Health Minister, Vipin Singh Parmar said the government was committed to strengthen the health infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh (HP). He said that the appointment of 179 new medical officers has been approved to facilitate the people of the state. Around 60 of these Medical Officers will be deputed at the health institutions of the remote …
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February 15, 2018At least three students were injured following a clash between two groups of revellers on Thursday night during the golden jubilee celebration of a higher secondary school in Murshidabad district, sources said. A gang of miscreants allegedly fired several rounds but no one was hit. Violence broke out at the premises of Lalnagar High School in …
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February 4, 2018Malda district magistrate Kaushik Bhattacharya on Friday inaugurated a liquid medical oxygen storage plant at the Malda Medical College and Hospital, making it the first of its kind in a government hospital in the state. The total project was carried out under the supervision of the West Bengal Medical Services Corporation. According to an official …
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February 3, 2018Four persons, among them a woman and two children, in Meerut have tested positive for the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu taking the total figure to 5 this year. The medical college lab said Meena Singhal, 58, and her two grandsons, Ishan and Kushagra, have been confirmed as being infected with swine flu. Another …
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January 30, 2018The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday imposed a Rs 25 lakh cost on the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) that had sought a court-monitored SIT probe into corruption charges in obtaining a favourable order for a Lucknow-based medical college. A bench of Justice RK Agrawal, Justice Arun Mishra and Justice AM Khanwilkar said that the …
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December 1, 2017Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital authorities in Bihar have imposed Rs 50,000 fine each on 54 second year students for ragging their juniors, an official said on Saturday. DMCH Principal R.K. Sinha imposed the fine. The students have been directed to pay the penalty amount by November 25, the official added. Failing to pay the …
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November 18, 2017Sixteen children, including ten infants, died at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur during the last 24 hours, authorities said on Monday. Of the children who died, ten were admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) while six were in the paediatric ICU. According to reports, 20 patients — including six …
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October 9, 2017