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Peak of third Covid wave passed in Delhi, says Delhi Health Minister

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

Satyendar Jain, the Delhi Health Minister, said on Thursday that the peak of the third Covid-19 wave appears to have passed in the national capital, which saw a record single-day increase of 28,000 cases. He cautioned, however, that the city is still in danger and that the trend must be monitored before limitations are eased.

Meanwhile, in its most recent guidelines for the treatment of Covid-19 in children and adolescents, the Union Health Ministry cautioned against the use of antivirals and monoclonal antibodies in those under the age of 18.

India reported more than 3.17 lakh (3,17,532) new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am on Thursday, marking a 12 per cent increase in fresh cases since Wednesday. The country’s active caseload currently stands at 19,24,051, while the recovery rate stands at 93.69 per cent. The total tally of Omicron cases rose to 9,287 on Thursday, 3.63 per cent higher than yesterday. As many as 491 Covid patients succumbed to the deadly infection in a day.

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Telangana

Apollo doctors save precarious patient with deep neck cut due to kite string

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

A patient in a life and death condition due to a deep cut in the neck suffered from kite manja thread, was successfully treated by Apollo Hospitals, Hyderguda cardio vascular surgeons with a major surgery, yesterday. The 22-year-old male patient, Mr Ayaan, was profusely bleeding from neck when brought to the emergency room of the Hospital. Though in a precarious condition, early intervention of the Cardiovascular surgical team at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderguda, helped in saving his life.

He was rushed to the operation theatre without losing time. He seemed pale and had an abnormally rapid heart rate with reasonable blood pressure. The injury was intense and had severed several blood vessels including external jugular, thyroid gland and neck muscles. The windpipe too had a cut but the injury didn’t protrude deep inside air way. Considering the extensive internal injuries, any delay in his arrival and performing of the surgery would have proved fatal.

Dr K Venkat Reddy, Senior Consultant & Chief Cardiac Surgeon; and team of specialist surgeons; sutured the vessels quickly and stopped the severe bleeding, later neck muscles were approximated and helped stabilize the patient. Later skin and the subcutaneous tissues were approximated and the patient was shifted to ICU care. Patient has since recovered, is conscious, coherent, hemodynamically stable and started taking soft diet in ICU.

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KarnatakaMedical Exams

RGUHS rule for MBBS theoretical paper evaluation upheld by HC

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

The High Court of Karnataka has upheld an ordinance issued by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) controlling the Central Evaluation Program (CAP) for MBBS theoretical paper assessment, which would be in effect beginning February 1, 2021.

Dismissing the petitions filed challenging the ordinance, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum observed that the medical students, who are required to maintain high academic integrity, cannot insist upon lowering the education standards.

Medical students are placed at a higher pedestal on account of their crucial role in the healthcare system of the society. Therefore, the students who are pursuing medicine have to maintain high academic integrity. Medical students have to work hard and earn their degrees in a fair and honest way by putting in the hours to study and complete assignments. Then only the students can gain the good worth of medical education and would contribute a lot to the health care system of the society.

Maintaining academic integrity while earning a medical degree represents true academic accomplishments. It is this credibility and work ethic which would take a medical doctor a long way at his workplace and at the end of the day it is the patient who would benefit. Therefore, medical students cannot insist on lowering the education standards” the judge has noted in his order.

The CAP was provided for “general valuation” by any two eligible internal examiners from affiliated institutes of RGUHS. In addition, a ‘Deviation Valuation’ was also provided where the difference in an award of total marks between two examiners in the general valuation is 15% or more of the maximum marks prescribed for the paper. In such circumstances, it would be referred to any other eligible three internal examiners for evaluation.

Two first-year MBBS students had challenged the ordinance claiming that it has resulted in gross discrimination between the nature of evaluation, consideration of marks and also yardstick which is proposed to be adopted for ironing out the differences in evaluation. They claimed this was violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.

The court pointed out that the ordinance notification was placed in the meeting of the Committee of Academic Council, held on February 1, 2021, and the same was approved by the Committee. It was also ratified by the Syndicate on February 21, 2021. The new policy of assessment of the answer scripts of undergraduate students is as per the Medical Council of India advisory, the court noted.

 

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Bihar

Bihar: Man claims to have received 12 shots of Covaxin, Arthritis ‘improved magically’

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

An 84-year-old man from Madhepura, Bihar, claims to have had 12 shots of Covaxin in the last year, indicating a severe breakdown in the Covid immunisation campaign. “His general health started improving mysteriously, and his joints discomfort lessened with each jab,” the former postal worker added.

Brahmdeo Mandal, of Aurahi village in Madhepura’s Puraini block, told The Indian Express: “I took my first jab in January (2021), when I was barely able to walk. After my general health condition improved with the second dose, I decided to take another shot. I produced my Aadhaar card four times and voter ID card twice to get jabs.” He said he got his second dose in February last year.

Mondal said the offline registration option, which he had used for booking the doses, might have failed to detect his previous vaccination history. It was only after he took his 12th shot, on January 4, that the overlap was detected, according to Mondal.

Mandal claimed he had suffered no side-effects at all. “I also sought to clear rumours about some people dying after getting vaccinated,” he said, adding that he had been walking normally now and his pulse rate was an ideal 72.

The state health department has sought a report from the Madhepura district administration.

Madhepura civil surgeon Dr AP Shahi told local reporters: “We are looking into the matter and trying to find out if it was because of offline registration. We have also spoken to Mandal.”

Mandal said he produced before the authorities certificates showing that he had got all the 12 shots in the Puraini block.

Earlier, Arwal and Patna districts had reported cases of Covid jabs taken or faked in the name of several VVIPs.

This post has been taken from a syndicate feed with some changes to the text and headline.

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New Delhi

New Delhi: AIIMS Faculty’s winter break cancelled

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

COVID-19 cases are still a concern, and the possibility of Omicron remains big, thus all medical staff at India’s leading health institute and hospital, AIIMS in Delhi, has been urged to return to work immediately.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, or AIIMS, has decided to cancel their faculty’s Christmas holiday.

COVID 19 has resulted in around 50 patients being admitted to AIIMS trauma centre in the previous two to three days, according to sources.

Senior Health Ministry officials told NDTV that’s not a good sign and the country should not take the third wave lightly, as the Delta variant is also very much in circulation along with Omicron. “We are closely looking at it,” a top health official told NDTV, asking not to be named.

The urgent recall of faculty at AIIMS comes on a day when the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, or DDMA, decided to impose weekend curfew in the national capital.

Government employees, barring those engaged in essential services, will be asked to work from home. Private offices will remain open with 50 per cent capacity.

Delhi on Monday reported 4,099 fresh COVID-19 cases and the positivity rate spiralled to 6.46 per cent, with Health Minister Satyendar Jain saying the Omicron variant is behind the surge in infections in the city and more restrictions will be implemented if the bed occupancy rate goes up.

The number of new cases and positivity rate in the city is the highest since May 18. According to the DDMA-approved Graded Response Action Plan, or GRAP, a positivity rate of more than 5 per cent for 2 consecutive days is one of the criteria to declare a ‘red alert’, which would mean a ‘total curfew’ and halting of most economic activities in the capital.

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Bihar

87 docs at Patna Medical College Test positive for Covid

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

According to the state health department, 87 doctors in Patna tested positive for COVID, while Bihar reported 352 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, 71 more than the previous day.

Bihar had 281 and 158 new cases filed on Saturday and Friday, respectively. However, no disease-related deaths have been reported in the last four days, keeping the death toll at 12,096.

87 junior doctors at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) in the city tested positive for Coronavirus. Officials said that samples of 194 doctors were sent for testing after they complained of symptoms.

The administration has swung into action and embarked on an active contact tracing drive. Patna District Magistrate said that PG hostel of the NMCH hospital will be first containment zone in the city. The IMA function was attended by a number of dignitaries, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Earlier, on Saturday two doctors of AIIMS, Patna had tested positive for Covid-19. According to the IMA, Bihar was among the states reporting the highest number of doctors’ deaths during the second wave earlier this year.

“As many as 87 doctors and medicos of our institution have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last two days. As many as 75 of the 194 samples tested on real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) were positive on Sunday, while 12 had tested positive on Saturday,” said Dr Binod Kumar Singh, medical superintendent of the NMCH.

Two assistant professors, including one who recently returned from Andaman and Nicobar, at AIIMS-Patna, have also tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday, said its nodal officer Dr Sanjeev Kumar.

Other than Patna, the fresh surge has badly hit Gaya, an important Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage centre, which accounted for 110 of the fresh cases. Patna (544) and Gaya (277) together also account for about 80 per cent of the state’s total active caseload.

Of the 7,27,529 people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state till date, 7,14,358 have recovered. Altogether 6.12 crore samples have been tested so far, including 95,785 in the last 24 hours. The state has so far accounted for one confirmed case of the Omicron variant.

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New Delhi

People with no travel history found infected with Omicron: Satyendra Jain

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

The Omicron variety accounts for 46% of all coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases reported in Delhi, according to health minister Satyendar Jain.

People with no history of travel have also been detected sick with Omicron, according to the Delhi health minister, who added that the disease is progressively spreading in the society.

“Omicron variant found in 46 per cent of 115 samples sequenced so far in Delhi,” Jain said while speaking to reporters.

Jain added that of the 200 Omicron patients in Delhi hospitals, 102 belong to the Capital while 98 are from outside.

“Of the 200 admitted patients in Delhi, 115 patients including international travellers, do not have any symptoms and have been kept in hospitals as a precautionary measure,” Jain said.

Satyendar Jain also said no patient of Omicron has been placed on oxygen support till now.

Delhi is currently the worst hit-state from the new variant across India with 263 cases of the Omicron, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. As many as 57 patients have recovered from till now.

A genome analysis done by one of the main hospitals in Delhi in the last seven days showed that the spike in infections is because of fast-spreading Omicron.

The Delhi government has already implemented a yellow alert amid the recent spike in daily infections. The yellow alert, which is the lowest level of the government’s Graded Response Action Plan, allows restaurants and bars to remain open with 50% capacity till 10pm.

All schools, colleges, educational institutions, cinemas and gymnasiums will be closed. Online food delivery services are allowed to continue. The Delhi government has also imposed a night curfew from 10pm till 5am.

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Uttarakhand

Prime Minister to lay foundation of AIIMS, launch other projects in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, and announce numerous other projects costing over Rs 17,500 crore.

After the one at Rishikesh, which opened in 2012, this will be the second AIIMS in the hill state.

“Devbhoomi Uttarakhand will move towards touching new heights of progress tomorrow. In Haldwani, I will have the opportunity to lay foundation stones and inaugurate 23 projects worth over ₹17,500 crore. These include infrastructure projects related to health, roads and irrigation,” PM Modi tweeted on Wednesday.

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said he was grateful to PM Modi for accepting his request for opening an AIIMS for people of the Kumaon region, for whom going all the way to AIIMS, Rishikesh, for treatment is difficult.

Apart from laying the foundation stone for AIIMS Haldwani, the Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of 23 projects worth over ₹17,500 crore.

According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), these projects cover a wide array of sectors across Uttarakhand including irrigation, road, housing, health infrastructure, industry, sanitation, drinking water supply among others.

These 23 projects include laying the foundation stone of AIIMS Rishikesh satellite centre in Udham Singh Nagar district and Jagjivan Ram Government Medical College at Pithoragarh.

“These two hospitals are being built at a cost of about ₹500 crores and ₹450 crore respectively. The improved medical infrastructure will not only help the people of Kumaon and Terai regions but also the bordering areas of Uttar Pradesh,” the PMO statement read.

Thursday’s inauguration events come months ahead of the high stakes assembly elections in Uttarakhand. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won the elections last time in 2017, is aiming for a second consecutive win.

The other top contenders in this year’s elections are the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Given the threat posed by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Election Commission and sought its response over the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking postponement of the assembly elections in the state. The high court was hearing the PIL regarding the matter on Wednesday.

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New Delhi

Delhi’s LNJP hospital shares updates on Omicron patients

by Vaishali Sharma
written by Vaishali Sharma

Patients in Delhi’s LNJP hospital who carried the Omicron form of coronavirus had shorter stays, according to Dr Suresh Kumar, MD. 18 of the 34 Omicron-infected patients admitted to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) have been discharged, according to Dr Kumar.

Speaking to ANI news agency, the doctor added that every patient admitted to the hospital was fully vaccinated and two have even taken booster doses in England.

“Out of the 34 Omicron patients admitted to our hospital this month, 18 have been discharged. Every day 15-18 suspected patients come here from the airport. Every patient here is fully vaccinated with two who have even taken booster doses in England,” Kumar told the news agency.

He further said that most of the Omicron patients were stable and were discharged from the hospital without any serious complications. 90% of the Omicron patients either have any symptoms or require any treatment, Dr Kumar added.

“More than 90% of patients admitted here neither have any symptoms nor require any treatment. We have admitted them to the isolation ward for continuous surveillance,” according to the doctor.

Until yesterday, 236 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported in the country so far. Of the 236 cases, Maharashtra topped the list with 65 confirmed cases followed by Delhi with 64 cases and Telangana with 24 cases. Of the 213 cases, 104 patients have recovered from the virus.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the Covid situation in the country amid fresh concerns sparked by the new variant of coronavirus and stressed the need to be ‘satark’ (vigilant) and ‘saavdhan’ (cautious).

PM Modi directed officials that the Centre’s teams be sent to states with low vaccination, rising cases, and insufficient health infrastructure, to assist them to improve the situation.

In a tweet, he said, “Reviewed the COVID-19 situation across India, particularly in the wake of Omicron. Our focus is on further ramping up health infra, testing, tracing, and ensuring full vaccination coverage.”

The Prime Minister directed officials for sending a good number of positive samples for genome sequencing to INSACOG Labs in a prompt manner.

He told officials to accelerate the testing to ensure quick identification of cases for timely containment and treatment.

The focus should also be on effective contact tracing for curbing the spread of the transmission, PM Modi added.

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Maharashtra’s first Omicron patient has tested negative, got discharged from the hospital

by Pragati Singh
written by Pragati Singh

According to news agency PTI, Maharashtra’s first patient of the Omicron type of Covid-19, a 33-year-old marine engineer, has tested negative for the virus. The unvaccinated guy, a resident of the Kalyan-Dombivli municipal district in Mumbai, had flown in from South Africa through Dubai before flying to Mumbai in the latter week of November. According to a civic official, he was released from the hospital on Wednesday and told to stay in quarantine at home for seven days.
The man sought to be vaccinated but was apparently unable to do so since he was working on a private merchant naval ship and had left the nation during the peak of the outbreak in April of this year. At the time, vaccine doses were exclusively available to healthcare and frontline personnel.

The Maharashtra health authorities had then sent his swab samples for genome sequencing and the test report later confirmed that he was carrying the Omicron strain.

He had been admitted to a COVID Care Centre in Kalyan town, from where he was discharged at 6 pm on Wednesday, Commissioner of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) Dr Vijay Suryavanshi told reporters. “Incidentally, it was his birthday today,” the Commissioner added.

“He was discharged as he tested negative for the infection. As per the standard protocol, his two RT-PCR tests were conducted and both came out negative. He is perfectly all right now and there are no symptoms,” he said

Maharashtra has so far reported 10 cases of the Omicron variant.

Maharashtra has issued strict guidelines for international travelers, particularly from “at-risk” countries. State Minister Aaditya Thackeray has also urged the Centre to allow booster shots, reduce the vaccine gap and bring down the cut-off age for inoculations to 15.

The state government has said that Mumbai has covered 100 per cent of those eligible with the first vaccine shot and more than 73 per cent have received the second.Amid the virus scare, 109 out of 295 recent foreign returnees to the township in the Thane district of the state were reported untraceable on Tuesday. Mr Suryavanshi had said the mobile phones of some of these people were switched off while many of the last given addresses were found to be locked.

 

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