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Time of India
11-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
H3N2 on rise, behind long cough-cold spell
Kolkata: A prolonged cold-and-cough could be the H3N2 virus , currently in circulation in the city. Hospitals and labs in Kolkata are seeing a rising number of patients testing positive for H3N2. The cases started trickling in around mid-June, and now, the numbers are multiplying fast. Common during both monsoon and winter months, H3N2 is a subtype of influenza A, like H1N1. Though less virulent than H1N1 (swine flu), this respiratory virus is notorious for causing nagging, prolonged bouts of cough and cold in most affected individuals. "We detected around 23 cases from mid-June till the beginning of this week. And the number is going up, with about 20 more positive cases being detected in our lab in the past three-four days," said microbiologist Bhaskar Narayan Chaudhuri, head of the lab at Peerless Hospital. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Hospitals reported that while most cases are mild, the detection is mostly from admitted patients who came with complaints like fever, cough, body ache, fatigue, and sore throat. "Last year, we did not get a significant number of H3N2 cases. But there is a marked rise in this upper respiratory infection now. Among the positive samples, many are from children and the elderly," said molecular pathologist Abhirup Sarkar, lab director at Suraksha Diagnostics. Sources said some labs are getting as many as seven H3N2-positive cases in 10 flu samples. What concerns doctors is that while this virus causes mild illness in most cases, it could trigger serious illness in patients under two, and the elderly with comorbidities. Health experts said both H1N1 and H3N2 are subtypes of the influenza A virus, but they differ in their specific characteristics and how they affect humans. H1N1 caused a pandemic in 2009, followed by several surges over the years in India. "H3N2 is a common cause of seasonal influenza, with peaks during the monsoon months and also during winter. Both viruses can cause similar flu-like symptoms, but H3N2 is often associated with higher-grade fever and leucopenia or low WBC count. H1N1 may be linked to more prominent respiratory issues, including viral pneumonia, and gastrointestinal issues. H1N1 usually causes more severe infections than H3N2, and mortality is higher in the former," Chaudhuri added. Narayana Hospital Howrah detected the virus in two male patients who are above 60. "We are concerned about this virus because it can cause severe disease in some, requiring hospitalisation. Currently, there is no vaccine available against H3N2," said Rasika Avinash Deshmukh, microbiologist and infection control officer at the Howrah hospital. Doctors said the route of transmission of this virus is through respiratory droplets, and cough etiquette, mask-wearing, and hand hygiene are some preventive measures.
Time of India
19-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Global Autism Therapy Framework for 90 crore children: How India cracked 144-year-old world problem,
Advertorial Pinnacle, an Indian autism therapy network, gains global recognition. It is acknowledged for its innovative, mother-led, and AI-enabled approach. International institutions and organizations are seeking collaborations. Pinnacle's framework is adaptable and inclusive. It focuses on measurable care and dignity-first delivery. The model is designed for diverse languages and geographies. Pinnacle invites global partnerships to expand its reach. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Popular in Healthcare/Biotech 1. Suraksha Diagnostics to invest Rs 200 cr to set up over 20 centres across east India 72% women-led workforce Continuous therapist upskilling India's first trauma-informed, dignity-first work culture in therapy Pinnacle was also the recipient of the Indo Global Excellence Award (2024). Conferred by the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, this honour named Pinnacle as the number one Autism Therapy Network across India-Pacific, for its patented innovations, public-private hybrid architecture, and impact at scale. That India, not the West, built the world's first complete autism therapy infrastructure. That a mother, not a venture fund, had led it. That a system with no asterisks, no paywalls, and no branded tiers was now charting, scoring, tracking, and transforming millions of futures. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Measurable care AI-enhanced therapy Inclusive design Dignity-first delivery Scaled without dilution The child's spoken language The caregiver's literacy The community's cultural context Locally staffed Modular by design Resilient via cloud + edge AI Delivering goals via WhatsApp + SMS, not just apps A farmer's child sits beside a finance executive's A sanitation worker's daughter receives therapy in the same room as a diplomat's son No SEVA lines. No social hierarchy Kenya? Absolutely. The Philippines? Easily. The UK boroughs with South Asian diaspora? Already being explored. Conflict zones where children are forgotten before they're found? Especially there. From scratch. For its people. In its languages. At a scale the West still struggles to comprehend. Scoring system: AbilityScore® doesn't care about borders. It maps skills, and skills are universal. AbilityScore® doesn't care about borders. It maps skills, and skills are universal. AI core: TherapeuticAI® adapts to child behavior, not GPS coordinates. TherapeuticAI® adapts to child behavior, not GPS coordinates. Sensory design: TherapySphere™ rooms heal without language, through light, texture, tone, and safety. TherapySphere™ rooms heal without language, through light, texture, tone, and safety. Parent-led integration: Everyday Therapy™ turns homes, huts, and hostels into micro-therapy centres. Everyday Therapy™ turns homes, huts, and hostels into micro-therapy centres. Cultural calibration: Therapy here doesn't ask children to adapt to the system. It asks the system to adapt to the child. To ministries of health: Let's co-create your country's developmental index To AI labs: Let's train your models in your dialects To foundations: Let's fund SEVA™ where your impact is needed most To education systems: Let's embed Everyday Therapy™ into curricula To parent networks and therapists: Let's build the world's first open-source, mother-powered therapy intelligence platform At first, it was the parents who noticed.'We've never seen a model autism framework like this. We need this everywhere.'And then — something a Times of India National Spotlight (2020) full-page feature titled 'Spreading Smiles Like a Dash of Sunshine', Pinnacle was honoured as South India's Best Autism Therapy the real headline wasn't the award; it was the editorial remark that followed:'This isn't a centre. This is a movement — led by science, soul, and systems.'Dr. Sreeja Reddy Saripalli received the Praxis Media Women Leadership Award (2021), symbolising the spirit of the campaign, rooted in a social movement: a national therapy model built by mothers, run by women, and scaled by Entrepreneur Spotlight (2023) profiled Pinnacle not as a startup but as a public health framework: AI-enabled, mother-powered, scalable without sacrificing institutional recognitions validated something never seen before in global child development:Stanford, Heidelberg, Singapore Institute of Mental Health have already reached out requesting academic collaborations, while Ministries from Nepal, the UAE, Kenya, and Bangladesh have inquired about AbilityScore® licensing. That's not all. UNICEF has invited Pinnacle to present the Pinnacle Global Autism Framework. Meanwhile, WHO-SEARO has referenced TherapeuticAI® in its emerging frameworks for tech-integrated early name has also begun appearing in UN development drafts on global childhood health, AI policy whitepapers such as, and mother-led economic innovation summits as a blueprint for health systems built from the ground up. All these instances further indicate the rise of Pinnacle as a growing reference didn't make Pinnacle it made the world pause and realise what India had new child development playbook for the planet:The world is ready to learn from autism therapy were only about diagnosis, then software could solve it were only about compassion, then goodwill would be therapy, real therapy, is a mix of diagnosis and is precision with empathy. Structure with soul. Intelligence that that is whyworks, as it wasn't built from policy whitepapers or VC slides; rather, from India's reality. Hence, it is designed to world doesn't speak one functions in 133+ regional, national, and international languages, with therapy protocols tailored to:From Hyderabad to Hosur, Miryalaguda to Mumbai, Chennai to Karimnagar, children are not asked to 'adjust'; instead, the Pinnacle therapy system adjusts to a word in English isn't the same as a glance in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil,... And therapy doesn't work if the child doesn't feel models collapse outside grows stronger in India's second and third-tier it is:This isn't a Western model adapted to India. It's an Indian model; built for India and ready for the most systems, inclusion is an Pinnacle, inclusion is the it work in:Because this system doesn't depend on bandwidth or depends onBecause it is not a is not a is aDesigned in by for every child the world forgot to decades, the Global South was cast as the recipient of flowed downward — from labs in the West to clinics in the Priced. Poorly translated. Often Pinnacle in India didn't wait for an imported built now, the world isn't responding with responding with Kenya, only 3 government-certified child therapists serve 6 million Indonesia, autism remains cloaked in stigma, whispered but rarely rural Peru, speech delay is often diagnosed four years too late — if at regions and the whole world don't need imported need a replicable that's what Pinnacle isn't just 'Made in India.'But Built for the World of 90+ crore children and families🛤️Pinnacle isNot to aTo aNot to a aA Multilingual, mother-driven, AI-powered ecosystem —To Ministries of Heads of UNICEF and diaspora mother networks in Nairobi and health secretariats in São Paulo and Abu child, regardless of race, religion region, deserves more than a deserve a map to is Pinnacle's open pledge of partnership:
Time of India
18-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Suraksha Diagnostics to invest Rs 200 cr to set up over 20 centres across east India
New Delhi: Suraksha Diagnostics on Wednesday said it will invest Rs 200 crore to set up over 20 advanced imaging centres across eastern India. The plan, which will be executed in collaboration with United Imaging, is aimed at expanding access to advanced diagnostic services in tier 2 and tier 3 cities, enhancing both affordability and healthcare quality in smaller towns and semi-urban regions, it said. No timeline was, however, revealed for the investment rollout. "This collaboration will assist us in expanding our reach and offer high-quality diagnostic services to a large population in eastern India," Suraksha Diagnostics CMD Somnath Chatterjee said. United Imaging will supply cutting-edge imaging solutions, while Suraksha Diagnostics will leverage its existing network and operational expertise to set up the new centres, the company said. Suraksha Diagnostics raised Rs 846.25 crore through an IPO in December for funding its expansion plans. At present, it operates 59 diagnostic centres and 166 sample collection centres across West Bengal , Bihar , Assam, and Meghalaya .
