Dr. Ramakanta

Why did I always want to have Covaxin instead of any other one ?

( My personal opinion, not one of those numerous meta analyses .) Today, We are given the first dose of Covaxin. All the Health Care Workers got it. We didn’t have a choice. Health care Workers in India got the Covid Vaccine free of cost and on a priority basis. This is an huge advantage.Continue reading “Why did I always want to have Covaxin instead of any other one ?”

Death after a vaccine shot

Soon India is going to vaccinate ONE CRORE of its Health workers. It will be immediately followed by 3 CRORE Front Line workers and 27 crore elderly peoples and citizens with other medical conditions. That is a staggering 30 crores people getting injections over a period, say one year. Then one elderly person in yourContinue reading “Death after a vaccine shot”

COWIN the Platform

CO-WIN platform: when the Platform is bigger than the Product. Here is a question for you. How many cars does Uber own ? Or Ola ? … Nil. Uber is the biggest taxi service in the world. How many hotel rooms does OYO own ? Or Airbnb? … Nil. Airbnb is the largest lodging andContinue reading “COWIN the Platform”

The virus has mutated.

Delta Plus virus is expected to be more transmissible and escape most of our vaccines.
Will it usher in the third wave ?

Role of Central Hospital in the Covid Preparedness of Central Hospital/ECOR- a brief overview

December 13, 2020 A Despicable Distinction. India has just achieved the despicable distinction of having One Crore Covid cases. Soon our death toll may touch 1.5 lakh from Covid-19. The world shall reach 75 crore cases and a staggering 16 lakh deaths. Surprisingly, all this happened in only 9 months. Unbelievable. In a matterContinue reading “Role of Central Hospital in the Covid Preparedness of Central Hospital/ECOR- a brief overview”