Even by conservative assumptions that 5 to 10 per cent of infected individuals develop long Covid, India today may be home to 50 to 100 million infected individuals -- many silently coping with breathlessness, fatigue, palpitations, brain fog, or unexplained clotting tendencies.
The racket came to light when the police were tipped off that a kidney transplant operation had been scheduled on July 14 at the privately-run Hiranandani Hospital where donor and recipient were not related.
Akshay Kumar's mother Aruna Bhatia, who had been admitted to Mumbai's Hiranandani Hospital, passed away on September 8, the day before her son's 54th birthday.
With around 2 million Covid vaccine doses likely to get wasted in December, leading hospital chains have now started to give it gratis to citizens. Sohini Das and Ruchika Chitravanshi report.
All the accused had moved for bail on August 13 after the court remanded them to 14-day judicial custody till August 26.
Eminent ENT surgeon, educationist and Padmabhushan recipient L H Hiranandani passed away at his residence in Mumbai on Thursday evening. He was 96.
At least seven people died and 18 injured when a fire broke out in a 22-storey building in Mumbai's suburban Powai on Saturday evening, police said.
Maharshtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane's son Nitesh Rane is in trouble after an activist belonging to his own organization Swabhimaan alleged on Thursday that Nitish had shot him. According to police officials, they received a call from the Powai's Hiranandani hospital informing them about one of the patients undergoing treatment in the hospital had suffered a bullet injury.
In recent years one has seen the easy availability of birth control pills in the market, but are they a safe option?
While virologists say theoretically the vaccine that works on Delta should work on the Delta Plus variant as well, more research is needed.
Special Judge A L Pansare allowed CBI's plea seeking nod to question the 54-year-old crime boss for 10 days starting January 27 before adjourning the case till February 5.
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