Coronavirus Ventilators

North Korea abruptly stopped importing COVID-19 prevention and control products from China in May, trade data released by Beijing showed, after the country bought face masks and ventilators from its neighbour in previous months.

A two-year-old boy suffered multiple organ dysfunction days after recovering from COVID-19 and spent around 16 days on a ventilator as specialists at a private hospital here worked towards restoring his kidneys, heart and lungs to normal function.

The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the city government to apprise it of the position of COVID-19 new variant Omicron in the national capital, including how many patients are in ICU, on ventilator support and with oxygen beds in hospitals.

A total of 1,116 COVID-19 oxygen beds out of 12,104 are occupied in Delhi hospitals, while 72 ICU beds with ventilators have patients, with Health Minister Satyendar Jain saying the numbers do not mean that patients require oxygen/ventilator support.

Parts of the U.S. health system "are in dire straits," as the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant forces some states to prepare for rationed medical care, Rochelle Walensky, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said.

The variants of S-CoV-2 are getting better at travelling through the air, and people must wear tight-fitting masks, ensure better ventilation, get vaccinated, to help stop spread of the virus that causes Covid, according to a study.

A Covid patient in Chennai whose lungs were fully damaged has completely recovered after being on ECMO support or artificial lungs for 62 days. He is being touted as India's longest surviving patient on ECMO without transplantation.

A severe coronavirus infection, involving hospitalisation and ventilator support, has a substantial impact on a recovered patient's intelligence as part of wider "Long-COVID" symptoms, a UK study has found.

Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for ventilators among hospitalized Covid-19 patients, according to an analysis of nearly 11,000 patients published Tuesday.

Citing an RTI response, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi today claimed that there has been a "discernible inequity" in the allocation of ventilators to Northeastern states though they are witnessing a higher number of active coronavirus cases.

The United States on Thursday issued guidance easing the way for delivery of products such as face masks, ventilators and vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic to heavily sanctioned countries like Iran, Venezuela and Syria.

"I lost my father to Covid, I'm very stressed because I have so many responsibilities." "I saw so many deaths when I was in the ICU. I wake up to the sound of the ventilator beeps in the night. I don't know why I'm alive."

Two students of the University of Kashmir have made a portable ventilator by using just scrap after witnessing a massive shortage of ventilators during the pandemic.

The Madhya Pradesh government told the High Court on Friday that 204 ventilators - life-saving medical equipment in desperately short supply during the peak of the second Covid wave - were kept as "back-up" in a storeroom even as the virus spread

A doctor in West Bengal's Howrah district broke down as she took her baby into her arms for the first time ever, after battling COVID-19 in a hospital for several days.

North Korea abruptly stopped importing COVID-19 prevention and control products from China in May, trade data released by Beijing showed, after the country bought face masks and ventilators from its neighbour in previous months.

A two-year-old boy suffered multiple organ dysfunction days after recovering from COVID-19 and spent around 16 days on a ventilator as specialists at a private hospital here worked towards restoring his kidneys, heart and lungs to normal function.

The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the city government to apprise it of the position of COVID-19 new variant Omicron in the national capital, including how many patients are in ICU, on ventilator support and with oxygen beds in hospitals.

A total of 1,116 COVID-19 oxygen beds out of 12,104 are occupied in Delhi hospitals, while 72 ICU beds with ventilators have patients, with Health Minister Satyendar Jain saying the numbers do not mean that patients require oxygen/ventilator support.

Parts of the U.S. health system "are in dire straits," as the spread of the Covid-19 delta variant forces some states to prepare for rationed medical care, Rochelle Walensky, head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said.

The variants of S-CoV-2 are getting better at travelling through the air, and people must wear tight-fitting masks, ensure better ventilation, get vaccinated, to help stop spread of the virus that causes Covid, according to a study.

A Covid patient in Chennai whose lungs were fully damaged has completely recovered after being on ECMO support or artificial lungs for 62 days. He is being touted as India's longest surviving patient on ECMO without transplantation.

A severe coronavirus infection, involving hospitalisation and ventilator support, has a substantial impact on a recovered patient's intelligence as part of wider "Long-COVID" symptoms, a UK study has found.

Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce the risk of death and the need for ventilators among hospitalized Covid-19 patients, according to an analysis of nearly 11,000 patients published Tuesday.

Citing an RTI response, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi today claimed that there has been a "discernible inequity" in the allocation of ventilators to Northeastern states though they are witnessing a higher number of active coronavirus cases.

The United States on Thursday issued guidance easing the way for delivery of products such as face masks, ventilators and vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic to heavily sanctioned countries like Iran, Venezuela and Syria.

"I lost my father to Covid, I'm very stressed because I have so many responsibilities." "I saw so many deaths when I was in the ICU. I wake up to the sound of the ventilator beeps in the night. I don't know why I'm alive."

Two students of the University of Kashmir have made a portable ventilator by using just scrap after witnessing a massive shortage of ventilators during the pandemic.

The Madhya Pradesh government told the High Court on Friday that 204 ventilators - life-saving medical equipment in desperately short supply during the peak of the second Covid wave - were kept as "back-up" in a storeroom even as the virus spread

A doctor in West Bengal's Howrah district broke down as she took her baby into her arms for the first time ever, after battling COVID-19 in a hospital for several days.