Official negligence leaves many Golden Cards of Ayushman Bharat scheme invalid

Official negligence leaves many Golden Cards of Ayushman Bharat scheme invalid

Rajouri, April 15 (KNS): Hundreds of patients who have availed Golden cards of Ayushman Bharat scheme are facing problems due to the negligence of some officials. The golden card holders have called for carrying necessary rectification of the errors committed by officials while filing individual details. A number of beneficiaries from different areas of Jammu […]

Good communication key to defeat coronavirus: DAK

Good communication key to defeat coronavirus: DAK

Srinagar Apr 15 (KNS):Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said good communication is crucial to defeat the novel (new) coronavirus. “The consequences of an outbreak depend on the effectiveness of communication,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “During an unfamiliar public health emergency, anxiety is a normal human reaction to the fear of unknown. […]

Delhi: Plasma therapy to be used on trial basis to treat COVID-19 patients

Delhi: Plasma therapy to be used on trial basis to treat COVID-19 patients

As Delhi’s coronavirus cases climbed to over 1,500, the state government on Wednesday announced that plasma enrichment technique would now be used to treat severely-ill COVID-19 patients on trial basis at a government hospital. Last week, Kerala became the first state to receive ICMR approval for exploring the feasibility of convalescent plasma transfusion. Lt Governor Anil Baijal advised healthcare workers to […]

Pakistan relaxes coronavirus restrictions for some key industries

Pakistan relaxes coronavirus restrictions for some key industries

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s government has loosened restrictions on a range of industries across the country in a bid to battle the economic fallout of a continuing lockdown, in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that the construction industry would be foremost among more than a dozen […]

GROWING CONCERN

GROWING CONCERN

With more than four weeks of continuous lockdown in Srinagar and other areas of Kashmir valley, twenty-two new cases of COVID-19 were reported today by official spokesman. He said that among the fresh cases eighteen are from Kashmir and four in Jammu. The total number of COVID-19 patients in the J-K now reached 300-mark. Officials […]

Continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly till May 3: Cabinet Secretary to Chief Secretaries

Continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly till May 3: Cabinet Secretary to Chief Secretaries

Asks States/UTs to follow revised guidelines, ensure close monitoring of containment zones JAMMU, APRIL 15: Government of India has asked all States and Union Territories to continue implementing lockdown restrictions strictly for the extended period till May 3, 2020 as announced by the Prime Minister as an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in […]

174 dedicated beds for COVID-19 cases at SKIMS Bemina

174 dedicated beds for COVID-19 cases at SKIMS Bemina

Hospital admitting coronavirus positive patients for secondary level care referred from various centres’ SRINAGAR, APRIL 15: Principal, SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Prof. (Dr.) Reyaz Ahmad Untoo today said that SKIMS Medical College and Hospital, Bemina which is designated as COVID-19 hospital has 150 dedicated beds for Isolation wards along with 20 beds in high dependence […]

22 More Test Positive For COVID-19 In J&K

22 More Test Positive For COVID-19 In J&K

  Srinagar, April 15 (GNS): Jammu and Kashmir reported 22 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, eighteen of them in Kashmir and four in Jammu. The total number of COVID-19 patients in the J&K now nears 300-mark. Officials sources told GNS that fifteen of these were confirmed in SKIMS, three in CD hospital lab and […]

Tata AIA becomes first life insurance company to give additional benefits related to Covid-19

Tata AIA becomes first life insurance company to give additional benefits related to Covid-19

Mumbai: Following in the large footsteps of the recently announced contribution by Tata Trusts and Tata group towards the management of COVID-19 pandemic in India, Tata AIA Life Insurance today announced additional benefits for its Policyholders and Agents. As part of Tata AIA Life’s initiative, its individual policyholders will get COVID-19 related additional benefit up to […]