Health Alert against Bird flu Outbreak savita thakur thakur26 Oct 2016 9:13 PM ISTNew Delhi: With birds in some parts of the country testing positive for avian influenza, the Centre issued a health advisory to states asking them to...
Country needs more psychiatrists, Govt addressing the shortage savita thakur thakur12 Oct 2016 9:16 AM ISTAcknowledging "massive scarcity" of mental health professionals in the country, the government said it was "making investments" to bridge the gap,...
Thailand makes abortion legal in case of birth defect cases linked to Zika savita thakur thakur7 Oct 2016 4:18 PM ISTBANGKOK: Predominantly Buddhist Thailand will relax its strict rules against abortion to cover fetuses with proven birth defects linked to the Zika...
Puducherry: Govt may introduce Acupuncture in government hospitals savita thakur thakur19 Sept 2016 1:14 PM ISTPuducherry: The Puducherry administration is exploring the possibility of introducing Acupuncture treatment in government hospital in Puducherry by...
Diseases death toll rises to 32, WHO urges for better representation of data savita thakur thakur16 Sept 2016 11:38 AM ISTNew Delhi: As the death toll of patients suffering from dengue and chikungunya rose to 32, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said he would convene a...
WHO Declares Malaria free Sri Lanka savita thakur thakur8 Sept 2016 9:31 AM ISTColombo: In a remarkable public health achievement, Sri Lanka has been certified as malaria free island country by World Health Organisation...
WHO urges South East Asian countries to accelerate efforts to end maternal and child mortality savita thakur thakur8 Sept 2016 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The World Health Organization emphasized on need of enhancing and expanding quality life-saving interventions to all mothers, newborns and...
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...
Short of 5 lakh doctors, India nears a Health Crisis savita thakur thakur3 Sept 2016 11:18 AM ISTNEW DELHI: In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016.In Kanpur,...
Columbia Asia Hospitals launches a comprehensive diabetes care program savita thakur thakur27 Aug 2016 5:25 PM ISTBangalore : India is the global diabetes capital with the highest number of people being affected by this disease here, as per statistics from the...
China over reliant on hospitals, needs more family doctors: WHO savita thakur thakur22 Aug 2016 2:22 PM ISTSHANGHAI: China's healthcare system is overly reliant on large, over-burdened hospitals, which will struggle to cope with a spike in diseases linked...
80 Percent of Indian doctors located in urban areas - KPMG OPPI Report savita thakur thakur21 Aug 2016 9:28 AM ISTNearly 75 per cent of dispensaries, 60 per cent of hospitals and 80 per cent of doctors are located in urban areas, serving only 28 per cent of the...
