Health

Bengaluru has a shaky record of providing medicines at affordable rates to its poor as its Jan Aushadi Kendras face a serious crisis of confidence

We analyse COVID death rate data from BBMP bulletins. Even accounting for the back-counting of cases, the results are far from comforting.

When Phase I of COVID waned, BBMP ward-level committees should have been planning to meet the healthcare needs of the local area.

From 30,000-40,000 COVID tests per day during the peak of the second wave, Bengaluru Urban is currently clocking 65,000-70,000 tests per day against the health department target of just over 24,000.

In the second wave of COVID, many issues could be managed only with the support of volunteers. Here are some that can be easily replicated.

A mental health fallout looms over Bengaluru with the coming of COVID’s second wave. It has to be dealt with at the individual and systemic levels.

The combination of digital misinformation about the vaccine and its unavailability is creating vaccine hesitancy among the less privileged, say experts.

Around 10% of the population could have long-term mental health issues due to the COVID pandemic. Support systems should be built to help people recover.

COVID care, immunisation or information about the virus: all these are reaching only a privileged population that is internet-savvy.

People living in and around Electronics City demand PHC, want BBMP administration in residential areas.

The Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association in Bengaluru, after its aggregator platform, plans a triage system for private COVID beds.

In this interview, Special Commissioner Randeep D, says external resources are helping only with queuing logic and user interface of the refreshed bed allocation software.