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Eight more die of virus, 110 fresh cases reported

13 May 2020 12:33 AM IST
Kolkata: Around 110 patients tested positive for the COVID-19 in the past 24 hours and the total number of people affected with the virus has reached...

Special teams to aid in virus treatment in 3 districts

12 May 2020 12:34 AM IST
Kolkata: To curb the number of transmission cases of Corona affected patients which has seen a spike in three districts — North 24-Pargana, South...

Researchers develop nanomedicine to treat Covid patients, human trials awaited

9 May 2020 1:32 AM IST
Kolkata: Researchers and scientists at the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS) in Kolkata developed a nanomedicine, the nanoparticle...

People refrain from reporting symptoms, fear visiting quarantine centres

7 May 2020 1:11 AM IST
Kolkata: COVID-19 pandemic has become a litmus test for the health administration, doctors and frontline workers as people are refraining from...

State govt to utilise unused RTPCR machines to ramp up swab tests

30 April 2020 12:14 AM IST
Kolkata: In a bid to provide further impetus to the swab testing mechanism, the Bengal government is keen on utilising the reverse...

Inadequate supply & hoarding lead to medicine crunch in city

28 March 2020 11:52 PM IST
Kolkata: Many retail medicine shops and drugstores across the city are running out of stocks due to inadequate supply of medicines and also because of...

Health dept to start counselling patients to alleviate Corona panic

28 March 2020 12:19 AM IST
Kolkata: In a bid to prevent the Corona affected and suspected patients from going into mental depression, the state Health department will soon start...

Coronavirus: Fourth positive case detected in state

22 March 2020 12:56 AM IST
Kolkata: A 23-year-old girl who returned to the city from Scotland on March 19 and was admitted to Beliaghata ID Hospital on March 20 and a...

SSKM, IPGMER to conduct newborn metabolic screening for free

18 March 2020 11:13 PM IST
Kolkata: The Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) and SSKM Hospital have become the first government establishments in...

SSKM becomes first state-run hospital to introduce skin bank

17 March 2020 11:13 PM IST
Kolkata: The IPGMER & SSKM Hospital has harvested skin from the body of around 8 brain dead patients in different private hospitals in the city in...

Corona scare: Dip in blood donation sparks concern of crisis across state

16 March 2020 11:23 PM IST
Kolkata: State Health department officials have expressed concern over a possible crisis of blood in the state as COVID 19 outbreak has left blood...

COVID-19: City faces shortage of N95 masks as demand climbs

14 March 2020 11:13 PM IST
Kolkata: With the increase in fear of novel Coronavirus (nCoV) the demand for the N95 masks and hand sanitizing gel has spiked and a section of...
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