Speed Post News Network
New Delhi : Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, in collaboration with ‘Modulus Housing’, a start-up incubated by IIT Madras, has come up with a solution using decentralised approach to detect, manage and treat COVID-19 patients in local communities through portable microstructures.
The portable microstructure is named as “MediCAB”, which is modular, portable, durable, easy to set up, and can be customised as per the requirements of the customer. It is foldable and is composed of four zones – a doctor’s room, an isolation room, a medical room/ward, and a twin-bed ICU, maintained at negative pressure. It can be easily transported and installed anywhere in geographic locations and can be erected in just two hours with the help of four persons, according to a PIB release.
Kerala: Regarding the issue of collection of CDRs of Covid patients, the State government told the Kerala High Court that that it required just the tower location of Covid positive patients not the other call details of a more personal nature. The Court was also informed that CDRs are not being collected at the moment. Meanwhile, the weekly Cabinet meet did not take place on August 19, 2020, as Chief Ministers and six other Ministers are under self- quarantine following a visit to Karipur air crash site.
Maharashtra: Seven of the ten districts in India with highest Covid Test Positivity rate are in Maharashtra indicating the virus is spreading fast in the state and testing needs to be ramped up. The seven districts are : Raigad, Thane, Nashik, Dhule, Pune, Jalgaon, and Satara. Raigad with a case positivity rate of 31.7% tops the chart, while Mumbai with a Positivity rate of 19.7% is not in the top 10 list. Other three districts are located in Bihar.
Public Health experts consider positivity rate, which is the proportion of tests that return positive result, a key benchmark to gauge disease transmission The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government if it has a regulatory mechanism in place to ensure that private hospitals and nursing homes do not overcharge for PPE kits and other ancillary items during the COVID-19 pandemic. Maharashtra government has directed district collectors to take strict action against hospitals covered under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana and yet found to be overcharging COVID-19 patients.