Drug to treat MDRTB to be made available across the country: Government savita12 April 2017 1:06 PM ISTNEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to expand the availability of Bedaquiline, a drug used for treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis, across the...
Health ministry for abolishing tax exemption to bidi industry savita12 April 2017 12:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: The health ministry has asked the finance ministry to do away with tax exemptions traditionally given to the bidi industry and impose a...
Suicide attempt by mentally ill people not punishable: New law savita11 April 2017 9:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: Attempts to commit suicide by a mentally ill person will not be punishable under a new law that has got assent from President Pranab...
Medical Negligence: Human Rights Commission fines Govt, Recommends suspension of Doctor Meghna A Singhania10 April 2017 3:28 PM ISTMumbai: In a  medical negligence case pending before the Maharashtra State Human Rights commission, the commission  is reported to have pronounced its...
National ayurveda institutes to come up in 5 more cities savita10 April 2017 1:10 PM ISTIndore: The Ayush Ministry plans to set up five more All India Institutes of Ayurveda after the one in New Delhi, Union Minister Shripad Yesso Naik...
Attention: Parliamentary panel invites suggestions on surrogacy regulation bill Meghna A Singhania10 April 2017 12:54 PM ISTSend your feedbacks to rs-chfw@sansd.nic.in by 13th April, 2017New Delhi, Apr 10: A parliamentary panel examining a bill which seeks to ban commercial...
Govt revisits strategy to combat tuberculosis: Nadda savita10 April 2017 10:09 AM ISTDharamshala:Â The government is revisiting its strategy to combat tuberculosis after setting an ambitious target to eradicate the dreaded disease from...
Amethi lacks medical facilities: Smriti Irani savita10 April 2017 9:09 AM ISTLucknow: Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani said that Amethi was facing an acute shortage of CHCs and PHCs and asked Uttar Pradesh Health Minister...
Make sex determination test compulsory, says Maharashtra House panel Meghna A Singhania9 April 2017 4:27 PM ISTMUMBAI: A key Maharashtra assembly committee has recommended making pre-natal sex determination mandatory to prevent female foeticide.The suggestion...
Govt mulling introducing wellness and medical tourism policy savita9 April 2017 10:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Centre is planning to launch a wellness and medical tourism policy on International Yoga Day on June 21 to tap the huge potential of...
Maharashtra optimising technology to take medical treatment to poor savita9 April 2017 9:59 AM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said his government will optimise technology to take benefits of medical treatment to the poor...
Promoting Medical Research: Niti Ayog proposes Major Overhaul savita9 April 2017 9:12 AM ISTNew Delhi: The National Institution for Transforming India Aayog has proposed changes to the approval processes in the pharmaceutical and medical...
