Lack of water and sanitation, cases of diarrhoeal diseases are certain to rise, and the risk of polio and measles outbreaks is also high. Access to diagnostic services and treatments for TB and HIV/AIDS are also being interrupted, as health facilities and roads are reduced to rubble
March 17, 2022Sources at the NBMCH said 103 deaths had been registered at north Bengal's premier health institute during the five days of Durga Puja beginning Sasthi, last year too.
October 29, 2020Member of the Dental Council of India, Dr Raju Biswas, said it was good news, especially on the dawn of 100 years of completion of dentistry in SE Asia. Kolkata Medical College scored 19th rank among its class in the national forum
June 25, 2019The Chief Minister said that a forum for redressal of grievances had an objective to deliver services closer to people's homes.
September 18, 2018Over 30 parliamentarians from WHO South-East Asia Region countries attended a two-day meeting in New Delhi to discuss health issues related to women, children and adolescents, and pledged to work in the field to further reduce preventable diseases and deaths among them. “The health of women, children and adolescents is critical to sustainable development –economic …
August 1, 2018Taking a jibe at AICC president Rahul Gandhi, Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani said he had no moral right to speak of development as he never even cared for health services in his own constituency of Amethi. Irani said she, along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath and BJP national president Amit Shah inaugurated …
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June 26, 2018Health and Family Welfare Minister, Vipin Singh Parmar said the approval for 400 posts of doctors was a big step in strengthening the health services in Himachal Pradesh. Out of 400 doctors, 200 will be Allopathic and other 200 Ayurvedic. He said that the government will provide adequate staff in all the health institutions in …
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February 28, 2018The Uttarakhand High Court has issued notices to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Union Health Ministry and the state health department on a matter related to increases in fees of various health services by the institute. In the face of protests by patients, the AIIMS Rishikesh had rolled back the hike last …
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November 16, 2017Govt will rope in retired Army doctors to boost health serices in the state.
July 17, 2017Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a motherhood intervention scheme, has led to increased utilisation of health services among all groups especially among the poorer and underserved sections in the rural areas, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. A study was conducted by University of Maryland and National Council for Applied Economic Research to assess whether …
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February 3, 2017