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State used up only 5% of H1N1 vaccine
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The Centre is upset that Maharashtra, one of the states to be worst affected by swine flu last year, has managed to consume just about 5% of vaccine doses provided to it.
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In capital, the foreign hand now works on sculpting 6-packs & biceps
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Will it be zumba, kettle-bell or mixed martial arts? Gym trainers from abroad - the US, UK, South Africa, Holland - bringing to the national capital region (NCR)
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28 people hospitalised after consuming prasad
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At least 28 devotees were taken ill and admitted to the district hospital after consuming prasad at a local temple today.
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State organ registry marks 100th transplant in two years
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When the doctors at KG Hospital in Coimbatore declared a 38-year-old road traffic victim brain dead on Saturday,
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AIDS lessons for councillors: AIDS Control
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AIDS Control Society of UT administration is going to organize an awareness programme for councillors of municipal corporation at the UT guest house next week.
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Weather cools down, health department gets cautious
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The health department has increased its disease surveillance over identifying pneumonia cases in the city.
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200-bed hospital for Naharkatia
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Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that a 200-bed civil hospital will be set up in Naharkatia and at least five model hospitals will be established in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
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Orissa Government to open Four ANM training centres in KBK area
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Four ANM training centres will be opened in the KBK area. The Union government has approved for opening of ANM training centres.
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Man awaiting kidney transplant dies, relatives donate heart valves, liver
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On Tuesday, when 49-year-old G Rajendran, a school teacher in Tiruvannamalai, was breathing on a ventilator following a road accident,
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Sterilise court to try Raju: Nims doctor
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In an interesting development in the Satyam scam case, Dr Ajit Kumar, head of the gastroenterology wing of Nims, who is treating prime accused B Ramalinga Raju
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Staffers of civic TB hosp stage protest
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For the second consecutive day, civic officials had to manage agitated staff of a hospital. While the staff at the Group of TB Hospitals held an agitation on Thursday to draw attention to their problems,
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15 test positive for H1N1
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As 15 more people tested positive for H1N1 on Friday, the BMC cautioned that increased numbers could be because of random testing in private labs.
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Red Ribbon Express arriving Dimapur tomorrow
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The famous Red Ribbon Express (RRE), carrying awareness messages and information on HIV/AIDS, will arrive at Dimapur Railway Station tomorrow for two days.
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Cholera cases detected in Assam
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Assam has reported two confirmed and four suspected cases of cholera at Tezpur in Sonitpur district since last week, state Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma said here today.
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Assam govt to sponsor heart-hole corrective surgery for children
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In a unique scheme, the Assam government today announced free heart-hole corrective surgery for children of the state at the Bangalore-based Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals.
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Few doctors ready to serve in rural Meghalaya: Sangma
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Medical specialists in Meghalaya would rather resign from government service than serve in rural areas, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said here Tuesday.
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Karimganj PHE division achieves record targets
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Karimganj Public Health Engineering division has set a record in implementation of Total Sanitation Campaign project works during the last financial year in different development blocks.
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Minister flays media for spreading false news on fever
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Health minister P K Sreemathi said that news on outbreak of fever is media creation and there is no basis in the report. She alleged that the media has been spreading false news against the Left prior to elections
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Tribal boy set to decode TB gene
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Mr Lakawath Chiranjeevi, 22, a tribal youth and son of a daily wage labourer, is one among a 25-member team of scientists trying to unravel the genome of mycobacterium tuberculosis that causes TB.
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Doctors transfer :New order to be issued today
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Health minister P K Sreemathi admitted that there were anomalies in the transfer orders given to doctors issued as part of implementing specialty cadre.
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Docs prescribe buttermilk as diarrhoea cases increase
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With several pockets of the city reeling under an outbreak of diarrhoea, doctors are stressing on the need to consume only disinfected drinking water and clean, home-cooked food.
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Petition seeks transparency in JIPMER entrance examination
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The father of an applicant for MBBS course in JIPMER, Puducherry, has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the institute authorities to follow a transparent process in conducting the entrance examination
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Action against doctors for disobeying transfer orders
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Health minister P K Sreemathi said that action will be taken against doctors who are absent from duty after getting the transfer orders. Transfers for people who have worked in the same place for years is common.
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NCC organises grand cycle rally on Anti-Tobacco Day
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19th Battalion NCC, Ranchi organised a grand cycle rally on World Anti-Tobacco Day to spread this message. Rally was organised under Lt Col AK Patra.
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100 docs watch knee surgery
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Over 100 orthopaedic surgeons from Bangalore and other cities gathered at Hosmat Hospital on Sunday to witness a complex knee-replacement surgery.
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