Bhopal, March 15 – The anti-measles vaccine that killed four babies in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district last week turned a killer because it was used over three hours after being mixed, a health official said Monday.
The samples of the vaccines were sealed and sent to New Delhi for examination and the vaccination programme was suspended.
While [...]
Jaipur, March 15 – Iraqis who have lost their legs in years of war and conflict would soon be mobile again, thanks to Jaipur Foot India would be providing them with.
Indian experts Monday left for Iraq to provide the Jaipur Foot, artificial legs known to be cosmetically and functionally close to the human limb, to [...]
New Delhi, March 15 – Around 340,000 people have benefited from drug de-addiction centres in the country over the last three years, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment D. Napolean said Monday.
‘The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment under the scheme of assistance for prevention of alcoholism and substance (drugs) abuse is financially [...]
New Delhi, March 15 – Come June 1, packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products will display pictures of cancerous mouths as health warnings, health officials said Monday.
The ‘grotesque’ picture will occupy at least 40 percent of the packet area and will be displayed on the top portion so that people could be dissuaded [...]
New Delhi, March 15 – A US-based Indian origin medical practitioner has moved the Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against a Kolkata hospital for ignoring the court’s order to pay a penalty of Rs.500,000 for causing his wife’s death due to medical negligence.
Kunal Saha of HIV/AIDS Research Center, Columbus, Ohio, has moved the [...]
New Delhi, March 14 – Tired yet relieved, parents and their little ones who came all the way from Uganda to seek treatment for heart diseases were Sunday seen off by Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, who said they had managed to ‘cross international frontiers that divide people’.
As part of aid organisation [...]
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 [...]
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