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Third wave in India in 6 to 8 weeks if Covid Appropriate Behavior is not followed

AIIMS director Randeep Guleria expressed fears

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2 years ago

June 20, 2021

If the Covid Appropriate Behavior rules are not followed, the third wave of Corona will hit the country in the next 6 to 8 weeks, i.e. in one and a half to two months, said the director of AIIMS Hospital, Dr. Randeep Guleria has said. Currently many states have enacted some rules of corona restriction to prevent corona. These are the rules like wearing mask, double masking, not crowding, social distance. People should take these rules very seriously. Randeep Guleria fears that if not, the third wave of corona could come in the next six to eight weeks.

Lockdown at the national level will not be a solution. Because it will affect our economy. The solution may be to create a containment zone and lock it down. The focus will have to be on the areas where the corona grows. It is important to focus on the segment and focus on the weekly positivity rate. Despite all this, the important thing is that it will be very important to follow the rules that prohibit corona. If it doesn’t, the third wave of corona will come in six to eight weeks.

Can a third wave occur in young children?

Randeep Guleria has also given an answer in this regard. So far no information has been released that the third wave will occur in young children. However, Guleria clarified.

“We don’t even know how dangerous the third wave of corona can be for children,” said Randeep Guleria. The virus mutates, its variants are formed, which means that the virus changes its form. This causes waves of corona. Lockdown helps prevent infection. But after the lockdown is unlocked, people get crowded and this can increase the infection. Right now we have no concrete paper in hand or even a solid claim on the basis of which we can say that the third wave of corona would be more dangerous for young children. No data available. He also clarified that it is not at the national level or at the global level.

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Govt to conduct Breast Cancer screening camps: Vishwajit Rane

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1 year ago

July 5, 2022

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Panaji: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has said that the state government will conduct awareness camps for Breast Cancer screening in Goa. Rane said that the camps will help early detection of the Breast cancer.

He said that empowering women through our wellness and health scheme is another aspect of empowering women in the state.

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Goa reports 201 COVID-19 positive cases on Wednesday, no deaths

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1 year ago

June 29, 2022

Priyanka Shet

Panaji: Goa on Wednesday reported 201 fresh cases taking the total number of COVID-19 infections in the state to 2,48,540. As per the State Health Department’s bulletin, 201 new infections were reported on Wednesday taking the toll to 2,48,540.

As many as 151 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day on Wednesday, taking the count of recoveries to 2,43,720, while the death toll remained at 3,838 with no new deaths reported. The state now has 982 active cases, he said.

At least 1361 swab samples were tested on Wednesday, taking the total number of tests carried out in the state to 19,79,873.

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10,000 breast cancer screenings successfully completed under the ‘Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa’ initiative

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1 year ago

May 20, 2022

Priyanka Shet

Panaji: Breast cancer screening of 10,000 women across Goa has been successfully completed under the ‘Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa’ initiative of cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s YouWeCan Foundation, the SBI Foundation and the Government of Goa., a senior funtionary said.

The initiative which was launched in October 2021, aims to screen 1 lakh women in Goa for breast cancer, thereby ensuring that 50% of the age eligible female population in the State is screened.

In a press statement issued here, the YouWeCan Foundation has said that free of cost breast cancer screening is being conducted at 35 Health Centres across Goa along with multiple outreach camps.

“Till date, 142 outreach camps have been held in various parts of Goa. Of the 10,000 women who have been screened so far, 7 women have been diagnosed positive for breast cancer and their treatment has already commenced,” the press statement adds.

All the suspected cases have been referred to the Goa Medical College & Hospital and district hospitals for further investigations and complete treatment.

Goa’s Director of Health Services Geeta Kakodkar has congratulated the initiative and said that early detection is the key and screening eligible women is a big step forward towards this. “I am sure our sustained efforts will reach all eligible women and benefit them,”she added.

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh is quoted in the press statement as saying “ Breast Cancer is the most common form of cancer in India but around 70 per cent of the breast cancer patients in our country get diagnosed in advanced stages due to lack of screening.”

“ Our endeavour through the ‘Swasth Mahila, Swasth Goa’ initiative is to provide a screening platform to the entire female population of Goa for early detection and timely treatment,” he added.

Singh said that now that the project has picked up momentum in Goa, we aim to achieve our target of screening 1 lakh women across the State in the next 18 months.

“In the near future, we plan to scale up our breast cancer screening initiative by taking it to other states. Our ultimate goal is to make it a pan-India initiative and help women across India have access to early detection mechanism for breast cancer,” he added.

Lalit Mohan, President and COO, SBI Foundation, said that “SBI Foundation is proud to be funding this unique initiative, Swasth Mahila Swasth Goa, to create awareness on breast cancer, break stigma and mobilise women folk to come forward and take charge of their health and thereby making Goa a model state for breast cancer screening. (GoaNewsHub)