Heena Sharma Blog

  As we inch closer to the vaccine roll-out, the debate rages on about how to reach hundreds of millions of people in the most efficient way possible. It will be a gigantic task even though India has an established vaccination delivery system owing to its universal immunisation programmes. India has the world’s largest railways and road networks but a new, efficient method of transporting vaccines would be required, say Abhishek Chakravarty, an Assistant Professor of Law at Sai University in Chennai, and Abhijit Rajkhowa a mechanical engineer with interest in public policy. This is where a drone-based distribution system comes in. Many countries have used drones to deploy vaccines, since late 2018. There are instances of drone usage in emergency situations in India as well. The country's goal of an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and a $5 trillion economy isn’t achievable by ignoring a revolutionary technology that can bolster the fight against the pandemic, the writers say. Read More

A senior resident doctor of AIIMS , Delhi has tested positive for COVID-19 , official sources confirmed on Thursday. The doctor from the Physiology Department has now been admitted to the new private ward of the hospital and all those who had come in contact with him are being screened and advised home-quarantine accordingly. The family members of the doctor will also be screened and their samples will be tested, official sourcessaid, adding further contact-tracing has been initiated. The source of the infection is yet to be ascertained but official sources said the doctor does not have any foreign travel history so far. Two resident doctors of the Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi also have tested positive for COVID-19, besides two doctors of two Delhi government-run hospitals who have also tested positive for the coronavirus infection, they said. Read More

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS Bilaspur) has invited applications for the posts of professors, additional professors and others. Interested candidates can apply for the posts on or before November 30, 2019. AIIMS Recruitment 2019: Post details AIIMS Bilaspur is looking to fill 183 posts. Assistant Professor: 85 Posts Associate Professor: 39 Posts Professor: 33 Posts Additional Professor: 26 Posts How to apply for AIIMS Recruitment 2019 Eligible aspirants can apply through the offline mode. The application is available in the PGIMER, Chandigarh website -- pgimer.edu.in . Copies of certificates duly attested by a Gazetted Officer in support of educational qualifications, experience, age or date of birth certificate, No Objection Certificate from the present employer, if employed and one copy of challan form should be sent through registered post or Speed Post. All the documents attached with the application shall have to be produced in the original