Cancer diagnosis cost set to dip as cyclotron gets functional
The country’s biggest medical cyclotron, Cyclone 30, that can produce radioisotopes for diagnosis and treatment…
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One in 4 in Kolkata has antibodies, finds sero survey by private lab
A sero-positivity survey carried out by a private laboratory has indicated that 26% of Kolkata’s…
Covid testing to go up after new machine starts working
The Cobas 8800 machine at ICMR-NICED has finally started working a month since it was…
Awareness campaign on Covid home isolation
The health department has launched an initiative to spread awareness about what a Covid-19 patient…
Cops to help transport patients to safe house
The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation will ask police to accompany health workers and ambulances to transport…
Govt plans to set up plasma units at 20 blood banks to facilitate therapy
The state government plans to set up plasma units in 20 blood banks across the…
5 lakh new kits to speed up rapid antigen tests
The state government is adopting a strategy in Covid-19 testing by scaling up the rapid…
For 1st time, hospital Covid wards have vacancies; ICUs still full
Covid general wards across several private hospitals in Kolkata have vacancies for the first time…
CNCI new complex starts operations with 50 OPD patients
The new campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) at Rajarhat became operational with 50…
Kolkata’s NRS Medical College and Hospital latest to start 110-bed Covid wing
A 110-bed Covid unit at NRS Medical College and Hospital started operations on Tuesday, when…