Health

BBMP had appointed a three-member committee to study the bed allotment system even before MP Tejasvi Surya alleged a scam. Here are the committee’s recommendations.

Bengaluru has a multitude of helplines for COVID patients. How do these helplines allot beds or follow up with patients? And do they actually help?

While retired professionals spoke of loneliness and anxiety, those who are still working to earn a living highlighted their livelihood challenges, vaccine hesitancy, and problems in receiving pension.

The study used data from an independent monitoring network set up in 27 major locations in 18 districts of Bengaluru by the Healthy Air Coalition.

The four step strategy – prevention, detection, isolation and intervention — to fight COVID-19.

Where do Bengaluru hospitals get oxygen from? Will the Centre’s increased allocation of 800 tonnes per day solve the city’s woes?

The pet’s physical and emotional welfare is important in these difficult times. A cooped up dog can exhibit signs of depression and lethargy.

This explainer provides information on testing, when to hospitalise and how to find hospital beds.

BBMP has allocated only Rs 50 crore for Covid management in this year’s budget. Will this be enough?

Apartments are now organising vaccination drives within their premises in collaboration with BBMP and hospitals. Here’s how you can organise a vaccination camp at your apartment.

COVID cases spiked from 243 per day in February to about 3000 cases per day in March. While the fatality rate is less than 0.5%, the cases are spreading more rapidly in the second wave.

At hospitals, don’t expect the process specified by COWIN to be followed, says a citizen who took his parents for their vaccine shots.