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Bravado and complacency highlight the deep chinks in the country’s drug approval and safety processes that are still not good enough to stand global scrutiny.
Editor's note: At over 300,000 new infections and nearly 3,000 deaths a day, the second major wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought India to its knees. Heart-rending scenes play out outside hospitals in cities like Delhi and Mumbai every day as the healthcare system crumbles under the sheer weight of the galloping increase in cases. Beds, oxygen and life-saving drugs are all woefully short of demand. And there is no end in sight to the cycle of bad news. Devi Shetty, noted cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayana Health, warns that things will get a lot worse in the coming months before they get better. In a recent video clip that has been circulated extensively, he says that India will need an additional 50,000 intensive care beds and over a hundred thousand nurses and doctors in the next 12 months to tackle the surge of patients in hospitals. The only way to get a grip on this upsurge over time is by vaccinating a large segment of the population. That it helps is clear from the UK, which has managed to …
Bravado and complacency highlight the deep chinks in the country’s drug approval and safety processes that are still not good enough to stand global scrutiny.
Editor's note: At over 300,000 new infections and nearly 3,000 deaths a day, the second major wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought India to its knees. Heart-rending scenes play out outside hospitals in cities like Delhi and Mumbai every day as the healthcare system crumbles under the sheer weight of the galloping increase in cases. Beds, oxygen and life-saving drugs are all woefully short of demand. And there is no end in sight to the cycle of bad news. Devi Shetty, noted cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayana Health, warns that things will get a lot worse in the coming months before they get better. In a recent video clip that has been circulated extensively, he says that India will need an additional 50,000 intensive care beds and over a hundred thousand nurses and doctors in the next 12 months to tackle the surge of patients in hospitals. The only way to get a grip on this upsurge over time is by vaccinating a large segment of the population. That it helps is clear from the UK, which has managed to …
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors. For young professionals, the sector offers a spectrum of opportunities beyond medicine, spanning hospital operations, data analytics, corporate strategy, and digital health.
India has rolled back rules that require thermal power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur dioxide emissions, marking yet another failure in the fight against air pollution.
The guy who preyed on your insecurities and sold coding classes for your kids is back to help your loved ones fight cancer. Don’t say we did not warn you.
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors. For young professionals, the sector offers a spectrum of opportunities beyond medicine, spanning hospital operations, data analytics, corporate strategy, and digital health.
India has rolled back rules that require thermal power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur dioxide emissions, marking yet another failure in the fight against air pollution.
The guy who preyed on your insecurities and sold coding classes for your kids is back to help your loved ones fight cancer. Don’t say we did not warn you.
