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200-bed Siddha centre for Covid patients opened in Madurai
The Municipal Administration Minister in the Tamil Nadu government, K.N. Nehru, on Monday inaugurated a 200-bed Siddha treatment centre for Covid-19 patients at the premises of the American College in Madurai.It is the second Siddha…
2-DG drug cuts down oxygen demand in Covid-19 patients:Process co-inventor
The new Covid-19 adjuvant drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) impacts only the coronavirus affected cells and not the good cells in the human body, said one of the improved process inventors.He also said the drug reduces the oxygen dependency of…
Fortnight long complete lockdown begins in Tamil Nadu
After partial lockdowns and full lockdown on Sundays, a fortnight-long lockdown began in Tamil Nadu from May 10 to May 24. With the government providing time to stock essentials including groceries and medicines, no heavy rush was witnessed…
Neyveli Lignite to set up Oxygen plants in Tamil Nadu
Public Sector Enterprise Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is to set up Oxygen plants in Tamil Nadu and in other states where it is in operation. The company is to set up 9 oxygen plants across the country.Neyveli Lignite Corporation India…
Coimbatore hospitals stop admission fearing Oxygen shortage
Many of the hospitals in Coimbatore are turning away patients with breathing difficulties as they are expecting a shortage of Oxygen even as these hospitals have beds with Oxygen supply at present.A doctor with a leading hospital in…
SOS Durai Prithviraj : This TN village officer has a golden heart
Any help one needs in Virudhunagar district --one name that crops up each time is that of thirty-five-year-old Durai Prithviraj.A Village Administrative Officer (VAO) with the Tamil Nadu state government and also a full-time social worker,…
3 die in ambulance at Salem Government Medical College hospital
Three people including a 30-year-old woman and two men aged 40 and 42 years, died in an ambulance while undergoing treatment for Covid at the Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Memorial Medical College Hospital.While there are 800 beds…
11 patients die at Govt hospital in Chennai, probe ordered
At least 11 patients died at the Government Chengalpattu Medical College Hospital here on Tuesday night. An inquiry has been ordered into the cause of death.Though it is alleged that the patients died due to oxygen shortage, senior…
Novel paper-based sensor to detect antimicrobial pollutants
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) have developed a paper-based sensor that can detect antimicrobial pollutants, which induce antimicrobial resistance in water bodies.This sensor works on a asee and tell'…
Kamal Haasan loses in Coimbatore South to BJP’s Srinivasan
Superstar and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder, Kamal Haasan lost the Coimbatore South seat by a margin of 1,500 votes against BJP women's wing national President, Vanathi Srinivasan.Congress candidate Mayura Jayakumar was relegated to the…