Expressing deep concern over the death of COVID-19 patients due to shortage of oxygen in hospitals and medical assistance, the Delhi High Court Friday observed that all big healthcare institutions should mandatorily have their own oxygen-generating plants and said the state has failed in protecting citizens' right to life.A bench ...
Maharashtra on Friday reported 62,919 fresh COVID-19 cases and 828 deaths, said the state health department.The daily rise in cases was less than Thursday's addition of 66,159, but the number of deaths increased compared to 771 the day before.The caseload on Friday reached 46,02,472, while the death toll rose to ...
Civil society organisation Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Mumbai) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to issue compulsory licenses for a patent covering the drugs Remdesivir, Tocilizumab and Favipiravir, which are critical in the treatment of Covid-19 and to “rapidly upscale production”.Compulsory license is a ...
Mumbai: Nazara Technologies and Metropolis Healthcare divulged some of their earnings numbers to stock exchanges even before making the mandatory announcement of a board meeting date to approve the results. The move has raises eyebrows among some market participants, who allege the companies may have violated rules.In a business update ...
The Supreme Court Friday sought response from the Centre on a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of sedition law.A bench Justice U U Lalit, Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice K M Joseph were hearing a plea challenging section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which penalises the crime of ...
Fortis Healthcare said it would commence coronavirus vaccination for adults at all its centres in north India from Saturday, while the drive would start in other cities as soon as supplies were made available by the authorities.Apart from Fortis, Apollo Hospitals will also begin the third phase of the inoculation ...