Oxygen therapy Current Affairs, GK & News
NPPA caps prices of oxygen cylinders
On September 26, 2020, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority capped the prices of oxygen cylinders and medical oxygen cylinders. Background The demand of medical oxygen in India has increased by four times due to COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, demand for medical oxygen in the country has increased from 750 metric tonnes per day to 2,800 metric ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Liquid Oxygen • national list of essential medicines • NPPA • Oxygen • Oxygen therapy
2019 edition of World Sickle Cell Day (WSCD)
The World Sickle Cell Day (WSCD) is observed every year on 19th of June to raise public awareness about the sickle cell disease and its treatment methods. Sickle cell disease is an inherited form of anaemia in which red blood cells are not able to carry adequate oxygen throughout the body. Government has organised several ..
Topics: Branches of biology • Clinical medicine • Dominic Eneji • Health in Africa • Hematopathology • Hemoglobins • Medicine • Oxygen therapy • Red blood cell • RTT • Sickle cell disease