43 fresh cases of COVID 19 in central region
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The central region reported 43 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Two deaths were reported in the region - both in Thanjavur.
A 27-year-old-woman who had been suffering from bilateral bronchopneumonia and a 57-year-old man with a history of hypertension and diabetes succumbed to COVID-19.
In Thanjavur, 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19. However, officials maintained that the patients testing positive in the district were isolated index cases and not part of a cluster.
Meanwhile, Tiruchi reported eight fresh cases. Four patients who had been undergoing treatment at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital were discharged after recovering from the viral infection.
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February 24, 2021 19:50 IST
As the world trains its lens on Myanmar following a military-declared emergency, India’s Burma repatriates recall howthey have kept their ties alive with the land of their birth
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M.Sundarraj and S Govindan, seen with Burmese currency notes and sandalwood paste maker respectively, at Navalpattu Burma Colony. Photo: M.Moorthy/THE HINDU
As the world trains its lens on Myanmar following a military-declared emergency, India’s Burma repatriates recall howthey have kept their ties alive with the land of their birth
American journalist Gene Fowler’s sentiment that ‘news is history shot on the wing’ comes true nearly every day across the world. For many families in southern India, particularly Tamil Nadu, this has meant watching the declaration of military rule in Myanmar (formerly Burma) this month with more than just a passing interest, because the two regions share a history that goes back several centuries.
Healthcare workers get second dose of vaccine
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The second dose of COVID-19 vaccination being administered at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi on Monday.
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Moorthy. M
Healthcare workers, who took the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine 28 days ago, got the booster shot here on Monday.
Both vaccines Covishield and Covaxin being used in the exercise require a two-dose schedule to be administered four weeks apart.
The vaccination of healthcare workers started on January 16 and frontline workers from the first week of February. “On the first day, only about eight doctors took the vaccine at our session site. However, there were many on the second day. Today, they have all come to get the booster shot,” K. Vanitha, Dean, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, said.
Concern over drug dispensation at Siddha clinic
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Traditional medicine wrapped in newspaper and given to patients at the Siddha clinic in Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi.
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They are wrapped in old newspapers
Distribution of Siddha and Ayurvedic drugs wrapped in newspapers at District Headquarters Siddha Hospital, functioning at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital complex here, has raised concern among patients.
There has been increase rise in number of patients seeking treatment under the Indian medicine systems at the District Headquarters Hospital. About 700 to 800 patients come to the hospital for treatment a day. Until a few years ago, the figure was just around 300 a day. Besides seeking remedy for common ailments such as fever, body aches, cold and cough, patients receive medicines for thyroid, sugar, hypertension, skin diseases and other ai
The central districts on Thursday recorded 60 new cases of COVID-19. The region recorded no death according to the bulletin released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, while Ariyalur dist