Bias against AIDS patients to land people in jail for two yrs savita thakur thakur8 Oct 2016 12:14 PM ISTDiscriminating against people with HIV and AIDS may soon land the offenders in jail for a maximum of two years besides a fine of up to Rs one lakh,...
Cabinet approves amendment to HIV/AIDS Bill savita thakur thakur6 Oct 2016 1:25 PM ISTA draft law, which seeks to protect the interests of persons with HIV and AIDS, got more teeth on Wednesday with the government approving amendments...
Private blood bank launched in Narayana Hospital savita thakur thakur24 Sept 2016 9:22 AM ISTHowrah:Â A private blood bank along with transfusion service was launched at the Narayana Super speciality Hospital.Inaugurating the blood bank in the...
India is struggling with shortage of Health workforce: Nadda savita thakur thakur7 Sept 2016 1:21 PM ISTNEW DELHI: India is "grappling" with shortage of health workforce while high rates of tobacco use is contributing to the rise in non-communicable...
2234 get HIV via blood transfusion in India, Govt claims ignorance savita thakur thakur7 Sept 2016 1:18 PM ISTAs many as 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after receiving blood transfusions in hospitals between October 2014 and...
Odisha: Boy suffering from thalassemia stated to have contracted HIV savita thakur thakur1 Sept 2016 9:11 AM ISTBerhampur: Â A four-year-old boy, suffering from thalassemia, is stated to have contracted HIV after he was allegedly given infected blood at MKCG...
Maharashtra: US Ambassador visits Sai Hospital in Mumbai savita thakur thakur3 Aug 2016 1:16 PM ISTÂ Mumbai: US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma paid a visit to Sai Hospital in Dharavi slum here where a US aid agency supporting a programme to test...
NAAT machine installed at MKCG Medical College & Hospital savita thakur thakur23 Jun 2016 2:02 PM ISTA machine for Nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) used for testing blood has been installed at MKCG Medical College and Hospital which would...
Voluntary unpaid blood donations must increase rapidly : WHO savita thakur thakur14 Jun 2016 2:39 PM ISTGENEVA - Voluntary, unpaid blood donations must be increased rapidly in more than half the world’s countries in order to ensure a reliable supply of...
Thailand eradicates mother to child HIV transmission savita thakur thakur10 Jun 2016 7:19 PM ISTBangkok : Thailand has become the first Asian country to eradicate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organisation...
Shocking : 2,234 cases of HIV through blood transfusion in past 1.5 years savita thakur thakur2 Jun 2016 5:31 PM ISTIn a shocking revelation an RTI query to NACO has unfortunately painted a dismal picture of healthcare services in the country. The RTI simply...
Patna: HIV patients being shunned from government hospitals Geeta Sharma Sharma27 May 2016 8:31 AM ISTPatna: Reports of refusal or avoidance by surgeons to treat HIV patients is filtering in from the state of Patna. HIV patients are now turning to...
