The Odisha government has warned all the private hospitals that action will be taken against them if they charge exorbitant fees from Covid-19 patients. The government said that all the  tests m...

Malda’s Alam and Nasrin also started free health camps  for needy families during the pandemic for the same reason. “Healthcare for the poor gets hit the hardest when there’s a ...

One can now walk into a camp organised by the civic body and give swab samples for an RT-PCR test for Covid-19 without a doctor’s prescription, officials said on Thursday. So far, the Calcutta ...

Two members of a team sent by the Union ministry of rural development to study the progress of different projects tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. They had undergone tests upon their arrival...

Bengal’s overall Covid-19 toll crossed 3,000 on Thursday but the state also achieved three significant positives, a 24-hour high in daily Covid-19 testing with 42,474, crossing 17 lakh tests in ...

The Centre on Thursday nudged 10 states, including Bengal, to “refine and strengthen” their testing, contact tracing and containment efforts and improve their ambulance and treatment servi...

India has crossed a milestone of testing over 10 lakh samples for Covid-19 in a day, with more than 3.44 crore such tests conducted so far, while the caseload in the country is nearing the 30 lakh-mar...

The Sikkim Progressive Youth Forum has threatened to take to the streets if the government fails to upgrade facilities at state hospitals and ensure free medicine and health services by November 30. ...

The health department has asked all hospitals treating Covid-19 patients to ensure that the vital signs of all admitted to intensive care units, cardiac care units and high dependency units are upload...

A private hospital cannot ask a Covid patient to vacate the bed if the person is unable to pay an advance, the Bengal health regulatory commission said on Saturday in the wake of criticism over an ear...