Healthcare

The first-of-its-kind facility will have triple safety layers for patients, nurses as well as doctors as well as an isolated quarantine facility away from other patients.

The PhD student has also made cumulated observations from physiotherapists at the Royal Children’s Hospital to see how video consultations can help treat rural and remote patients.

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Hari Prasad, the village head, observed that a few girls had stopped attending school in the middle of the term without any explanation or warning. He found this to be very peculiar, and when he tried to find out why this was happening, he realised that menstruation was the reason.

In Australia, it has only been tried in-vitro (outside a living body, in artificial conditions, usually a test tube) and has been found to be effective.

The village is expected to comprise a demarcated space for the cultivation of medicinal plants, ayurvedic product manufacturing units and a state-of-the-art research centre.

He played a significant role in diagnosing the second patient affected by the Nipah virus, which created awareness about it, and helped drive action before an epidemic could silently break out.

The Nipah virus outbreak in northern parts of Kerala has claimed up to 10 lives in the past 48 hours.

Although there is no discovered vaccine for either humans or animals, the primary treatment for human cases is intensive supportive care.