The company has also allocated Rs 4 crore towards the supply of essentials including medicines, personal protective equipment, sanitisers, masks, gloves and food.
Read MorePeople working in the front lines should be made aware of this and they should start taking vitamin D in higher than otherwise doses to quickly bring up their levels.
Read MoreUnder fire for its tardy response against the pandemic Covid-19, WHO needs the structural changes to carve out a leaner work force with lesser bureaucracy. The regrouping of the Regional Offices is the first step in the direction. It is imminent because when the WHO fails, the world pays the price for it.
Read MoreMy sincere hope for India 2.0 post-COVID is to adopt a national strategy to invest upto 5 per cent of GDP in the Health sector, says Dr Harish Pillai, Chair, FICCI MVT Committee, member of FICCI Health service committee and Chief Executive Officer of Aster India, Aster DM Healthcare
Read MoreExports of the active pharmaceutical ingredients of Paracetamol will remain restricted
Read MoreOver 200 entrepreneurs together are developing an app called Quarantine app, which will live track the patients who are in-home quarantine and those who have tested positive
Read MoreThe Covid-19 outbreak has exposed the limitations of India’s healthcare set-up, but it has also thrown up opportunities for the sector as a whole
Read MoreWith an estimated impact of Rs 14,000 to Rs 24,000 Crore operating losses for the quarter, the sector would need liquidity infusion, indirect and direct tax benefits, and fixed cost subsidies from the Government to address the disruption
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