Goa: State vying for medical device park
Panaji: The state has submitted a proposal for setting up a device park at Verna before the Centre, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday....
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Infected by husbands, HIV victims battle home and life for survival
Panaji: In a first, several women living with HIV came together on a common platform at Goa Medical College’s (GMC) ART centre, where the two...
Covaxin phase-3 trials on in Goa, hundred get jab
PANAJI: The phase-3 trials of Covaxin, India’s first indegenously-manufactured Covid-19 vaccine candidate, have seen around a hundred persons in Goa get the jab. The trials...
Treat every fever as Covid, says Goa Medical College dean
PANAJI: Goa Medical College (GMC) dean Dr S M Bandekar said on Wednesday that “every case of fever should be treated as a Covid fever”,...
Extra monitoring for Covid patients aged 50+ & with comorbidities: Government
PANAJI: With several Covid-19 patients turning up late for treatment, the government has decided to include a separate section on the home isolation dashboard to...
Central unit to monitor security and affordability of pharma drugs in Goa
Panaji: In an effort to monitor prices of pharmaceutical drugs and to ensure availability of crucial medicines, the Centre has setup a Price Monitoring and...
Goa: As fatalities spiral, docs press for Covid death audit, sero-survey
Margao: Even as the state’s Covid-19 death toll crossed the 500 mark, with its deaths per million being India’s highest, a demand for making an...
Doctors encourage early testing to effectively treat Covid-19
Panaji: Instead of self-isolating without knowing one’s health status, doctors recommend that people who suspect they have Covid-19 should get tested to save precious time...
Goa hopes to qualify for medical device park, appoints consultant
Panaji: The state cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for setting up of a medical device...