Jenab with her parents in GCRI in Ahmedabad (TOI Photo)
RAJKOT: Each day for the past two years had been mentally agonizing for the parents of four-year-old Jenab Khan. The little girl was diagnosed with cancer of the jaw, an extremely rare medical condition in children.
She was unable to chew and lived mostly on fluids.
But a marathon surgery, touted to be the first of its kind among children, has ensured that Jenab eats like any other normal child.
The reconstructive or microvascular surgery was performed at Ahmedabad-based Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI) last week and Jenab is recovering well.
Tata Memorial Centre Strengthens Rapid Pan-India Response to the Second Wave
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MUMBAI, India - May 9, 2021: A FedEx 777 cargo plane landed in Mumbai this morning with 81,000 kgs of medical equipment for Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) and its associated hospitals for distribution across India. The chartered flight carried in 3,400 portable oxygen concentrators along with 300,000 N95 masks. A few hours later, an Air India passenger plane landed in Delhi with an additional 400 concentrators. These are the third and fourth shipments that Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) has brought in over the past two weeks.
TMC, besides providing life-saving services, is also sourcing and allocating medical equipment for over 200 hospitals across India that are part of the National Cancer Grid (NCG). Dr. Rajendra Badwe, Director of TMC, says, “We have the singular focus of getting these units to the hospitals throughout India so that many can breathe well.
Unfavourable environmental conditions led to spike in Covid cases: Gujarat govt tells HC
A reply affidavit submitted by Principal Pecretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi adds that as of December 18, 18.95 lakh antigen tests were conducted through Dhanvantari Rath or mobile OPD vans. Updated: December 24, 2020 6:40:46 pm
Chandigarh reported 27 new cases detected through RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen tests. (Express File Photo: Partha Paul/ Representational)
Attributing the spike in Covid-19 cases after Diwali to “unfavourable environmental conditions and increased human interactions”, the Gujarat government has informed the High Court that several semi-government hospitals were instructed to increase capacity.
A reply affidavit submitted by Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi, on Wednesday before the High Court on measures taken to check the surge in cases in the state after the festive season, stated that Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who