On Sunday, Mumbai reported 221 new Covid cases without any fatalities in the last 24 hours, as compared with 207 cases on Saturday. However, on Sunday, the test positivity rate— positive cases for every 100 tests—dropped by one per cent from to 13.4 per cent as against 14.4 percent on Saturday.
If everything goes according to plan, the premier medical institution Grant Government Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals will have a robotic surgery system next year. The hospital has submitted a proposal to acquire the technology to the district planning committee. The system, which costs around R20 crore, will be able to execute almost every kind of surgery with precision
The fears of hospitals being hit were voiced after doctors, nurses, technicians, clerical and the cleaning staff joined the ongoing indefinite strike which started on March 14 in solidarity with the demand for return of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS).
Paramedics working in hospitals run by the state government, sanitation workers and teachers have also joined the strike which comes at a time when board examinations for Classes 10 and 12 are underway
Centre had asked states and union territories to conduct the drill as part of precautionary measures following an increase in infection in China and other countries