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  • 17-year-old acid attack victim from Jharkhand’s Chatra airlifted to AIIMS Delhi for treatment

    By PTI

    RANCHI: A 17-year-old girl from Jharkhand’s Chatra district, who sustained serious burn injuries in an acid attack, was on Wednesday airlifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi for better treatment, officials said.

    The minor was attacked on August 5 and undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi.

    A medical board of the state government-run hospital referred her to AIIMS, New Delhi on Tuesday after examining various test reports, an official of the health facility said.

    “The victim was shifted to Delhi via air ambulance. She requires specialised treatment,” he said.

    Chief Minister Hemant Soren had directed officials concerned to extend all support to the victim and her family.

    The government has already provided Rs one lakh to the victim’s family as assistance, a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office said.

    “Sister Kajal has been sent to Burn Ward of AIIMS Trauma Centre, New Delhi. Praying to God that she returns soon after recovery,” Soren retweeted a post by state Health Minister Banna Gupta.

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    The victim’s mother, who was also injured in the attack, said, “Stringent punishment should be given to the accused who resides around 2.5 km from our village Dhebo. He was harassing my daughter for the last two-three months.”

    The accused has been arrested and legal procedures are on, Chatra Deputy Commissioner Abu Imran said.

    RANCHI: A 17-year-old girl from Jharkhand’s Chatra district, who sustained serious burn injuries in an acid attack, was on Wednesday airlifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi for better treatment, officials said.

    The minor was attacked on August 5 and undergoing treatment at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi.

    A medical board of the state government-run hospital referred her to AIIMS, New Delhi on Tuesday after examining various test reports, an official of the health facility said.

    “The victim was shifted to Delhi via air ambulance. She requires specialised treatment,” he said.

    Chief Minister Hemant Soren had directed officials concerned to extend all support to the victim and her family.

    The government has already provided Rs one lakh to the victim’s family as assistance, a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office said.

    “Sister Kajal has been sent to Burn Ward of AIIMS Trauma Centre, New Delhi. Praying to God that she returns soon after recovery,” Soren retweeted a post by state Health Minister Banna Gupta.

    ALSO READ | Ensure fair probe into death of woman set ablaze by man in Dumka: NCW writes to Jharkhand DGP

    The victim’s mother, who was also injured in the attack, said, “Stringent punishment should be given to the accused who resides around 2.5 km from our village Dhebo. He was harassing my daughter for the last two-three months.”

    The accused has been arrested and legal procedures are on, Chatra Deputy Commissioner Abu Imran said.

  • Ex-PM Manmohan Singh recovering from bout of dengue, wife Gursharan Kaur thanks well-wishers

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A day after former prime minister Manmohan Singh was discharged from AIIMS, his wife Gursharan Kaur on Monday said he was recovering from a bout of dengue fever.

    In a statement, she thanked all doctors, nurses, and support staff of AIIMS and friends and well-wishers for their whole-hearted support towards his speedy recovery.

    “My family and I are pleased to inform all our friends and well wishers that Dr Manmohan Singh has come home from the hospital and is recovering from his bout of dengue fever,” she said.

    “On this occasion, we would like to convey our special thanks to all the doctors, nurses, and support staff of AIIMS and numerous well-wishers fir their whole-hearted support and hard work for his speedy recovery,” Gursharan Kaur added.

    The former prime minister was undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here and he was discharged on Sunday.

    Singh was admitted to the hospital on October 13 after feeling weak following a fever.

    The 89-year-old Congress leader was admitted in a private ward at the Cardio-Neuro Centre and was treated by a team of cardiologists led by Dr Nitish Naik.

  • PM Narendra Modi wishes for speedy recovery of predecessor Manmohan Singh

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished his predecessor Manmohan Singh, who has been admitted to the AIIMS, a speedy recovery. Singh was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Wednesday evening after he complained of weakness following a fever.

    Modi tweeted, “I pray for the good health and speedy recovery of Dr. Manmohan Singh Ji.” Earlier, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visited the former prime minister and enquired about his health from the doctors treating him.

  • Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya arrives at AIIMS to meet ex-PM Manmohan Singh

    By ANI

    NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday arrived at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi to meet former Prime Minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh.

    Singh was admitted to AIIMS, yesterday, for evaluation of fever. After few hours of his admission, Singh was reported to be stable.

  • Jailed gangster Chhota Rajan admitted to AIIMS-Delhi with stomachache

    By PTI
    NEW DELHI: Jailed gangster Chhota Rajan was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here after he complained of a stomachache, officials said Thursday. A senior jail official said, “Rajan was having a stomachache and was admitted to AIIMS Tuesday. He is likely to be discharged today. However, no official communication has been received on his discharge.”

    61-year-old Rajan was admitted at the hospital in on April 24 also after he had tested positive for COVID-19 in Tihar Jail two months earlier. He was brought back to the jail after his recovery. Rajan is lodged at the high-security prison since his arrest upon his deportation from Bali in Indonesia in 2015.

  • AIIMS prepares for possible COVID-19 third wave, trains nursing staff in pediatric care

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: As part of its efforts to prepare for a third possible COVID-19 wave, nurses at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi are undergoing a three-day training programme at the hospital’s pediatric department.

    The rotational training programme began on July 12 and was done in three batches over three days, sources told ANI. They added that training will be imparted to nurses from all wards of the hospital’s COVID-19 department.

    AIIMS Delhi College of Nursing is coordinating the programme.

    During the devastating second COVID-19 wave earlier this year, the country saw children getting affected, of which a few were severely affected.

    Pediatric departments of hospitals also reported post-COVID symptoms in children, especially MISC (Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children), for which hospitals had to pay special attention.

    A few weeks ago, a joint survey by the WHO and AIIMS found that sero-prevalence was 55.7 per cent in the below 18 years of age group and 63.5 per cent in the 18+ age group.

    A Lancet India Task Force had also earlier commissioned an advisory, highlighting the planning, protocol and policy guidelines for pediatricians, ahead of a likely third wave of Covid-19 that is speculated to impact children.

    The intensive care chapter of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics is also working on training 6,000 pediatricians to tackle adults also for the last six months. Along with this, pediatricians hailing from B-grade towns, C-grade towns and small villages, are also being trained.

    In the last 24 hours, India reported 38,792 new COVID-19 cases, 41,000 recoveries, and 624 deaths, as per the Health Ministry. 

  • AIIMS Delhi found 63 breakthrough infection cases among staffers in April-May, but no deaths

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    NEW DELHI: In a first, a genomic study of breakthrough infections In India at AIIMS, Delhi, during the peak of the second Covid wave, has confirmed that the disease in those vaccinated is a rarity. The study also shows that despite high viral dose and acute symptoms none of the vaccinated people succumbed to the infectious disease.

    A total of 63 breakthrough infections — mainly healthcare workers at the hospital itself — had been seen at the tertiary care centre in April and May, which presented at the emergency indicating that they needed hospital care and were examined as part of the study carried by researcher at AIIMS and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology.

    The results have been published in the paper “Genomic analysis of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections from a tertiary care centre in India”.

    Out of the 63 cases analysed, 36 patients had received two doses, while 27 had received one dose of vaccine. Also, while 10 patients had received Covishield, the rest had been administered with Covaxin.

    “Our study has found that while breakthrough infections may be rare but are a reality mainly due to variants of concern and vaccines may be playing a significant role in reducing mortality,” said a scientist associated with the CSIR-Institute of Integrated Biology who is a co-author of the paper.

    Viral load at the time of diagnosis was high in all the patients irrespective of vaccination status or type of vaccine received and the initial course of disease with high-grade non-remitting fever lasted for five to seven days in the vaccinated group, similar to the clinical presentation in unvaccinated patients, the paper said. 

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    Of the 63 cases of vaccine breakthrough infections, including 36 who received full doses, there were no reports of mortality even though almost all cases presented with high-grade unremitting fever for 5-7 days, it added.

    The examined cases in the scientific project closely overlapped and mirrored the Covid-19 cases in Delhi and the variants of concern B.1.617.2 and B.1.1.7 comprised the majority, but the proportions were not significantly different in comparison with the population prevalence of the variants during the period, according to the researchers. 

    While a number of vaccine breakthrough infections have been reported previously, it has been largely associated with non-severe symptoms.

    The researchers also said that during the subsequent course of illness, neither disease worsening nor mortality was reported in the studied group, confirming the previous observations.

    “While antibody levels for a subset of patients were available, they became infected nevertheless and presented to the emergency just like other patients, putting in doubt the protection offered and or clinical relevance of total IgG as a surrogate of Covid-19 immunity,” their paper said.

    An observational study carried out at Indraprastha Apollo hospital in the capital last month had also shown that Covid19 vaccines are effective with vaccine breakthrough occurring only in a small percentage of vaccinated persons.

    However, to understand the efficacy of the two vaccines being vastly used in India’s Covid vaccination programme, ICMR last week, as reported by this newspaper, has started examining their role in reducing hospitalisation and deaths in real world settings.

  • Vaccine against COVID-19 only helps prevent severe illness: AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria

    By ANI
    NEW DELHI: AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that COVID-19 vaccine prevents people from getting severe illness though it may not prevent their getting infection.

    Addressing issues related to COVID-19 along with Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health and Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman, Medanta through video conferencing, Dr Guleria said that anti-bodies which are produced because of the vaccine will not allow the virus to further replicate and it will not allow the disease to become more severe and therefore lives will be saved.

    “There are a lot of people who are saying what is the point of vaccination because I know a person who got vaccination and even two weeks of vaccination, he got COVID-19. The vaccine prevents you from getting the disease in the form of severe illness, hospitalisation, going into the ICUs, or even dying from COVID-19. It may not prevent you from getting the infection,” he said.

    “We know that it has good potential in the majority of people. But when you are exposed to a COVID-19 patient, the virus may still come in your nose and throat, it may multiply there for some time. But anti-bodies which have been produced because of the vaccine you have taken will not allow the virus to further replicate and it will not allow the disease to become more severe and therefore you will be saved. But during that time, your RT-PCR test may come positive and you may be infectious to others,” he added

    Dr Guleria said there is need to use masks and follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour even after vaccination and the vaccine is one weapon in the fight against coronavirus.

    “The most important is COVID appropriate behavior. Vaccine is just one weapon that we have. The vaccine will not bring down the pandemic. The number of cases we are having right now has to be brought down by breaking the chain of transmission. This is the virus that spreads from one human to another,” he said.

    “It is important to understand that even after the vaccine we may have a positive report. It is important to wear a mask even after vaccination. Currently we know that the vaccine does not prevent people from getting the infection. Hopefully, as we go along and more research comes in, we will have better vaccines which will also prevent us from getting the infection and that will bring down the number of cases and break the chain of transmission,” he added.

    India reported 2,95,041 new COVID-19 cases and 2,023 deaths on Wednesday, a record-high since the pandemic broke out last year. (ANI)