Tag: Covid Patients

30 per cent Covid patients develop 'Long COVID', US study finds
30 per cent Covid patients develop 'Long COVID', US study finds

The researchers wanted to evaluate the association of Long COVID with demographics and clinical characteristics in order to devise the most effective treatments.

  • Tuesday, 19 April 2022
Can't Modify Guidelines For Disposing Dead Bodies Of Covid Patients For Parsi Community, SC Told
Can't Modify Guidelines For Disposing Dead Bodies Of Covid Patients For Parsi Community, SC Told

The Centre said that appropriate handling of dead bodies of Covid positive patients, therefore, remains critical from the public health perspective.

  • Monday, 17 January 2022
Contacts Of COVID Patients Need Not Test Unless Identified As High Risk: ICMR
Contacts Of COVID Patients Need Not Test Unless Identified As High Risk: ICMR

The advisory also stated that asymptomatic individuals in community settings and contacts of confirmed cases of Covid-19 need not undergo testing unless the patient is identified as high risk based on age and comorbidities. 

  • Monday, 10 January 2022
Anti-Viral Pill 89% Effective For High-Risk Covid Patients: Pfizer
Anti-Viral Pill 89% Effective For High-Risk Covid Patients: Pfizer

Pfizer also released early data from a second clinical trial showing that the treatment reduced hospitalisations by around 70 per cent in around 600 standard-risk adults.

  • Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Can Air Pollution Exposure In Covid Patients Raise Death Risk?
Can Air Pollution Exposure In Covid Patients Raise Death Risk?

Exploratory analyses suggested that younger people of colour may be particularly susceptible, said Mount Sinai-led researchers.

  • Friday, 10 December 2021
Reconsider Excluding COVID Patient's Suicide As 'COVID Death': SC To Centre
Reconsider Excluding COVID Patient's Suicide As 'COVID Death': SC To Centre

Expressing satisfaction with the Centre's decision on a Covid-19 death certificate for granting compensation, the bench observed that there are some errors, which needs to be dealt with.

  • Monday, 13 September 2021
COVID-19 Patient Recovers After Being On ECMO Twice
COVID-19 Patient Recovers After Being On ECMO Twice

He tested positive for Covid-19 in March 2021 and was shifted to MGM Healthcare here in April and was being treated for Covid pneumonia and was put on ventilator support.

  • Thursday, 29 July 2021
'COVID Severity Score' Software To Help Identify Patients Who May Require Ventilator Support
'COVID Severity Score' Software To Help Identify Patients Who May Require Ventilator Support

The software called 'Covid Severity Score' (CSS) consists of an algorithm that measures a set of parameters. It scores each against a pre-set dynamic algorithm multiple times for each patient and allocates a Covid Severity Score (CSS) mapping it in a graphical trend.

  • Saturday, 19 June 2021
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Odisha: 8 Yr Old Girl Donates Savings From Piggy Bank For Abhishek Mohapatra’s ECMO Treatment

Losing her aunt to Covid was extremely painful for this eight-year-old girl. She didn’t want any other family to experience the same pain. Displaying a heart of gold, this little girl Aslesha Kashyap of Bolangir’s Bairam Nagar decided to donate all her savings towards Abhishek Mohapatra’s ECMO treatment.

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  • Friday, 11 June 2021
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'Odisha To Witness Further Dip In Covid Curve By Next Week'

Odisha will witness a further fall in the rate of Covid infections in the next seven to ten days, State Health Services Director Bijay Mohapatra informed reporters today.

  • Monday, 07 June 2021
Covid Pandemic In Odisha
Covid Pandemic In Odisha: State Adds 42 More Deaths, Over 8K New Cases

Odisha on Thursday saw 42 deaths due to Covid-19, the State's highest single-day fatalities in the pandemic taking the death toll to 2873.

  • Thursday, 03 June 2021
Last Rites Of Covid Bodies
K'taka Minister Performs Mass Last Rites Of Over 1,000 Bodies

After waiting for more than two months, with no relatives coming to pick even the 'asthi' (Potful ash and bone remnants), Karnataka revenue minister, R. Ashoka has performed last rites of over 1,000 'Asthis' in triveni sangama in Srirangapattana here.

  • Thursday, 03 June 2021
Centre Revises National Policy: COVID Positive Report Not Mandatory For Hospitalisation
Centre Revises National Policy: COVID Positive Report Not Mandatory For Hospitalisation

Requirement of a positive coronavirus disease (Covid-19) report is now no longer mandatory for admission to a Covid health facility, Union health ministry said on Saturday.

  • Saturday, 08 May 2021
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COVID Patients & Above 65 Yrs Voters Get Postal Ballot Rights

New Delhi: The Centre has allowed voters above 65 years and Covid-19 positive people under home or institutional quarantine to use postal ballot to cast their votes in light of the coronavirus pandemic. In a gazette notification issued last month, the Law Ministry gave its nod for amending the Conduct of Elections (Amendment) Rules 2020. […]

  • Thursday, 15 April 2021
Young COVID Patients Too Are Vulnerable To Adverse Outcomes
Young COVID Patients Too Are Vulnerable To Adverse Outcomes

New York: While old people are widely believed to be at a greater risk due to Covid-19 pandemic, new study shows younger patients too are vulnerable to the adverse clinical outcomes. For the study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, the research team analysed records from 419 hospitals to study the clinical trajectories of […]

  • Sunday, 11 April 2021
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