When a 24-year-old critical COVID patient was brought to a hospital in Dhakuria, doctors literally thought she will not live. Her lungs had almost collapsed due to the attack of the virus by then and she had to be immediately put on ventilator. But the
As COVID-19 rages through India, doctors have often warned that just like patients with co-morbidity are in the high-risk group, so are the smokers whose lung capacity have been reduced thanks to smoking over the years. Infact the virus first attacks the respiratory system of
A recent Calcutta High Court judgement passed by the division bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Soumen Sen have directed the authorities to start Ayurveda treatment to boost immunity among children in several camps of migrant labourers, in children homes and orphanages across Bengal.
Since last one month the Calcutta Medical College was making headlines for all the wrong reasons, from media reporting how patients have been ill-treated, how COVID patients were kept waiting in a queue to how many doctors and nurses were falling prey to the virus
To ensure the safety of doctors, nurses and medical staff, many of whom are getting affected by COVID-19 while treating Corona patients, AMRI Salt Lake has introduced a near contact-less checking and treatment of COVID-19 patients in their specially designed Corona wards. These robots are
Amidst the shout-out to 'Save Bengal,’ many have been asking me to provide a relevant platform where they can contribute for those affected by the devastation. I strongly recommend 'Kishalay Foundation' -working towards improving the learning outcome of early education in Rural India and basic preventive
Bengal has always said it with art. Even amidst the fear of Corona pandemic, role of Bengal’s patachitra is now being used to create awareness and pass important messages to the rural population. And leading from the front is a Patachitra on the pandemic by
Tata Sons has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for the ‘licensing of knowhow’ of a paper test kit for Covid-19, which could make mass testing for the novel coronavirus possible. The kit, developed by CSIR’s constituent
As testing is the key to fight COVID-19, all across the world Corona Test kits are being developed on a mass scale. India being one of the most populous nations of the world, needs thousands of test kits, most of which are very expensive and
Being a vaccine volunteer for a new vaccine trial needs a lot of courage, primarily because no one knows the side effects and the after effects of a new vaccine that goes into human trial. There are reports in many vaccines of the past where