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As Spain battles virus, medics' unions hit out
Spain’s doctors and nurses, who have released clips of each other cutting up plastic garbage bags to use as protective clothing, say their situation...
Telangana to use CMRF money to procure PPEs
6 April 2020 10:13 AM ISTChief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao directed the officials to utilise the donations to procure Personal Protection Equipments (PPEs), masks and...
Docs provided safety gear, but support staff exposed to threat
9 April 2020 1:57 AM ISTEven as the State Health department denies any shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at government hospitals, the nurses, lab technicians,...
No need to panic over availability of PPE: Health ministry
9 April 2020 6:49 PM ISTThe Union health ministry on Thursday said there is no need to panic over the availability of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE), but...
Akshay Kumar donates 3cr for rapid testing kits, PPE
10 April 2020 2:26 PM ISTAkshay Kumar has donated Rs 3 crore to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for the manufacture of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), masks, and...
UK doctors' and nurses' lives at risk from lack of protection...
11 April 2020 4:50 PM IST“It is absurd that the people trained to treat this disease are the ones who are not being appropriately protected – and without them, we face real...
Priti Patel apologises over PPE failings amid pandemic
12 April 2020 3:18 PM ISTPatel's comments come after repeated complaints from NHS staff and medical experts that there has been a shortage of specialist equipment, amid...
Struggle, fear and heartbreak for medical staff on virus frontline
15 April 2020 10:51 AM ISTHospital workers are dealing with a huge influx of patients, while also facing a lack of equipment in many cases and the fear of becoming infected...