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‘India Spent 1% Of GDP On Public Health For 15 Years. Result Is...
New Delhi: With the COVID-19 contagion raging across the country, India’s public health sector has been pushed to...
Critical COVID-19 Care In Chennai’s Hospitals ‘Maximally Stretched’
Mumbai: The city of Chennai has gone back into lockdown from June 19-30, the first major city in India to do so. The...
Indian Women More Likely To Die Of COVID-19 Than Men, But More Data Needed To Know Why
Navi Mumbai: Indian women who contract COVID-19 are at a higher risk of dying than men, a recent study of cases until...
Children With Cancer Must Contend With COVID-19
New Delhi: Vinod Sharma will never forget the night of July 24, 2019, when he and his wife hastily left in an ambulance...
India Does Not Test Healthcare Workers Regularly, Putting Them And Patients At Risk
Jaipur: Rashmi (name changed), a nurse at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, tested positive for COVID-19 on...
How Healthcare Became Unaffordable For Non-COVID Patients During The Pandemic
Tanvi Vij has spinal muscular atrophy and cannot move without assistance. She wanted to buy a special hoist that could...
‘India Has Different Type Of Virus Than Wuhan, Europe, US’
Mumbai: The number of COVID-19 positive cases continues to rise, particularly in cities like Mumbai and Delhi. One of...
As India Fights COVID, 50% Households Share A Water Source, 41% Share Toilets
Bengaluru, Mumbai: Nearly 600 million people face “high to extreme water stress” in India. About 94 million--more than...