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Union <keyword id="6356374" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="health-minister" source="Orion">Health Minister</keyword> Mansukh Mandaviya is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday. The IMA informed that Mandaviya will hold the meeting via video conferencing at 4 pm regarding the <keyword id="15884888" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19-situation-and-preparedness" source="Orion">Covid-19 situation and preparedness</keyword>. On Saturday, Mandaviya said that the government has been working to control the <keyword id="8913021" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="spread-of-covid-19" source="Orion">spread of Covid-19</keyword> and urged the people to wear masks and follow covid appropriate behaviour. "We are working on alert mode to control the spread of Covid-19 and are conducting environmental, sewage and human surveillance. Virus RNA was found in the sewage samples in Delhi and Mumbai," Mandaviya had said. He further urged the people to wear masks, avoid crowded places and follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday decided to hold mock drills at all health facilities across the country on December 27 in the wake of the COVID alarm due to a surge in infection in many countries. This is to ensure readiness in the availability of oxygen support, and ICU beds among other preparedness measures in case of a surge of COVID cases in India. According to the Ministry, the objective of the exercise is to ensure the operational readiness of these health facilities for the management of COVID. Detailing the focus on the parameters during the mock drills, it said that the main focus will be on the bed capacities including isolation, oxygen-supported and ICU beds at the health facilities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday (December 22) to assess the COVID-19 situation in the country and cautioned against complacency while laying stress on testing and strengthening the surveillance measures, especially at international airports. He emphasized COVID-appropriate behavior at all times, especially in view of the upcoming festive season, including wearing masks in crowded public places. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Miniter Mansukh Mandaviya and NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Parameswaran Iyer were among others who participated in the meeting. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/environment/news/bsip-study-mangroves-shrinking-in-india-due-to-climate-change/articleshow/96511070.cms">BSIP Study: Mangroves shrinking in India due to climate change</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/pm-modi-tells-people-to-be-vigilant-as-covid-cases-were-rising-in-many-countries/articleshow/96493073.cms">PM Modi tells people to be vigilant as Covid cases were rising in many countries</a>

Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to hold meeting with Indian Medical Association today

MUMBAI: A proposal in the Rajya Sabha to put a cap on doctors' fee has created uproar in the medical fraternity. The <keyword id="6365835" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Medical-Association">Indian Medical Association</keyword> (IMA) has already decided to go to the court, even as patient bodies and activists hail the move. 
 The proposal titled 'Regularization of Doctors' Fees' was put forward by <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> leader <keyword id="41270" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Renuka-Chowdhury">Renuka Chowdhury</keyword>. It calls for formation of an expert committee to study the pattern of charging, classifying the kind of services offered by doctors, and putting a cap on the consultation charges accordingly. At present, doctors' fees can range from a few hundreds to a few thousands depending on seniority and specialty. 
 "Regularization of consultation charges has never been done for any professional. Why only doctors?" questioned IMA <keyword id="44284" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Secretary">secretary</keyword> Dr Jayesh Lele. He said IMA has already taken legal advice and is prepared to go to the court, if the proposal is passed. "It is against the Constitution to fix remuneration of professionals," he added. 
 <keyword id="200423" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="senior-physician">Senior physician</keyword> Dr Pratit Samdani, who practices in several south Mumbai hospitals, was of a similar view. "It is wrong to pin down a single profession when there is a general consensus that professionals such as doctors, lawyers, architects decide their own remuneration," said Samdani. "For example, when one goes to an A-grade restaurant, he or she is willing to pay 50 per cent more than a B-grade restaurant. Then why seclude only doctors?" he asked. 
 
The final draft of the Maharashtra Clinical Establishment Act, which was submitted to the government in June, has also done away with the most important clause of 'standardization of rates for patients'. According to health activist Abhay Shukla of the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, the patients' groups and health activists had demanded the cap on the rates, while doctors' lobby had opposed it completely. 
 
 
 
 
"At the end, doctors had their way and the final draft did not have any clause on regularizing the rates," said Shukla, adding it was absolutely justified and possible to have standard rates. 
 
"Most western countries follow this pattern. Healthcare is a distress good and not a luxury good. Therefore, basic health services including the doctors' fees should have a cap," he added. 
 
Health activists were also of the view that if doctors followed a standard treatment protocol like the West, rate variation will not take place. "Standard treatment protocol will result in doing away with all unnecessary investigations, tests and medications that are commonly prescribed here," said Shukla.

Uproar Among Doctors Over Rajya Sabha Plan To Cap Consultation Charges

New Delhi, A <keyword id="15510" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Survey">survey</keyword> conducted by noted public health experts indicated that the side-effects post-vaccination, or '<keyword id="10759790" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="reactogenicity">reactogenicity</keyword>' in medical linguistic, is likely to occur in 66 per cent of the healthcare workers which are most probably to subside within a day of their onset. The survey, which compiled the responses from 5,396 <keyword id="6476236" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="respondents">respondents</keyword>, all healthcare professionals, who had received Covid vaccines, showed 66 per cent of them reported at least post-vaccination symptoms. The respondents in the survey stated that the most commonly reported symptoms they experienced after immunization were Myalgia (44 per cent), fever (34 per cent), headache (28 per cent), local pain at injection site (27 per cent), joint pain (12 per cent), nausea (8 per cent) and Diarrhoea (3 per cent) while tiredness (45 per cent) being the most prevailing one. "The occurrence of other symptoms such as <keyword id="51415" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sore-throat">sore throat</keyword>, insomnia, giddiness rigor, allergic rash, chills, vomiting, syncope were reported 1 per cent or less," study said. It also noted that the symptoms reported by the respondents were not severe in nature or required hospitalisation. Besides, the survey also pointed out that in 90 per cent of the cases, the symptoms were either milder than expected or met the expectation of the vaccine recipient. Meanwhile, the survey illustrated that side effects among the most of the respondents did not last beyond the duration of 24 hours of the onset. "37 per cent (1,225) of the respondents revealed that their symptoms did not prolong more than a day while 31 per cent showed that their symptoms lingered for 48 hours, while only 6 per cent of claimed that their symptoms stretched beyond the duration of 48 hours," the survey showed. Speaking to IANS, Dr. Rajeev <keyword id="1073143" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jayadevan">Jayadevan</keyword>, past president <keyword id="6365835" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="indian-medical-association">Indian Medical Association</keyword>, who is one of the researchers of the survey, said that one of the key takeaways from the survey is that vaccines are safe and there is no need to fear that it will harm ones' body. "If over 5,000 people who took it (vaccines) and reported no serious problem, then that is a considerable reassurance that the general public can take the vaccine," he reaffirmed. Another key finding of the survey was the linear correlation between age and post-vaccination symptoms suggested that the reactogenicity of the vaccine declined with age; means the chance of having symptoms decreased with advancing of age. The frequency of symptoms was found highest, 81.34 per cent , in respondents aged between 20-29 years followed by 30-39 years (79.57 per cent), 40-49 years (67.94 per cent), 50-59 years (58.23 per cent), 60-69 years (44.76 per cent), 70-79 years (33.73 per cent), and 80-89 years (7.43 per cent). Jayadevan said that younger people produce a lot of inflammatory cytokines which elicit reactogenicity (symptoms in layman terms) which is why they have vigorous response to the vaccines, whereas it is found lower in elder population. However, he added that the reactogenicity is not considered a reliable sign of producing antibodies. "There is a misconception among people and even healthcare professionals who believe that the reactogenicity is associated with development of antibodies. Everyone responds differently to the vaccines and elicit varied levels of reactogenicity depending upon age and other factors at play. It cannot be considered as a sign to determine that one's body is producing an immune response to the vaccines," Jayadevan explained. Dr. Ramesh Shenoy, another author of the survey, who is a senior radiologist at a hospital in Kochi, Kerala, said that the conclusions derived from the survey could be that the vaccines are safe while its side-effects are mild in nature and short lived. "The testimonies of the two third of the respondents vouch for it," he added. 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66% healthcare workers report mild side-effects post COVID-19 vaccination, says survey

Expanding the scope of its hearing in the <keyword id="19980518" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Patanjali" source="keywords">Patanjali</keyword> Ayurved case, the <keyword id="19895345" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Supreme Court" meta.hostid="266" meta.entityid="Supreme Court">Supreme Court</keyword> on Tuesday took a stern view of <keyword id="20610549" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="misleading-advertisements" source="keywords">misleading advertisements</keyword> by FMCG firms and asked three Union ministries to inform it about the steps they have taken to curb the practice which takes "public for a ride" and adversely affects their health. The court passed the order after Yoga guru Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. told a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah that they have issued unqualified public apology in as many as 67 newspapers over misleading advertisements and are willing to issue additional advertisements expressing their contrition. The bench said the public apology published in newspapers were not on record and asked those to be filed within two days. It posted the matter for April 30 for further consideration. While hearing the Patanjali case, the apex court said the implementation of the relevant provisions of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and the Consumer Protection Act and the related rules also needed a closer examination. It said the issue was not limited to Patanjali but extended to all Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) firms which have been issuing "misleading advertisements and taking the public for a ride, in particular affecting the health of babies, school-going children and senior citizens who have been consuming products on the basis of the said misrepresentation". "We must clarify that we are not here to gun for a particular party or a particular agency or a particular authority. This is a PIL, and in the larger interest of the consumers, public should know which way they are going and how and why they can be misled, and how authorities are acting to prevent it," the bench said. The court asked the Union ministries of consumer affairs, information and broadcasting, and information technology to explain what action they have taken to prevent the misuse of consumer laws. It also sought an explanation from the Centre over an August 2023 letter issued by the Ministry of Ayush to the licencing authorities of all states and Union Territories and drug controllers of Ayush asking them to not initiate any action under rule 170 of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. The bench also asked the <keyword id="20083252" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Medical-Association" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Indian Medical Association" meta.hostid="266" meta.entityid="Indian Medical Association">Indian Medical Association</keyword> (IMA), the petitioner in the Patanjali advertisements case, to "put its house in order". It said several complaints have been made about alleged unethical acts by members of the IMA who prescribe highly expensive medicines and line of treatment. The bench also ordered impleading the National Medical Commission (NMC) as a respondent in the matter for effective assistance to the court. At the outset, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd managing director Balkrishna, told the bench they have issued on Monday unqualified apology for the "lapses" on their part. "Where? Why it is not filed?" the bench asked. Rohatgi said it was issued on Monday in 67 newspapers across the country. When the court asked the senior advocate why did the respondents wait for a whole week before publishing the public apology, Rohatgi said, "Its language had to be changed". The court also quizzed him about the size of advertisements. "Is it the same size of advertisements that you normally issue in newspapers?" it asked Rohatgi, who submitted "It costs tens of lakhs (of rupees)". The bench ordered that the apology published be filed on record and added it wanted to see the actual advertisement published in newspapers. "The said advertisements are not on record. It is submitted that the same have been collated and shall be filed in the course of the day with copies to counsel for the parties. Needful shall be done within two days with copies to counsel for the parties," it said. The counsel said additional advertisement shall be issued by Ramdev and Balkrishna tendering unqualified apology for the lapses on their part. The bench said it was necessary to implead the three central ministries in order to examine the steps taken to prevent the abuse of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act and rules, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and the Consumer Protection Act. It said these ministries shall file affidavits enunciating the action they have taken to prevent the misuse/abuse of these statutes along with the relevant data since 2018. The bench said licencing authorities of all states and UTs shall also be impleaded as co-respondents in the matter. The bench told the IMA's counsel that while they are pointing fingers at Patanjali, "the other four fingers are also pointing at you (IMA)". On April 16, the apex court had warned Ramdev and Balkrishna against any attempt to "degrade allopathy" and permitted them to tender a "public apology and show contrition" within a week in the contempt proceedings in the misleading advertisements case against Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. The apex court is hearing a plea filed in 2022 by the IMA alleging a smear campaign against the Covid vaccination drive and modern systems of medicine. Ramdev and Balkrishna had earlier tendered an "unconditional and unqualified apology" before the top court over advertisements issued by the firm making tall claims about the medicinal efficacy of its products. 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Supreme Court expands Patanjali misleading ads hearing to include FMCG companies

<ul><li>The National Health Service (NHS) England data showed that of the 13,918 patients who died in hospitals till April 17, 3% of them were of Indian ethnicity. </li><li>This was followed by Caribbeans as the second-largest ethnic group affected in the COVID-19 death toll at 2.9%, followed by Pakistanis at 2.1%.</li><li>The proportion of deaths among BAME groups is much higher compared to their roughly 13% make-up of the total population.</li></ul>People of Indian origin in the UK have emerged as the among the worst affected <keyword id="6367536" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="MINORITY">minority</keyword> group from the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> pandemic, according to an official data on COVID-19 deaths in hospitals across England. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="75312583" title="Coronavirus cases in India rise to 21,393— a 6-month-old and a teen join the growing list of patients" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> Figures released this week by the National Health Service (NHS) England show that of the 13,918 patients who died in hospitals till April 17 after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, 16.2% were of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background and those identifying with Indian ethnicity made up 3 per cent of that. This was followed by Caribbeans as the second-largest ethnic group affected in the COVID-19 death toll at 2.9%, followed by Pakistanis at 2.1%. The data, only a limited snapshot of the UK-wide COVID-19 tests, follows the British government's announcement of a review into the coronavirus death toll disparity among the BAME population. "We have seen, both across the population as a whole but in those who work in the NHS, a much higher proportion who've died from minority backgrounds and that really worries me," said UK health secretary Matt Hancock while launching the review last week. The proportion of deaths among BAME groups is much higher compared to their roughly 13% make-up of the total population. A further breakdown shows COVID-19 deaths among those identifying with white ethnicity at 73.6% and mixed ethnicity at 0.7%. Of the 16.2 per cent BAME figures, those of Bangladeshi ethnicity are at 0.6%, any other Asian background 1.6%, African 1.9%, any other black background 0.9%, Chinese 0.4% and any other ethnic group 2.8%. "The government must take every necessary step to address this devastating disparity and protect all sectors of the population equally and now," said Dr Chaand Nagpaul, Council Chair of the <keyword id="449783" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="British-Medical-Association">British Medical Association</keyword> (BMA), the doctors' union lobbying for the review. "It also means taking vital steps now to protect our BAME communities until we can develop a detailed understanding of the threats they face. This could include that those at greatest risk, including older and retired doctors, are not working in potentially infectious settings," he said. Meanwhile, an analysis of the COVID-19 death toll data for NHS workers, which stands at 69, also reveals a higher proportion of BAME casualties – including the death of Dr Manjeet Singh Riyat, the UK's first Sikh emergency medicine consultant, this week. The <keyword id="8989852" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="british-association-of-physicians-of-indian">British Association of Physicians of Indian</keyword> Origin (BAPIO) recently announced a new academic tie-up with the <keyword id="108001" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Imperial-College-London">Imperial College London</keyword> to set up a research forum to delve deeper into this disparity within the medical profession in the UK. "This research has the potential to give data required to delineate vulnerable groups in the pandemic and give clear advice on how to reduce the impact on the BAME population," BAPIO president Dr Ramesh Mehta said. The new study also aims at establishing a new research database as a national resource for the scientific communities to support other studies to improve the future wellbeing of NHS healthcare staff. According to experts, the reasons behind the disproportionately high coronavirus mortality rates for the ethnic minority population of the UK is likely to be down to a complex set of factors, including greater propensity among some ethnicities for heart disease and diabetes, specific vitamin deficiencies, the lack of social distancing measures within multi-generational family setting or a genetic predisposition. The government's review is aimed at collating enough data to look into measures that would minimise the risk for these communities. The UK accounts for 133,495 total coronavirus cases in the world, according to the latest data by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/" class="_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink">worldometers</a>. Of the total cases, 115,051 are active, and 18,100 people have passed away from the disease until now. The UK's death toll due to the coronavirus is the fourth highest in Europe, behind Italy, Spain and France, all of whom have reported over 20,000 deaths. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/data-of-coronavirus-patients-state-wise-in-india/articleshow/74669748.cms">Coronavirus cases in India state wise</a>

Indians among worst affected Coronavirus minority groups in the UK, reveals official data

<ul><li>Doctors striking in <keyword id="6357783" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="West-bengal">West Bengal</keyword> have decided to hold discussions with CM <keyword id="43891" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mamta-Banerjee">Mamta Banerjee</keyword> over the safety issues. </li></ul><ul><li>However, the doctors have asked the presence of representatives of all medical colleges and national media to keep transparency. </li></ul><ul><li>Meanwhile, India’s leading medical association have widened the nationwide strike on 17 June. </li></ul>The doctors on strike in the state of West Bengal for improved security have decided to talk with West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee “to immediately end the impasse.” However, they have demanded the discussion to take place in the presence of media and include representatives of all medical colleges in the state. "The last press interview by our honourable Chief Minister was full of discrepancies which had led to false propagation of the motive behind our protests and the response of the government to it. Hence it needs clarification," said a representative from doctors strike. On 15 June , India’s leading doctors’ association, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), widened the nation-wide protest beyond West Bengal, where the strike started, across the country on 17 June, demanding better security to prevent any violent attack,<a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3014636/doctors-india-threaten-strike-demand-safety-after-attack"> reported </a>Reuters. The strike is going to cripple hundreds of government-run hospitals across India. The protest started in West Bengal after relatives of a dead patient attacked three junior doctors at the NRS Medical College in Kolkata leaving them seriously injured. The IMA, that now demands a legislation to protect the doctors, said the attack was “barbaric.” Over 30,000 doctors in the country joined the one-day long strike on 15 June, claimed medical associations. Previously, the IMA stretched the day long strike on Friday to over the weekend and decided to all non-essential services in all health care institutions on 17 June. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has urged all the Chief Ministers to take strict action against the assault. “The government must pass a law to make any attack on doctors a non-bailable offence with minimum 12 years of jail,” tweeted Vardhan. With the nation-wide protest going on since Friday now, most of the patients will likely have to wait outside hospitals for long hours, <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3014636/doctors-india-threaten-strike-demand-safety-after-attack">according to </a>Reuters. India’s government spending on health care is already among the lowest in the world. The protests are against the brutal attack on two junior doctors in Kolkata by the family members of a dead patient in the NRS Medical College and Hospital that took place late on June 10, doctors across the West Bengal and later across India had stopped working.

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