Himachal Voluntary Health Association for higher taxes on tobacco products
byShimla: With Himachal having a higher percent of tobacco product users than Chandigarh, Punjab and Delhi, Himachal Pradesh Voluntary Health Association (HPVHA), a NGO…
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62 Donate blood on Martyrdom Day
byShimla: To meet the shortages on blood supply in the city hospitals, Umang Foundation on Martyr’s Day organized a blood donation camp on The…
Medical College Shimla – emerging a premier institute of North India
byShimla: Counted among select state government medical colleges where complicated open heart surgeries are preformed regularly and equipped with high-tech 64 Slice MDCT machines,…
Swine flu claims a victim in Himachal
byShimla: An isolated swine flu case has claimed the life of an 18 year old girl, who was brought in emergency to the state…
Himachal Free Ambulance Service Shapes Up
byShimla: Fast medical emergency intervention vehicles, launched on 25th December to mark former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday, after whom the scheme is…
Health Services In Bad Shape in Himachal
byPALAMPUR: Even after spending over rupees 300 crore annually, health services in the state are far from satisfactory, all serious patients had to go…
Himachal launches ambitious free ambulance service
byHimachal Pradesh today became the tenth state in the country to start emergency response system by launching free ambulance service in the hill state….
Free ambulance service ready for launch in Himachal
byShimla: Having been unable to start the free ambulance service at first go, the scheme is ready for a launch and would initially be…
Ashadeep organises blood donation camp on World AIDS Day
byShimla: On World AIDS Day, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today inaugurated the emergency blood donation camp called on short notice to…
Himachal has lowest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in country- Dhumal
byShimla: The state’s intensive HIV/AIDS campaign had resulted in rise in voluntary testing among the people and the prevalence rate had come off from…