Universal health coverage, 24 new medical colleges: Union Budget 2018 Health Highlights Meghna A Singhania1 Feb 2018 12:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: All eyes across the country were today glued to the Finance Minister, as a progressed to pronounce the Union Budget 2018.The finance...
Bihar: Govt to pay Rs 500 every month to TB patients savita thakur thakur1 Feb 2018 9:17 AM ISTPatna: Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that the state government would pay Rs 500 to each tuberculosis patient every month for nutritious...
PM asks Chief Ministers to address challenge of TB in a mission mode savita thakur thakur23 Jan 2018 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to all chief ministers, asking them to address the challenge of tuberculosis as a matter of...
TB patients may soon get monthly social support from govt savita thakur thakur15 Jan 2018 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government plans to give Rs 500 a month to Tuberculosis (TB) patients to help them buy nutritious food and compensate them for travel...
TB patient dies at SCB Medical College Hospital after taking expired drugs savita thakur thakur1 Jan 2018 11:11 AM ISTCuttack: A 17-year-old girl, who had become critical allegedly after taking expiry medicines for tuberculosis (TB), died while undergoing treatment at...
Govt launches door to door campaign against TB savita thakur thakur15 Dec 2017 9:01 AM ISTNew Delhi:Â On the lines of its anti-polio drive, the health ministry has launched a 15-day door-to-door campaign across the country for early...
Daily DOTS course for newly detected TB patients launched in Kashmir savita thakur thakur31 Oct 2017 9:10 AM ISTSrinagar: The Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir (DHSK) launched a daily DOTS medicine course free of charge for newly detected tuberculosis...
Health Ministry introduces new drug for MDR TB savita thakur thakur6 Oct 2017 2:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: Concerned over the rising number of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis cases in the country, the health ministry will introduce a new...
India, US renew commitment to joint collaboration on health savita thakur thakur1 Oct 2017 9:15 AM ISTThe second India-U.S. Health Dialogue concluded in New Delhi. The bilateral dialogue was jointly inaugurated by Shri C K Mishra, Secretary (MoHFW),...
Amitabh Bachchan's UNICEF ambassadorship extended for two years savita thakur thakur26 July 2017 9:30 AM ISTMumbai: Bollywood' veteran actor and megastar Amitabh Bachchan's ambassadorship for UNICEF has been extended by another two years.Big B, who had...
Liquor ban in Bihar hits TB diagnosis, as labs stand without Ethyl Alcohol savita thakur thakur19 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...
GUEST BLOG: Will GST Mitigate The Cascading Effects Of Multiple Taxes On Healthcare? Ameera Shah21 Jun 2017 1:02 PM IST(By Ameera Shah, MD and Promoter, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd)In India, the healthcare sector has grown magnanimously since the last century....
