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  Gujarat: 406 healthcare workers terminated in Sabarkantha for striking over pending demands

  Gujarat | March 25, 2025 22:31 IST

  The workers have been demanding their inclusion in technical cadres, grade-pay revisions, and cancellation of departmental examinations.

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  'Precaution' vaccine doses day 1: Lakhs of 60-plus, healthcare workers get third Covid jab

  India | January 11, 2022 1:21 IST

  Braving snow, plummeting winter temperatures, rain in some places, or unrelenting sun in others, many people could be seen waiting their turn outside vaccination centers across the vast expanse that is India.

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  Delhi: 25 per cent healthcare workers found COVID positive despite complete vaccination

  India | September 01, 2021 8:50 IST

  The timing between the first and second dose varied, but 482 received the second dose within 42 days of the first dose. About half the recipients had been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.

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  Delhi CM recommends names of THESE doctors for Padma awards

  India | August 30, 2021 9:55 IST

  The committee shortlisted the names of ILBS vice-chancellor Dr S K Sarin who established first plasma bank and genome sequencing facility of Delhi government, LNJP hospital's medical director Dr Suresh Kumar and group director of Max hospital Dr Sandeep Buddhiraja, he said.

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  Delhi govt to recommend doctors, healthcare workers for Padma awards: CM Kejriwal

  India | July 27, 2021 12:46 IST

  Delhi recorded 39 fresh COVID-19 cases and one more death on Monday while the positivity rate stood at 0.07 per cent.

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  Jharkhand government nods to one month's extra pay to Covid health workers

  India | June 05, 2021 6:19 IST

  The Jharkhand government on Friday approved a number of proposals including one month's extra pay to Covid health workers.

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  Healthcare professionals at Mumbai's Covid centre show dance moves | Video

  India | June 03, 2021 23:27 IST

  Healthcare professionals of Nesco COVID-19 center in Mumbai's Goregaon were seen showing off their dance moves inside the patient's ward during an entertainment program organised on June 2 to mark one year of operations of the center.

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  1,15,000 healthcare workers died due to Covid: WHO chief

  India | May 24, 2021 23:36 IST

  Nearly 1,15,000 health and care workers have died due to Covid since the pandemic began last year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, hailing their sacrifice and asserting the need to protect and invest in healthcare workforce as a matter of urgency.

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  International Nurses Day 2021: Wishes, quotes, messages, greetings to wish Healthcare workers

  People | May 12, 2021 12:48 IST

  Here is wishing everyone a Happy International Nurses Day 2021 with quotes, SMSs wishes, greetings, images, wallpapers, statuses, GIF messages and more. 

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  Over 1,000 Kerala healthcare workers test COVID positive in last 10 days

  India | May 11, 2021 9:01 IST

  As many as 27,487 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Kerala on Monday from 99,748 sample tests during the last 24 hours with a test positivity rate of 27.56 per cent.

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  Lucknow: 30 per cent health workers across major hospitals test positive for COVID-19

  India | April 19, 2021 15:07 IST

  Uttar Pradesh on Sunday registered the highest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases as well as fatality count, with the disease claiming 129 more lives, while 30,596 fresh cases pushed its tally to 8,51,620. 

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  67 healthcare workers test positive for COVID-19 in Uttarakhand

  India | April 17, 2021 11:21 IST

  The ongoing Kumbh, which has seen people from different parts of the country attending the auspicious event in large numbers, has drawn flak from various quarters as the number of COVID-19 cases has zoomed at a rapid pace in the past few weeks.

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  Odisha: Salaries of those refusing COVID-19 shots may be held back

  India | February 05, 2021 22:56 IST

  In a directive, Cuttack District Collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani said such employees cannot withdraw their salaries if they do not take the jab by February 10.

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  Health worker dies day after receiving COVID shot in Moradabad

  India | January 18, 2021 18:16 IST

  While Mahipal's family is blaming the death on vaccination, the authorities said that he suffered from cardiac disease.

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  KGMU begins anti-body testing for health workers

  India | June 22, 2020 13:47 IST

  The King George's Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow has started anti-body testing, becoming the first medical facility to start this.

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  Govt extends Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for healthcare providers till September

  Business | June 21, 2020 14:07 IST

  Amid rising number of COVID-19 cases, the government has extended the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for about 22 lakh healthcare providers for another three months till September. 

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  Centre revises quarantine period for doctors, health workers in COVID facilities

  India | June 19, 2020 8:02 IST

  A large number of COVID-19 affected health personnel getting isolated for treatment and their close contacts undergoing quarantine affects the health/ hospital service delivery.

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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.