ICU Preparedness during COVID-19

As the nation’s capital reiterates its decision of reserving 80% Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds for COVID-19 patients in private hospitals due to the surge in cases, a sense of caution flows across the nation’s healthcare community, to prepare for the challenges associated with rapid diagnosis, isolation, clinical management and infection prevention of the virus.…

COVID-19: An eye-opener for the Indian Healthcare sector?

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly overwhelmed healthcare systems around the world. And the healthcare system in India is no exception. With a population of over a billion people, the system is grappling to increase testing while curbing infection. And with the COVID-19 patients tally having crossed the five lakh mark, hospitals, both government and private,…

How I survived the pandemic-with belief and positivity

A detailed account of R. Balasubramanian’s, Associate Vice President, (ICU Business) Trivitron Healthcare, journey through COVID-19 I opened the envelope, with utter anxiety and deep nervousness, to read a laboratory report that was sent to me by my family physician. It read- “Corona negative” And I felt that feeling of relief, which translated into tears…

Medical Insights on the Nature of Pandemics

The concept of a pandemic is not alien to humankind. During human history, the world has seen many deadly diseases – The Plague or “Black Death” (14th century), Spanish Influenza (1918), HIV/AIDS (20th Century), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS, 2002-2003) – that went on to reshape the future of mankind. The most recent novel coronavirus…

The Story of Unsung Healthcare Heroes

It seems as though the world has become a stage, scripted and directed by the novel coronavirus, and we humans have assumed the role of actors, or in fact puppets of a pandemic that has left devastating and irreversible impacts on not just individuals but also the society we live in. Behind all this orchestrated…

The Importance of a Sustainable Healthcare System

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines a Sustainable Healthcare System as a system that improves, maintains or restores health, while minimizing negative impacts on the environment and leveraging opportunities to restore and improve it, to the benefit of the health and well-being of current and future generations. There is clear evidence suggesting that activities of…