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Morning MEDtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal
New Delhi, August 17, 2018
- “There is no evidence of a Ventricular assist device being dislodged by chest compressions. The intervention can be lifesaving. CPR gives a VAD patient in cardiac arrest a 50 percent chance of survival. Without CPR, VAD patients in cardiac arrest will die.
- The MCI will begin installing CCTV cameras in classrooms, laboratories and out-patient departments of all medical colleges and associated hospitals by the end of this month as part of measures to weed out “ghost” and absent faculty. The initiative is a part of MCI’s Digital Mission Mode Project (DMMP). All regulatory mechanisms will be online to ensure professors turn up to teach and train students. The MCI’s attempts to make biometric attendance compulsory for teaching staff in medical colleges last year had failed. “People did not regularly mark attendance and in some cases, the machines were found broken and not repaired. Installing CCTVs should help. (HT)
- Health officials across the US are monitoring the spread of measles across 21 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to CDC, there have already been 107 cases reported this year. The majority of those cases were in people who were not vaccinated.
- In its first country report submitted to WHO’s Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS), India has acknowledged the growth of carbapenem-resistant strains in tertiary care settings at home. Carbapenem resistance is increasing every year at a very high rate of five to 10 per cent. Overall, the rate of antibiotic resistance to carbapenems in Indian tertiary care settings is anywhere between 50 to 70 per cent.”
Video to watch: Dr KK Aggarwal on TEDx Talks: Doctor-patient relationship at: https://www.
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
Vice President CMAAO
President HCFI
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