Tag: All India Institute of Medical Sciences

  • Former PM Manmohan Singh discharged from AIIMS

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI:  Former prime minister Manmohan Singh who was undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was discharged on Sunday, hospital sources said.

    Singh was admitted to the premier hospital on October 13 after complaints of fever, weakness and general uneasiness.

    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, who has been the physician to the Singh for years.0

    Earlier this month, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya visited the hospital to meet him.

    The former prime minister has a history of cardiac ailments and even underwent a revision heart bypass surgery at AIIMS in 2009. In April, Singh was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for Covid. 

  • 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. 

  • Two more 500-bed COVID hospitals to come up in Uttarakhand by mid June

    By PTI
    RISHIKESH: Two additional COVID hospitals with a capacity of 500 beds each will come up at IDPL here and at Sushila Tiwari Medical College in Haldwani by June 15, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash said on Wednesday.

    The one coming up at IDPL will be run by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and will have 400 oxygen-supported beds and 100 ICU beds, he said.

    Another 500-bed COVID hospital will come up at Sushila Tiwari Medical College in Haldwani, Prakash added.

    Both the temporary facilities being built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) are likely to be operational by June 15, he said.

    About Rs 40 crore has already been released for the DRDO to start work on the projects, the chief secretary said.

    It is hoped that the addition of these facilities will increase the recovery rate in COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, which recorded its highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Tuesday with 7,028 people testing positive, while 85 succumbing to the virus.

    “Our efforts are focused on increasing the recovery rate, which will automatically reduce the mortality rate,” Prakash said.