Randeep Guleria

India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelines

11:46 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: The government on Monday revised the clinical guidance for COVID-19 treatment, dropping the off-label use of convalescent plasma as it was found not beneficial in reducing the progression to severe disease or death. The development came following a meeting of the ICMR-National Task Force for COVID-19 last week wherein all members were in favour of […]

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

Security guard administered COVID vaccine admitted at AIIMS after developing allergic reaction

11:29 pm January 16, 2021

New Delhi: A security guard who was administered a shot of Covaxin at AIIMS here on Saturday was admitted at the hospital after he developed an allergic reaction as part of ”severe” adverse events following immunisation. According to AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, the security guard, in his 20s, at AIIMS who received the jab after 4 pm, complained of palpitations […]

AIIMS nurses call off strike

11:13 pm December 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Nurses Union of Delhi AIIMS called off their strike on Tuesday night after an around two-hour meeting with the hospital administration, even as the Delhi High Court restrained it from continuing its agitation. On Monday, around 5,000 nurses of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here went on a strike […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

One dies, 290 taken ill in AP due to mysterious disease

11:41 pm December 6, 2020

Amaravati: The mysterious disease that began spreading in Eluru city in Andhra Pradesh claimed one life on Sunday even as about 292 residents fell sick. More than 140 of the patients have returned home after treatment at hospital while the condition of others was stable, the West Godavari district medical and health officials said. Union […]

Rising pollution, surge in COVID-19 cases: Hospital beds in Delhi begin to fill up fast

9:27 pm November 7, 2020

New Delhi: The twin factors of rising air pollution and a surge in COVID-19 cases have increased the burden on Delhi’s hospitals with the number of vacant beds shrinking fast and out patient departments (OPDs) witnessing a spike in footfall, doctors said on Saturday. Besides, the ICU beds with ventilators at most top private hospitals […]

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