Kerala: Private hospitals declared tobacco smoke free savita10 Nov 2016 9:20 AM ISTKochi: Kerala's private healthcare sector today declared all its institutions tobacco smoke-free as part of its patient-welfare and public health...
WHO urges SE Asian countries to strengthen vigilance against stroke savita30 Oct 2016 10:41 AM ISTNew Delhi : The World Health Organisation (WHO) urged the countries of the Southeast Asian region to strengthen their health care system to tackle the...
Health Alert against Bird flu Outbreak savita26 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 savita12 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 savita7 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 savita19 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 savita16 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 savita8 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 savita8 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 savita7 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 savita3 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 savita27 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...
