Team L&M 90% healthcare facilities are facing financial challenges with 21% facilities facing existential threat NATHEALTH conducted a detailed survey with small and medium sized healthcare facilities across the country to understand the major challenges and identify areas of intervention needed. Post the lockdown from March 24, Indian hospitals have seen a large impact, especially […]Read More
Pratibha Malhotra A lot has already been written about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on physical and mental health, psycho-social factors, global economy, agriculture, politics and the likes. Another pertinent thought that arises during such a crisis is the threat it poses to the existential security we all live with. Coping with a pandemic […]Read More
Team L&M In accordance with the requirements in the wake of Covid-19, ZOOOK has launched a state-of-the-art contactless medical grade thermometer. The infrared digital dual mode thermometer, named Infra Temp, enables quick detection of the temperature of a body or a surface. Without touching the surface, it acquires accurate temperature reading within one second. The […]Read More
Sushree Sahu I am 28, female, financially independent, emotionally dependent and single. These are the parameters that define my overt and, more truly, my covert personality. And when I wonder, each of these parameters singly, and in combination has had a profound impact on my living and, more likely consequences of my parental living conditions. […]Read More
Dr Binay Kumar The World Hypertension Day, observed on May 17 every year, helps people realise that hypertension or high blood pressure is a preventable and controllable condition. Moving blood exerts force on the arterial wall this is called blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure is a force when heart beats and diastolic blood pressure is […]Read More
Covid-19 pandemic has become an emerging global health crisis affecting everyone, especially the marginalised sections of the communities. This sudden outbreak and the lockdown has already created an enormous medical and financial burden on dozens of migrant labourers, daily wage earners, farmers and informal sector workers and has left them struggling for managing even a […]Read More
Today is World Thalassemia Day World Thalassemia Day is celebrated on May 8 every year to commemorate thalassemia victims and encourage the ones who struggle to live with the disease. An inherited blood disorder, thalassemia causes the body to have less haemoglobin than normal. Haemoglobin enables the red blood cells to carry oxygen. Thalassemia can also […]Read More
May 8 is the day to celebrate the bravery and achievements of the volunteers and staff of the Red Cross and Red Crescent around the world, whose life-saving and life-changing services ensure they keep the commitment to humanity every day. Today is the World Red Cross Day. World Red Cross Day is widely known to honour the […]Read More
Saurabh Tankha It is perhaps carelessness and lack of awareness on our part that has been the major deterrent in our staying healthy and safe. Why would otherwise we need the Prime Minister to launch Mission Swachh Bharat for our benefit? Why should he be worried about our cleanliness, our welfare and our safety? Why […]Read More
Dr Avi Kumar It is believed that asthmatic patients will be at a higher risk when it comes to the novel coronavirus. An asthmatic patient has a highly inflamed and restricted airway. As a result of which breathing becomes difficult. The presence of a virus in such a situation would lead to more inflammation. Therefore, […]Read More