TB patient dies at SCB Medical College Hospital after taking expired drugs savita1 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 savita15 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 savita31 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 savita6 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 savita1 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 savita26 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 savita19 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....
Health Ministry committed to eradicating TB by 2025: Nadda savita17 Jun 2017 10:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda  unveiled a booklet highlighting notable achievements of the Health Ministry in three years of Prime...
Shame: Indian Healthcare ranked 154, Far Behind Bangladesh, Nepal, China, Sri Lanka savita21 May 2017 10:36 AM ISTNEW DELHI: India has a lot of catching up to do with its neighbours, including China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of...
Tuberculosis free India: J P Nadda formulates strategy to eliminate TB by 2025 savita21 May 2017 9:45 AM ISTIndia pledged its commitment to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the global goal to reduce the number of such deaths by 90 per cent...
Will carry forward PM's Vision on Generic Medicines: Nadda savita11 May 2017 12:26 PM ISTNew Delhi: Days after the Centre barred a Delhi-based health NGO from receiving foreign funding, Health Minister J P Nadda said his ministry was...
