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Time of India
23-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Gandhi Hospital sets up special ward as Telangana confirms Covid-19 case
Hyderabad: Telangana health officials, on Friday, confirmed the city's first Covid-19 case this year after a resident of Vivekananda Nagar, Kukatpally tested positive for the virus. The patient, a pulmonologist by profession, is asymptomatic and has been following Covid isolation norms for the last five days, officials added. 'Contract tracing has been completed and till now no symptoms have been seen in his family members and others. He has fully recovered and has been advised to continue with containment measures,' Dr C Uma Gowri, district medical and health officer, Medchal-Malkajgiri district said. The DM&HO also advised people to immediately inform the health dept in case they develop a fever or other Covid symptoms. 'They can contact their nearest primary health centres (PHCs), urban primary health centres (UPHCs), Basti Dawakhanas or Palle Dawakhanas,' Dr Gowri said, however, dismissing the need to panic. 'The situation is completely under control. The health dept staff are ready to deal with any situation effectively,' the DMHO added. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Why Didn't Anyone Tell You About This Power Saver? elecTrick - Save upto 80% on Power Bill Pre-Order Undo Meanwhile, as part of its Covid preparedness — with cases resurfacing across multiple cities in India — the city's Gandhi Hospital reopened its isolation ward with a capacity of 30 beds on Friday. 'We have been setting up the ward from the past two to three days. While we received instructions from higher authorities to set up a 30-bed ward, there has been a revised instruction and the strength will be increased to 50 beds from Saturday,' said Dr Ch N Raj Kumari, the hospital superintendent. For testing purposes, people can visit Osmania General Hospital (OGH) and Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) apart from Gandhi Hospital.
Hans India
08-05-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Health dept asks hosps to stock adequate quantity of medicines
Hyderabad: Following the directions of the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, the Health Department has geared up to stockpile enough essential medicines in the wake of India's precision attack on the terrorist hideouts in POK and Pakistan on Wednesday. According to the sources, the officials were asked to check the medicine stocks in all the primary health centres, urban primary health centres and Basti Dawakhanas in the state. They were asked to give priority to stock life saving medicines and keep the emergency teams on alert to face any eventuality during the next few days. A senior official said that there were 638 Primary Health Centres, 248 Urban Primary Health Centres and 468 Basti Davakhanas in the State. The staff including the DMHOs will be asked to regularly check the medicinal stock and approach the central medicine stores in their respective districts. If there is any shortage, the medicines will be supplied through vehicles provided to the CMS. In a high level meeting at the Integrated Command Control Center (ICCC), the CM directed the officials to have comprehensive security and emergency measures across Telangana. Reviewing the readiness of blood banks, emergency medicines, hospital beds, and food stocks, the CM wanted the health officials to have coordination with the Red Cross. The meetings came after India armed forces carried out attacks on the terrorist hideouts in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and also in Pakistan. The official said that the government hospital superintendents and higher officials of the various wings should monitor the stocks. If there is a requirement for any medicine, this should be brought to the notice of the higher officials so that they can be supplied.
Hans India
28-04-2025
- Health
- Hans India
Facial attendance system for med. staff from May 1
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is set to introduce Aadhaar based facial attendance system for the medical staff including the personnel in PHCs, UPHCs, Basti Dawakhanas and medical colleges in the State from May 1. The medical and health department personnel who do not follow the discipline will have to face loss of pay. The government has mandated that the staff from the Primary Health Centres, Urban Primary Health Centres and Basti Dawakhanas should be in the duty from 9 am to 4 pm. The doctors and teaching doctors who do not follow the time discipline will have to face pay cuts. Director of Public Health B Ravinder Nayak said that there are 638 PHCs, 248 UPHCs and 468 Basti Davakhanas in the State. The aim of the government is to provide better treatment to the poor and middle class sections. The doctors should come to the hospitals in time and register the facial based biometric attendance. The para-medical staff and other personnel should also be in their duties on time. They should be available on time for giving services to provide better treatment, said Dr Ravinder Nayak, adding salaries will be decided based on the attendance. The decision comes after the National Medical Council (NMC) directed the government to implement the app based facial attendance in hospitals and medical colleges. Recently, the Health Minister C Damodar Raja Narsimha had visited the Gandhi Hospital and was unhappy with many doctors not seen in the hospital. He had asked the superintendent to issue show cause notice to the doctors who were absent. The Minister wanted the officials to ensure a system in place to check the attendance of the staff. The doctors would have to enrol their name, institution name, district name and Aadhaar details in the mobile application. There would be regular monitoring of the attendance with surprise inspections. There are 34 government medical colleges and 28 private medical colleges in the State and the rule would be for all. Besides facial recognition, there would be geo tagging to check the moments of the doctors and faculty in the institutions, the officials said.
