INDIA TO PRODUCE 300 MILLION DOSES OF SPUTNIK V NEXT YEAR

December 19, 2020

India will produce about 300 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine next year. Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, said that the production of Sputnik V has begun in other countries, particularly in India, Korea, Brazil, and China, in an interview with Rossiya 24...

ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SEATS NOT POSSIBLE: NMC

December 19, 2020

New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has told the Madras High Court that additional seats cannot be created for students from government schools as it requires the sanction of the Supreme Court. The National Medical Commission (NMC) said this to the Madras High Court regarding the issue of creating...

Can you get Covid-19 vaccine after receiving a placebo?

December 19, 2020

New Delhi: What is in the placebo? Is the recipient of a placebo aware of it? Can a person who has volunteered for the placebo get the Covid vaccine? These are some important questions which are on everyone’s minds as people in certain corners of the world start to receive...

ASTRAZENECA TO TEST COMBINATION WITH SPUTNIK V FOR MORE EFFICACY

December 12, 2020

AstraZeneca has said that it would investigate combining its Covid-19 vaccine with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to boost the efficacy of the Covid vaccine. This suggestion was given by the Sputnik V developers on Twitter a month ago. AstraZeneca’s vaccine has an average efficacy of 70.4 percent, according to the...

FDA RECOMMENDS EMERGENCY APPROVAL OF PFIZER VACCINE IN US

December 12, 2020

A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel has given the nod for the emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech in the USA. According to the US media, the FDA is likely to provide an EUA for the vaccine on Saturday. This approval is a mechanism to facilitate...

DELHI DOCTORS SUPPORT IMA PROTEST WITH BLACK RIBBONS

December 12, 2020

Doctors at several hospitals in Delhi supported the IMA’s call for protest by wearing black ribbons. The protest was against the Centre’s move of allowing postgraduate practitioners of Ayurveda to perform certain surgical procedures after training. Doctors from AIIMS, DDU Hospital, GTB Hospital, LNJP Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital,...

We are at the doorstep of getting a coronavirus vaccine: Dr V.K. Paul

December 12, 2020

New Delhi: In an exclusive interview with The Daily Guardian, Dr V.K. Paul, Member (Health) at NITI Aayog and the head of the National Expert Group for Vaccine Administration, spoke about the availability of vaccines in India and the Co-Win platform, which has been developed to aid the vaccination drive...

42.5% INDIANS WITH DISABILITIES FACED HEALTHCARE PROBLEMS: STUDY

December 5, 2020

A a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Hyderabad, has revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the physical and mental as well as rehabilitation, education, livelihood and social participation of persons with disabilities significantly. About 42.5%, i.e., two out of every five people with disability, reported...

ZYDUS CADILA TO START PHASE-3 TRIALS IN DECEMBER

December 5, 2020

Drugmaker Zydus Cadila said that it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to start phase 3 clinical trials with its biological therapy PegiHep among COVID-19 patients. The trials will start in December and will be conducted on 250 patients across 20 to 25 centres in...

NCDRC GIVES RELIEF TO MEDANTA FOR MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE

December 5, 2020

New Delhi: The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has dismissed a case of negligence filed against Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. The complaint was on the basis of a surgery conducted for the replacement of the infected aneurysmal arch of the aorta with ‘24 mm Dacron branched arch graft’. The...