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Covid To Ebola, What Makes Doctors And Medical Staff Frontline Workers?
When a patient enters a hospital with symptoms of a disease, frontline workers are usually the first people to examine, test, treat, and monitor that person. Their work begins before a disease is fully understood and often continues until the outbrea
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Hantavirus Exposure: Dutch Hospital Quarantines 12 Healthcare Workers As Precaution
The Hague, May 12 (IANS) Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands has placed 12 employees in quarantine for six weeks as a precaution after incorrect procedures were followed while caring for a patient infected with hantaviru
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"Enough Blood Has Been Spilled": WHO Chief On Sudan Hospital Attack Killing 64
The strike targeted Al-Daein Teaching Hospital, leaving it non-functional and depriving thousands to access critical medical services. Among those killed were multiple patients, two female nurses and a male doctor.
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Ensure Safety Of Healthcare Workers, Strictly Implement Epidemic Disease Act: Centre To States
The Union Health Ministry has urged all states and Union Territories to review in detail and ensure prompt steps for the safety and wellbeing of healthcare workers while strictly implementing the amended Epidemic Disease Act.
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COVID-19: BluSmart Offers 50% Discount To Healthcare Workers; Announces Updated SOPs
Gurugram-based all-electric ride-hailing service, BluSmart, has announced that it will be offering 50 per cent off on all rides and rentals for the healthcare workers (medics), including medical doctors, medical students, paramedics, or an emergency medical responder.
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"No Choice Of Vaccines": Karnataka Health Minister On Doctors' Demand
Karnataka healthcare workers will not be allowed their choice of coronavirus vaccines, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said Tuesday, hours after an association of resident doctors said they were "very suspicious" about the safety and efficacy of Covaxin
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"Upsetting That Some Healthcare Workers Declining Vaccine," Says Centre
Doctors, nurses and others involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic should not hesitate the get themselves vaccinated, the government said today. Top medical experts and members of the government think tank NITI Aayog have requested people eligible for vaccination not to fall for rumours on safety, and that minor adverse effects are common and sh...
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Important Points To Note
COVID-19 vaccine: One needs to get the complete schedule of COVID vaccine, irrespective of past history of infection with COVID-19. Doing so will help people develop a strong immune response against the disease.
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US COVID-19 Immunization Rollout Expands, Officials Avow Vaccine's Safety
The United States expanded its rollout of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine to hundreds of additional distribution centers on Tuesday, inoculating thousands more healthcare workers in a mass immunization expected to reach the general public in the coming months.
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Indian-Origin Doctor Couple Begin Legal Battle With UK Government Over PPE Guidance
An Indian-origin husband-wife doctor couple have launched judicial review proceedings against the UK government over what they say is a refusal to address safety issues around personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
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"It Will Ensure Safety": PM Modi On Tough Law On Attacks On Health Workers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said tougher punishment for attacks on health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus fight will "ensure the safety of our professionals" and manifested the government's commitment to protect "each and every healthcare worker".
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TikTok Donates 4 Lakh Safety Suits Worth Rs 100 Crore For COVID-19 Hit India
Popular video-sharing app TikTok has made a contribution of 4,00,000 protective Hazmat suits worth Rs 100 crore for doctors and healthcare workers who are fighting against the deadly coronavirus in India.
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Covid To Ebola, What Makes Doctors And Medical Staff Frontline Workers?
When a patient enters a hospital with symptoms of a disease, frontline workers are usually the first people to examine, test, treat, and monitor that person. Their work begins before a disease is fully understood and often continues until the outbrea
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Hantavirus Exposure: Dutch Hospital Quarantines 12 Healthcare Workers As Precaution
The Hague, May 12 (IANS) Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands has placed 12 employees in quarantine for six weeks as a precaution after incorrect procedures were followed while caring for a patient infected with hantaviru
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"Enough Blood Has Been Spilled": WHO Chief On Sudan Hospital Attack Killing 64
The strike targeted Al-Daein Teaching Hospital, leaving it non-functional and depriving thousands to access critical medical services. Among those killed were multiple patients, two female nurses and a male doctor.
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Ensure Safety Of Healthcare Workers, Strictly Implement Epidemic Disease Act: Centre To States
The Union Health Ministry has urged all states and Union Territories to review in detail and ensure prompt steps for the safety and wellbeing of healthcare workers while strictly implementing the amended Epidemic Disease Act.
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COVID-19: BluSmart Offers 50% Discount To Healthcare Workers; Announces Updated SOPs
Gurugram-based all-electric ride-hailing service, BluSmart, has announced that it will be offering 50 per cent off on all rides and rentals for the healthcare workers (medics), including medical doctors, medical students, paramedics, or an emergency medical responder.
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"No Choice Of Vaccines": Karnataka Health Minister On Doctors' Demand
Karnataka healthcare workers will not be allowed their choice of coronavirus vaccines, Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said Tuesday, hours after an association of resident doctors said they were "very suspicious" about the safety and efficacy of Covaxin
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"Upsetting That Some Healthcare Workers Declining Vaccine," Says Centre
Doctors, nurses and others involved in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic should not hesitate the get themselves vaccinated, the government said today. Top medical experts and members of the government think tank NITI Aayog have requested people eligible for vaccination not to fall for rumours on safety, and that minor adverse effects are common and sh...
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Important Points To Note
COVID-19 vaccine: One needs to get the complete schedule of COVID vaccine, irrespective of past history of infection with COVID-19. Doing so will help people develop a strong immune response against the disease.
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US COVID-19 Immunization Rollout Expands, Officials Avow Vaccine's Safety
The United States expanded its rollout of the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine to hundreds of additional distribution centers on Tuesday, inoculating thousands more healthcare workers in a mass immunization expected to reach the general public in the coming months.
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Indian-Origin Doctor Couple Begin Legal Battle With UK Government Over PPE Guidance
An Indian-origin husband-wife doctor couple have launched judicial review proceedings against the UK government over what they say is a refusal to address safety issues around personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
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"It Will Ensure Safety": PM Modi On Tough Law On Attacks On Health Workers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said tougher punishment for attacks on health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus fight will "ensure the safety of our professionals" and manifested the government's commitment to protect "each and every healthcare worker".
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TikTok Donates 4 Lakh Safety Suits Worth Rs 100 Crore For COVID-19 Hit India
Popular video-sharing app TikTok has made a contribution of 4,00,000 protective Hazmat suits worth Rs 100 crore for doctors and healthcare workers who are fighting against the deadly coronavirus in India.
