Kerala Cabinet | CM Pinarayi Vijayan retains Home, Veena gets Health
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K.N. Balagopal gets Finance and Industries and Law goes to P. Rajeeve
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan holds the first Cabinet meeting after the swearing-in ceremony, in Thiruvananthapuram on May 20, 2021.
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K.N. Balagopal gets Finance and Industries and Law goes to P. Rajeeve Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has retained the Home and Vigilance and IT portfolios held by him in previous LDF Ministry and has entrusted the crucial portfolios of Finance to K. N. Balagopal, Industries and Law to P. Rajeeve and Health, Family Welfare and Women and Child Welfare to Veena George.
KEBS calls for calibration of medical equipment to improve healthcare quality in Kenya
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Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has urged manufacturers, hospitals and clinical laboratories to regularly calibrate medical equipment. This will help reduce device related errors with an aim to enhance patient care and safety in the country.
Speaking during World Metrology Day Celebrations organized under the theme
Measurement for Health, Lt. Col. (Rtd.) Bernard Njiraini, KEBS Managing Director said, “Medical devices are key in diagnosis and treatment of disease. However, due to constant use, these equipment are prone to drifting and damage which impacts their performance. If a patient’s physiological, biochemical, physical, and other parameters cannot be accurately measured, the resulting decision on treatment therapy based on false test results can severely jeopardize preservation of life.”
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ISLAMABAD: Though the use of hand sanitisers has increased following the outbreak of Covid-19, there is still no authority to check and implement quality control of imported or locally-manufactured sanitisers.
This situation has arisen due to a decision taken by the federal cabinet in May last year to transfer manufacture and sale of sanitisers from Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) to the Ministry of Science and Technology.
By law, Drap is the official agency that deals with medicines and over the counter (OTC) products, ensuring that quality items are being produced as per World Health Organisation (WHO) directives. The decision of the federal cabinet, transferring licensing and quality check of sanitisers to Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA), however, created a gap in the system.
Jammu Admin launches massive drive to implement Covid containment SOPs, guidelines
Jammu Admin launches massive drive to implement Covid containment SOPs, guidelines
JAMMU: District Administration Jammu has launched a massive drive for effective implementation of Covid containment SoPs and guidelines across the District.
The latest Guidelines and SOPs issued by the State Disaster Management Committee and District Magistrate are being enforced on the ground through the ADMs, Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars and Police department.
The drive was focused particularly in rural areas of Tehsils Bishnah, Arnia, Nagrota, R.S.Pura, Akhnoor, Dansal, Jourian, Jammu West and Niabats Rehal, Miran Sahib, Gole-Gujral, Chak Malal and Digiana alongwith Narwal Sabzi Mandi.