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Ramp up vaccination by buying in bulk and including the private sector, Dr. Devi Shetty, founder of Narayana Health and head of Karnataka's Covid task force, tells the government. Dr. Shetty warns that we need to prepare for a third wave, not waste time discussing its likelihood.
Here are the key points from the guidelines * It said steroids are harmful in asymptomatic and mild cases of infection and recommended against self-medication. "Steroids should be used at the right time, in the right dose and for the right duration. Self-medication of steroids must be avoided," it said. * Rational use of HRCT imaging has been recommended. Treating physicians should be highly selective in ordering HRCT imaging of the chest. * Remdesivir (an emergency use authorization drug) is not recommended in children since there is lack of safety and efficacy data. * For asymptomatic a...
Ghaziabad: Anticipating that children might be affected in the third wave of the pandemic, the administration and health department have decided to keep paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) ready at its key government hospitals as well as private hospitals. While the administration had collaborated with RS Garg Indo-German Hospital to start a 50-bed dedicated hospital, a 10-bed PICU is getting readied at District Combined Hospital, an L2 facility. A 100-bed children ward is also being set up at Santosh Hospital, an L3 facility. However, one of the major challenges is arranging for traine...
Ghaziabad: Rakesh Kumar Singh, the new district magistrate of Ghaziabad who assumed charge on Saturday, said he would focus on strengthening paediatri.
Express News Service NEW DELHI: India may still not be doing enough genome sequencing of SARS-CoV2 samples necessary to stay ahead of the virus and predict third Covid wave in time, feel experts. So far, genome sequencing of only about 15,000 samples across India has been carried out while experts say that considering India’s population, this number should have been at least 1 lakh if not more. It also grossly falls short of the target set up by the Centre in December-January to test 5 % of all positive samples in every state as part of its INSACOG initiative, which is a consortium of sever...