The doctor, who was on ventilator since the last 14 days, died on Saturday evening following a heart attack, KGMU Vice Chancellor M L B Bhatt said

36 stranded Manipuri including 16 Cancer patients departs Mumbai for Imphal

Asymptomatic persons demand better facilities

Only way to detect such patients is to take up random tests: Jayadeva Director

Newborns have been separated from mothers and kept under isolation

In less than 10 days, 937 Covid patients pick home

A government campaign to raise awareness seems to be helping, at least for medical workers

60-year-old was being treated at SevenHills

From now on, only those with severe Covid-19 symptoms will need to undergo RT-PCR tests, that too only one and not two consecutive tests that were mandatory earlier, for their release from the hospital after treatment. Covid-positive patients with mild and moderate symptoms will no longer require the mandatory negative confirmatory tests before they are sent home.

"If cancer could do me no harm, what can Covid do?" This was the confidence that 74-year-old Yusuf Hotelwala exuded while leaving for the Covid care centre in Vadodara after testing positive a week ago. On Saturday, Hotelwala, who suffers from peritoneal mesothelioma and has already survived two heart attacks was beaming as doctors confirmed his recovery.

Dr Zahid Abdul Majeed, a critical care specialist at AIIMS recently saved a critically-ill patient suffering from Covid-19 while putting his own life at risk of contracting the infection. He took off his protective goggles to re-intubate a patient keeping in mind the imminent death of the patient if he failed. Dr Zahid has now been advised quarantine for 14 days.

‘Earlier, he tested negative thrice’

Welcome to the public release of the latest Institute of Medicine report on the quality of health care in America.

To significantly reduce the tens of thousands of deaths and injuries caused by medical errors every year, health care organizations must adopt information technology systems that are capable of collecting and sharing essential health information on patients and their care, says a new report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Nurses roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in Americas increasingly complex health system, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

A new data network that integrates emerging research on the molecular makeup of diseases with clinical data on individual patients could drive the development of a more accurate classification of disease and ultimately enhance diagnosis and treatment, says a new report from the National Research Council.

The Institute of Medicine today presented the Gustav O. Lienhard Award to Linda Aiken, Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, for her rigorous research demonstrating the importance of nursing care and work environments in achieving safe, effective, patient-centered, and affordable health care.

Nearly half of the nation’s spending on health care is driven by 5 percent of patients, and improving health outcomes and curbing spending in health care will require identifying who these high-needs patients are and providing coordinated services through successful care models that link medical, behavioral, and community resources, says a new National Academy of Medicine special publication.

For some patients, the ability to participate in a clinical trial from the comfort of one’s home is becoming a reality.

Whether a patient has a safe place to live or healthy food to eat has an important influence on their health, but such nonmedical social needs have not traditionally been addressed in routine health care visits.

Between one-third and one-half of U.S. clinicians experience burnout and addressing the epidemic requires systemic changes by health care organizations, educational institutions, and all levels of government, says a new report from the National Academy of Medicine.