Union Minister Ashwini Choubey's brother dies in Bihar; two doctors suspended after relatives claim negligence Roshni Dhar29 Jan 2023 4:25 PM ISTIn an unfortunate incident, Union Minister Ashwini Choubey's brother Nirmal Choubey died of alleged medical negligence at the JLN Medical College and...
75 percent Shortfall of Obstetricians, Gynecologists at State CHCs: MoS Health MD Bureau23 March 2021 10:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Providing details regarding the availability of Obstetricians and Gynecologists at Community Health Centers (CHCs) in the rural areas,...
India imports 80 percent of its medical devices requirement: MoS Health Ruchika Sharma14 Feb 2021 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: India currently imports approximately 80 per cent of its requirement of medical devices, with the US, Germany, China, Singapore and...
Phase 1 trials of 2 indigenous COVID Vaccines reveal excellent safety: Minister Ruchika Sharma16 Sept 2020 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Phase-I clinical trials have revealed "excellent safety" of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in...
Malaria prone areas reduced to 63 from 132 in 2018: MoS Health informs Parliament Medical Dialogues Bureau15 Dec 2019 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government has identified malaria-prone areas of the country and the number of high endemic districts has reduced from 132 in 2016 to...
Exact cause of AIIMS fire not known: Health Minister tells Lok Sabha Garima24 Nov 2019 1:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: The exact cause of the fire at the teaching block of AIIMS here in August could not be determined though it appears to have originated from...
One doctor for every 1445 patients in India, still behind WHO-prescribed 1:1,000: Govt Garima20 Nov 2019 3:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: There is one doctor for every 1,445 Indians as per the country's current population estimate of 135 crore, which is lower than the WHO's...
Health Minister becomes victim to Ink Attack outside Patna Hospital Garima15 Oct 2019 5:19 PM ISTPatna: Ashwini Kumar Choubey, the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare recently became a victim of ink attack outside Patna Medical College...
Advisory issued to states, UTs to fill up vacant posts of doctors, paramedics in hospitals: Choubey Medical Dialogues Bureau14 July 2019 10:17 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has advised all states and UTs to fill up vacant posts of doctors and para-medical staff in hospitals to avoid...
Acute Encephalitis Syndrome: Death toll touches 162 in Bihar, 63 in seven other states Medical Dialogues Bureau10 July 2019 9:00 AM ISTIn 2019, a total of 162 deaths of children have been reported from Bihar till July 2 due to AES. As per information received from the National Vector...
Around 11.57 lakh allopathic doctors, 7.88 lakh AYUSH practitioners in India: Health Ministry informs Parliament Medical Dialogues Bureau5 July 2019 9:00 AM ISTA little over 11.57 lakh allopathic doctors are registered with the state medical councils and the Medical Council of India as on January 31, and...
Ashwini Kumar Choubey takes charge as MoS Health Garima6 Jun 2019 2:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mr Ashwini Kumar Choubey recently took charge as Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. Choubey has been reassigned the health...
