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A health worker collects a sample via Rapid Antigen kit for COVID-19 test, during Unlock 3.0, at Deonar in Mumbai. PTI photo

50 staffers, 21 patients infected by COVID19 at mental hospitals in...

At the Thane mental hospital, which houses 807 patients, so far 17 patients and 22 staffers have been afflicted by the...

21 Aug 2020 5:00 PM

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. (PTI Photo)

Maharashtra doctors association upset with Sanjay Raut's remarks, seek...

The statement made by Sanjay Raut is an insult to the young doctors in the state, the letter said

18 Aug 2020 3:24 AM

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was admitted to Mumbais Lilavati hospital after complaining of breathlessness. (PTI Photo)

Sanjay Dutt is fine, showing no COVID symptoms: Hospital

The 61-year-old actor has now been shifted from ICU to the normal ward and is expected to be discharged from the...

10 Aug 2020 4:10 AM

Centre has written to all states and Union Territories stating that smartphones and tablet devices should be allowed for hospitalised COVID-19 patients. (Representative Image)

Centre asks states, UTs to allow COVID patients to use smartphones in...

Appropriate protocols for disinfecting devices and allotting time slots can be developed by the hospital, Dr Rajiv Garg...

3 Aug 2020 5:34 AM

Mumbai crime branch busted a racket selling Covid-19 immunity booster injections Remdesivir at exorbitant cost and arrested seven persons. (PTI Photo)

Private hospitals in Mumbai struggling to get remdesivir, tocilizumab

The civic authority has received around 1,02,500 vials of remdesivir and 6,500 vials of tocilizumab so far

28 July 2020 5:46 AM

Maharashtras Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to buy remdesivir from a Gujarat-based company. (ANI Photo)

Maharashtra FDA to buy remdesivir from Gujarat firm

State FDA minister Rajendra Shingne said the government plans to publish the price and availability of the drugs online...

26 July 2020 10:25 AM

Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh tested positive for coronavirus and is isolating himself. (Photo- Facebook/ AskamShaikh)

Maharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh tests coronavirus positive

Shaikh, the Congress MLA from Malad-West seat in Mumbai, also said he will continue to work from home

21 July 2020 8:07 AM

BMC chief IS Chahal.

BMC chief rules out further lockdown in Mumbai, says situation on the...

He said that the pandemic is on the verge of coming under control as Mumbai's rate of people getting infected by a...

14 July 2020 11:50 PM

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya. BJP claimed that one more critical Covid-19 patient went missing from a hospital and his body was later found 200 meters away from the hospital. (PTI Photo)

COVID patient dies few hours after fleeing hospital, Somaiya demands...

Local residents recorded a video of the man struggling to breathe, and said they called the authorities several times

12 July 2020 7:34 AM

A 20-year-old cancer patient allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at the civic run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo-Social Media)

Cancer patient commits suicide in Mumbai hospital

The man hanged himself from a window grill by using his bed sheet, a police official said

10 July 2020 6:11 AM

BJP wrote a letter to home minister Anil Deshmukh urging him to roll out a more aggressive action plan to protect Mumbai police. (PTI Photo)

BJP's Kirit Somaiya demands aggressive action plan to protect Mumbai...

In the letter, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya stated that over 6,000 family members of the policemen are either sick or...

6 July 2020 6:44 AM

Mumbais Dahi Handi celebrations attract hundreds of participants each year. (File Photo)

Dahi Handi organisers in Mumbai cancel celebrations due to COVID-19

Organisers are deterred by the continuing spread of the pandemic

27 Jun 2020 2:15 AM