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Fortis Healthcare expanded isolation bed capacity at its Noida Sector 62 facility after Gurgaon district schools logged cluster-style influenza absences, telling parents to keep febrile children home until 24 hours after fever breaks without antipyretics.
ICMR cleared six new Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory nodes for Kerala districts after post-monsoon dengue admissions rose sharply, while state officials said turnaround times for serotype typing still lag peak weeks in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.
Fortis Hospital Anandapur opened extra weekday bariatric pre-operative nutrition blocks after corporate Durga Puja catering referrals pushed sleeve-gastrectomy waitlists past six weeks, routing high-BMI employees through supervised protein modules before surgeons clear operating slots.
AIIMS Delhi opened extra evening platelet transfusion bays after municipal dengue counts crossed last September’s peak, telling resident doctors to reserve slots for patients with confirmed counts below ministry thresholds rather than prophylactic requests from private labs.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is installing prefabricated isolation cubicles at two peripheral hospitals after ICMR flagged leptospirosis risk in communities where Yamuna floodwater has only begun to recede and monsoon tail rains still soak Mumbai lanes.
