Health Check - Page 20
Indian Women More Likely To Die Of COVID-19 Than Men, But More Data...
Navi Mumbai: Indian women who contract COVID-19 are at a higher risk of dying than men, a recent study of cases until...
Children With Cancer Must Contend With COVID-19
New Delhi: Vinod Sharma will never forget the night of July 24, 2019, when he and his wife hastily left in an ambulance...
India Does Not Test Healthcare Workers Regularly, Putting Them And Patients At Risk
Jaipur: Rashmi (name changed), a nurse at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, tested positive for COVID-19 on...
How Healthcare Became Unaffordable For Non-COVID Patients During The Pandemic
Tanvi Vij has spinal muscular atrophy and cannot move without assistance. She wanted to buy a special hoist that could...
How India Could Fill In The Blanks On Excess Mortality
Chennai: India’s officially recorded deaths have always been problematic, even before the COVID-19 pandemic: just 70% of...
‘Lifting Lockdown Made It Seem All’s Hunky-Dory. We’re Seeing Consequences Now’
Mumbai: The capital city of India, New Delhi, seems to be heading towards becoming the coronavirus capital as well, as...
From Financial Capital To COVID-19 Capital: What Went Wrong In Mumbai
Navi Mumbai: With a flimsy mask, rubber gloves and a bottle of hand sanitiser, Nikhil*, 40, a healthcare worker with...
Malnutrition Could Cost Children’s Health & Lives For Years After COVID Crisis, Experts Warn
Nine-year-old Balgovind (in the centre) and his siblings, residents of Khadaipur, Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, get only...
