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  Sustained HCQ intake with PPE use helped prevent COVID-19 in healthcare workers: ICMR study

  India | June 01, 2020 7:30 IST

  Sustained intake of anti-malarial drug hyrdoxychloroquine (HCQ) along with appropriate use of personal protective equipment (PPE) led to a significant decline in the odds of healthcare workers getting infected with the coronavirus infection, a study has indicated. 

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  Karnataka govt extends services of retiring health care personnel by a month

  India | May 30, 2020 21:04 IST

  Amid rising COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government on Saturday decided to extend the services of health care personnel, who are retiring on May 31, for a month till June 30 to assist in containing the coronavirus spread in the state.

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  Doctor in SC questions Centre's new SOP ending 14-day mandatory quarantine of health workers

  India | May 27, 2020 13:35 IST

  A doctor has questioned in the Supreme Court the Centre's new Standard Operating Procedure for front line COVID-19 healthcare workers by which it has ended the 14-day mandatory quarantine for them.

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  9 months pregnant nurse in Karnataka serves patients dedicatedly amid COVID-19 crisis

  News | May 12, 2020 12:44 IST

  Health care workers across the country are working selflessly round the clock to curtail coronavirus disease. A praise worthy example has recently came to light where a nine-month pregnant nurse in Karnataka is working hard.

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  Hydroxychloroquine to be given to healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients

  India | April 29, 2020 13:18 IST

  Health workers involved in the treatment of coronavirus patients will be given hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets as a preventive medication, the Maharashtra government has said and issued guidelines on the use of the drug. 

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  Humanoid robots deployed in COVID-19 wards to assist doctors

  News | April 24, 2020 11:20 IST

  At a time when doctors and other health care staff at hospitals are prone to coronavirus infection, humanoid robots at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has mitigated the risk by performing contactless monitoring of admitted COVID-19

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  Action will be taken against hospitals if they turn away patients: Harsh Vardhan

  India | April 18, 2020 8:55 IST

  The action would be taken against healthcare personnel if any patient needing immediate attention is turned away from hospitals without treatment, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday. 

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  Minnesota health care workers to join Ebola fight

  World | November 19, 2014 7:30 IST

  Minneapolis: A Minnesota-based humanitarian organization is preparing to send a team of medical responders to Liberia to help fight Ebola.The group of 11 health care workers includes four Liberian-Americans. They leave on Thursday for the