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Bengal Government

Govt spends `200cr for treatment under Swasthya Sathi scheme

As many as 12,372 critical patients underwent angioplasty, costing Rs 71.30 crore. Around 3,050 patients underwent angioplasty at Rs 12.21 crore. Bypass surgery (on pumps) was conducted on 5,903 patients at Rs 60 crore. Radiotherapy or chemotherapy was conducted on 4,941 patients at Rs 42.30 crore. Joint knee replacement was done at Rs 23.59 lakh

UNESCO’s education outfit wants to partner with Bengal govt

At a time when the education sector in West Bengal is daily hitting the national headlines for negative reasons after being saddled by the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam, a proposal from an education outfit under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has come as a breather for the state education department.