Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 7 (ANI): In another case of alleged sexual assault in the COVID ward, the son of a COVID patient attacked a nurse in RIMS Hospital Ongole at Prakasam District, informed Sub Inspector of police Rafi on Saturday.
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Black fungus: ICMR releases guidelines; Do s and don ts
Amid rising cases of mucormycosis or black fungus infection among COVID patients, the Centre has released guidelines on dos and don ts for the patients. The Centre has also asked doctors to look out for signs of the rare but potentially fatal infection in Covid-19 patients.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released guidelines for early detection of infection. It has advised that after recovering from coronavirus infection, patients or their caretaker should closely monitor and should not miss any warning signs and symptoms mentioned above, as the fungal infection is found to emerge even weeks or months after recovery.
Rick Gladstone and Billie Sweeney, The New York Times
Published: 01 May 2021 10:20 AM BdST
Updated: 01 May 2021 10:20 AM BdST A deadly fire late Friday raced through a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Bharuch, a city in western India’s Gujarat state. FACEBOOK
A deadly fire late Friday raced through a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Bharuch, a city in western India’s Gujarat state. Some early news reports said as many as 15 people had died, some burned in their beds. );
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Videos posted to social media showed part of the hospital in flames and patients being evacuated.
The blaze at the hospital, located about 200 miles north of Mumbai, erupted as COVID overwhelms the health system of India, which has been assaulted with deaths and infections in a second wave of COVID.