Health ministry forms committee of doctors to tackle emergencies savita8 May 2017 5:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda has formed a five-member committee of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) doctors to deal...
Health ministry to launch pneumonia vaccine on May 13 savita5 May 2017 10:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union government will launch pneumonia vaccine, under its universal immunisation programme, in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on...
No criminality in procurements by AIIMS in 2012-14: CBI to HC savita4 May 2017 12:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: The CBI has told the Delhi High Court that it did not register graft cases against senior officials of AIIMS for alleged irregularities in...
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...
Fill up vacancies at AIIMS: Parliamentary panel to govt savita10 April 2017 12:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: A parliamentary panel has asked the health ministry to put in additional efforts to reduce the number of vacancies at AIIMS in New Delhi so...
India to tweak definition of blindness to meet WHO stipulation savita27 March 2017 1:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: The government is set to change a four-decade-old definition of blindness to bring it in line with the WHO criteria and ensure the Indian...
Health Ministry asked to Review PC-PNDT ACt: Minister savita23 March 2017 12:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel through a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, recently updated the...
Health Ministry sets up task force to combat glaucoma savita20 March 2017 5:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: A national task force has been set up by the Health Ministry to reduce the incidence of irreversible blindness caused due to...
Health ministry bill to tackle public health emergencies savita25 Feb 2017 10:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: The health ministry has proposed a bill that seeks to empower state and local authorities to take appropriate actions to tackle public...
Health Ministry to study deaths due to pollution soon: Dave savita24 Feb 2017 11:47 AM ISTNew Delhi: Expressing his reservations on global reports linking deaths to air pollution, Environment Minister Anil Dave said a study will soon be...
National Medical Commission Bill 2016: Health Ministry inches ahead savita22 Feb 2017 11:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: With an aim to introduce a complete reform the medical sector in the country, the government has made a significant move ahead towards the...
National Health Policy could not come up for Cabinet consideration: Jaitley savita18 Feb 2017 10:23 AM ISTNew Delhi: The national health policy which proposes to provide “assured health services to all” could not come up in the Union Cabinet meeting...
