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Introduction: Highest body controlling India’s Covid vaccination program is known as NEGVAC ( National Expert Group of Vaccine Administration for Covid-19). The Day to day vaccination is regulated by an App- COWIN. District collectors are directly responsible for appropriate vaccination of citizens residing within their jurisdiction. For Bhubaneswar, Commissioner BMC is the nodal. He isContinue reading “Railway Vaccination Centre- Facts and Fictions.”

Now that 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose is available over the counter at Rs 990/- ,we shall review the drug and find out facts from fictions around the new molecule. 2DG is not new. It is a repurposed drug. It has been long used in cancer chemotherapy till date. Let’s see how will it perform against Covid-19. The manufacturer’sContinue reading “2-DG Decoded ( 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose)”

Introduction:- Countries around the world are racing against time to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus. Today, speed is the sole criteria. The quicker the better…Not enough jabs To cover its entire adult (over 18 years) population, India needs 1.9 billion doses of vaccines. If these vaccines were to be administered over the next 12Continue reading “WCVC, Udaygiri.”

Remembering Cyclone Fani As the Neon Sign Board just above our OT was ripped off,… The water tank above the OT flew down with a loud thud,… This baby girl gave a luscious cry inside our OT…. Baby Fani was born in the Railway hospital. ( I have already taken off my gloves and halfContinue reading “03 MAY, 2019, 11.03 AM”

Drug repurposing is the process of using already approved drugs for a new disease.  One of the three greatest silver linings of the pandemic Covid-19 is to accord EUA ( Emergency Use Authorisation) to a lot of repurposed drugs in our fight against the Pandemic. ( The other two things are in the advancement ofContinue reading “Drug Repurposing to fight covid-19”