Chandigarh, March 14 – The subsidised surgery package programme of the Haryana government is becoming quite popular in the state with around 48,000 people benefiting from it in just seven months, officials said here Sunday.
The one-of-its-kind programme was launched in July last year in all government hospitals.
‘Increasing number of people are coming to government health [...]
Bhopal, March 14 – Four babies died and 16 were taken ill after they were administered anti-measles shots at a government health centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, officials said Sunday. A nurse has been arrested on charges of negligence.
Three children, aged between two to 12 months, died and 17 fell ill Saturday after they [...]
New Delhi, March 14 – After quantifying punishments for doctors accepting gifts, the Medical Council of India (MCI) Sunday said it has also written to the health ministry to regulate pharmaceutical companies luring doctors through gifts and free hospitality.
‘Doctors are under our jurisdiction and we have now regulated them. But the other half – pharma [...]
New Delhi, March 14 – Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine struggling to get due recognition oweing to its inadequate scientific validation, has now found a new patron in Apollo Hospitals. The chain will carry out research to establish ayurveda as potent system of medicine worldwide.
‘The Indian system of medicine has faced [...]
New Delhi, March 14 – India is developing an indigenous vaccine against Johne’s disease that is prevalent in cattle in many parts of northern India, the government has told parliament.
The indigenous vaccine against Johne’s disease/paratuberculosis, developed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), ‘is at an experimental stage,’ Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. [...]
New Delhi, March 13 – There is an urgent need to spread awareness about cardiovascular diseases like stroke and diabetes, Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi said here Friday.
‘Non-communicable diseaseS require our urgent attention and efforts to curtail it,’ Trivedi said while speaking at the inauguration of the Fifth National Congress of the Indian [...]
Ranchi, March 12 – The child mortality rate in Jharkhand has fallen steeply over the last nine years, Health Minister Baijnath Ram said here Friday.
‘The child mortality rate of Jharkhand was 72 in 2000, which reduced to 46 (in 2009). The national child mortality rate is 53,’ Ram told reporters.
New Delhi, March 12 – The government will fully reimburse families living below the poverty line (BPL) for treatment of heart and kidney diseases, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Lok Sabha Friday.
Azad admitted there were inadequate special health centres for heart and kidney diseases in the country.
‘We have started a two-pronged strategy — [...]
Jaipur, March 12 – Amputees in Sri Lanka, who lost their limbs during the prolonged civil war in the country, will now be able to lead a near normal life with the help of the Jaipur foot – artificial legs made in Rajasthan that are known for being cosmetically and functionally close to the human [...]
New Delhi, March 11 – Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, who was Thursday appointed as the goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS in India, will create awareness against AIDS along with the members of her Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab.
‘All our players will sport red ribbons during their matches. In our first match against Delhi [...]
