Online Media 2020

Future of healthcare is going to be all about making healthcare accessible, affordable, high quality, financially sustainable: Dr Alok Khullar

The COVID-19 pandemic did to healthcare what 9/11 did to the aviation industry. Just as 9/11 redefined the core elements of aviation security, COVID-19 has acted as a cataclysmic disruption to the way health care is delivered.

www.expresshealthcare.in

Teen undergoes liver transplant at city hospital

Only 17 such cases have been reported so far, says hospital

www.thehindu.com

Cocktail of views on booze shops reopening

While liquor enthusiasts raised a toast in most places, few areas witnessed protest and moderate crowds

www.newindianexpress.com

Diabetes, single-biggest risk factor

Stress-induced hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) leads to uncontrolled diabetes and hampers the capacity of a person to fight infections.

www.newindianexpress.com

Diabetes, hypertension as comorbidities increase COVID-19 fatality risk, here’s how

Data shows over 90% of patients who died due to Covid in the last 10 days in Tamil Nadu, had comorbidities

www.newindianexpress.com

Time for sero-surveillance across Tamil Nadu

State follows Chennai Corpn lead; aims at detecting antibody levels against the virus to measure the population’s immunity to its past infection

www.newindianexpress.com

Does proning help COVID-19 patients to improve oxygen levels?

Doctors believe this position helps in improving the oxygen flow in critical patients, making them less likely to be intubated or require ventilator support.

www.newindianexpress.com

COVID-19: Now, an adult vaccination for help?

Some experts suggest administering the existing pneumococcal and influenza vaccines in adults could possibly keep their respiratory system healthy and may also ease burden on hospitals.

www.newindianexpress.com

World No Tobacco Day: Smoking Increases the Levels of COVID 19 receptors in the body

The lungs of people who smoke may contain more of the receptors that the new coronavirus uses to invade cells; people who are affected by the virus and also smoke are more vulnerable to severe illness quoted Dr V. Sreenivasan, Consultant Pulmonologist, Gleneagles Global Health City, Chennai.

www.newcinemaexpress.com

Tamil Nadu: More deaths due to delayed admission?

A senior doctor at RGGGH, on condition of anonymity said, the private hospitals do not take any patients with co-morbidity and symptoms of COVID.

www.newindianexpress.com

Be wary of scorching sun as well, doctors warn amid coronavirus pandemic

The geriatrician also said that the scorching heat may control the Covid-19 virus spread to some extent.

www.newindianexpress.com

Coronavirus | Does SARS-CoV-2 affect the liver?

There have been few predecessor viruses for this one, which share similarities in structure and in the way it inflicts damage to human body. Viruses self-mutate periodically, change its structure and

www.thehindu.com