Cabinet approves health plan for urban poor
byNew Delhi: The cabinet Wednesday approved a scheme to provide healthcare to the urban poor under the over-arching National Health Mission (NHM), official sources…
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Over 600 pigs die of swine fever in Mizoram
byAizawl, May 1 (IANS) Over 600 pigs have died from swine fever and about 12,200 have been infected in the past two months in…
Nigerian girl undergoes rare limb-salvage surgery
byNew Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Doctors in a city hospital claim to have performed a rare “limb-salvage” surgery to avoid amputating the left leg…
Bird flu toll in China rises to 24
byShanghai, May 1 (IANS/EFE) An 89-year-old man has died in Shanghai from bird flu, raising the toll from the outbreak of the H7N9 strain…
Fear of fake drugs haunts Kashmiris
bySrinagar: What started as an allegation over the wrongful purchase of antibiotics by a government-appointed committee in Jammu and Kashmir has now started haunting…
Fortis launches ‘next-generation’ hospital in Gurgaon
byNew Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Fortis Healthcare Limited, a chain of private healthcare providers, Tuesday launched its flagship “next-generation” hospital, the Fortis Memorial Research…
No proposal to introduce new TB drug: Government
byNew Delhi, April 30 (IANS) There is no proposal to introduce TB drug Bedaquiline in the Indian market, parliament was told Tuesday. “No application…
Sarabjit’s family likely to return as his condition worsens
byAmritsar/Lahore, April 30 (IANS) The distraught family of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan who was brutally assaulted last week,…
95 fall ill in Tripura after eating at wedding feast
byAgartala, April 30 (IANS) Ninety-five people were taken ill and admitted to various hospitals after eating at a wedding feast in Tripura Monday night….
Fear of encephalitis outbreak haunts Bihar
byPatna, April 30 (IANS) With this year’s first death suspected to be caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reported in Bihar, the fear of…