Health Ministry issues National Policy on thalassemia supriya25 July 2017 9:20 AM ISTThe Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel has expressed the importance to frame the guidelines on thalassemia in a written...
Contraceptive pills, Vitamin A, ORS packs not available in 24 states: CAG savita24 July 2017 2:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Essential drugs for patients were not available in 24 states and medicines were issued without prescribed quality checks or observing their...
Uttar Pradesh: Govt planning to strengthen telemedicine services savita24 July 2017 2:42 PM ISTLucknow: To strengthen telemedicine services in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to introduce a scheme under which people,...
Less than one doctor for 1000 population in India: Government to Lok Sabha savita22 July 2017 9:39 AM ISTNEW DELHI: India has less than one doctor for every 1000 population which is less than the World Health Organisation (WHO)  standard, the Lok Sabha...
Dengue Death cases: 22 lives claimed by dengue so far this year savita22 July 2017 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi:Â Twenty-two people have died of dengue so far this year, while as many as 20,664 cases of the vector-borne disease were reported in the...
Praja Foundation gets BMC notice for misinterpreting facts in Health Report Ruby21 July 2017 9:25 AM ISTMumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a notice to NGO Praja Foundation for "misinterpreting" facts in its latest health...
Andhra Pradesh: 15000 Tribals suffering from Malaria, says Report savita21 July 2017 9:20 AM ISTVisakhaptnam: Medical reports had confirmed that there were 15,000 Tribals suffering from malaria in the agency in the District, According to Girijana...
CGHS beneficiaries aged 80 and above to have doctors on call savita20 July 2017 10:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Beneficiaries of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) aged 80 and above will no more need to stand in a queue for consulting doctors...
Private hospitals perfrom 3 times more C-sec deliveries than govt hospitals savita20 July 2017 9:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Private hospitals perform more than thrice the number of c-section deliveries as compared to government hospitals, the Rajya Sabha was...
Liquor ban in Bihar hits TB diagnosis, as labs stand without Ethyl Alcohol savita19 July 2017 9:51 AM ISTPatna: The ban on liquor in Bihar may have had some positives but it has taken a toll on the diagnosis of tuberculosis in the state.Conducting tests...
Telangana Govt to purchase 268 dialysis units: Lakshma Reddy savita19 July 2017 9:51 AM ISTHyderabad: Telangana Health Minister Dr C Lakshma Reddy said that better health services would be offered in the state as tenders were finalised for...
Total Twenty Five 50-bedded AYUSH hospitals with an outlay of Rs 145 cr approved savita19 July 2017 9:50 AM ISTMinister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH, Shri ShripadYesso Naik in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, recently apprised the...
