dr. N.K. Arora, has said that data from the assessment of the deaths of health care and frontline workers would be placed in the public domain.
On January 31, when 11 deaths of health care and frontline workers were reported from across the country following administration of Serum Institute’s Covishield vaccine, nearly two-dozen scientists and others wrote to Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Drugs Controller General of Ind
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Omi Vaidya on Shooting for The Office with Steve Carell
Omi Vaidya talks about the new season of Metro Park, his experience filming amid the pandemic and his memories of working with Steve Carell in The Office.
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In a world of thrillers and crime dramas, Metro Park is a slice-of-life sitcom about first-generation Indian immigrants navigating their lives in the USA. The popular show recently dropped its second season, which dives deeper into the crazy Patel family, and how each character deals with additional responsibilities that come with life and growth.
Actor Omi Vaidya plays Kannan Menon, the South Indian brother-in-law of the Patel family. In a chat with News18, Omi talked about Metro Park season 2, the special experience of filming with the cast amid a pandemic and his memories of the other classic projects that he was a part of.