Start-ups develop cost-effective devices that promise to be part of daily life
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, innovations are springing pleasant surprises about human ingenuity and adaptability.
Robots that dispense food and medicines, mask disinfectors and devices that, in real time, naturalise airborne bacteria and viruses are responses that have come up in a period of around a year-and-a-half, bolstering the fight against the pandemic and promising to be part of daily life even after the world conquers the virus.
Incubated at the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in Kochi, Asimov Robotics has come up with cost-effective robots to dispense food, medicines, and other consumables inside isolation wards. The robot was first deployed at the Government Medical College at Kalamassery successfully. They disinfect items used by patients and allow them to communicate with doctors and relatives outside, said T . Jayakrishnan, CEO of Asimov Robotics. He added that th
Fresh supplies of vaccine to reach Kerala today
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The plan was to fully vaccinate everyone over 45 years by May 30 by conducting mass vaccination camps.
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The plan was to fully vaccinate everyone over 45 years by May 30 by conducting mass vaccination camps.
Kerala breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday as fresh supplies of vaccine – albeit in minor quantities – is slated to reach the State later today, which will help the State tide over the imminent situation of vaccine shortage.
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SCTIMST restricts OP admissions
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Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) has decided to restrict its outpatient clinics as well as in-patient admissions, after some of its employees, a few in-patients and some patients who underwent testing prior to surgeries tested positive for COVID-19.
The hospital had decided to restrict patient care activities as a precaution as disease transmission seemed to be intense in the community. Also, a good number of patients coming to SCTIMST were turning out to be positive prior to admission.
However, the Institute made it clear that emergency medical treatments in the hospital would not be affected in any way. Elective surgeries would be re-scheduled and performed as COVID-19’s transmission intensity reduces
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