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UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India to fight Covid Britain has already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India as the country grapples with a devastating surge in coronavirus cases. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By AFP LONDON: The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of doctors staged their own intervention by offering long-distance telemedicine from Britain. Britain has already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India as the country grapples with a devastating surge in coronavirus ca...

Channels Television   Updated May 2, 2021 File photo: A patient breathes with the help of oxygen provided by a Gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, under a tent installed along the roadside amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Ghaziabad on April 29, 2021. Prakash SINGH / AFP   The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India, as a group of doctors staged their own intervention by offering long-distance telemedicine from Britain. Britain has already sent 495 oxygen concentrators and 200 ventilators to India as the country grapples with a devastat...

UK-based doctors of Indian heritage are deploying telemedicine to their colleagues in the coronavirus-stricken nation to help them battle the escalating crisis there. India is one of the worst-hit countries in the world, recording a new global record of 401,993 new cases on Saturday – taking its total number to 19.1 million. Another 3,523 people died of the disease in the past 24 hours. Members of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) are working to help their counterparts get some breathing space as case numbers grow. BAPIO member Professor Parag Singhal told Sky N...

It says that today patients are effectively assessed twice – once by junior A&E staff and then by specialist medics. ONOC’s report states that this wastes time and money and increases the time spent by patients in casualty. Instead, it argues on-call junior doctors from different specialities should be based in A&Es, working alongside the junior staff. The think tank claims a similar structure is already in place for night work and junior doctors would benefit from better training as they would be involved in more stages of the clinical process. ONOC is concerned by the prospect of A&E se...