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Complex surgery saves boy having brain haemorrhage, coma

September 19, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Doctors at Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai, have given a new lease of life to a 6-year-old boy who suffered brain haemorrhage, by performing deco

Dial 080-46110007 if facing mental health issues due to Covid
September 19, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
The Indian Health Ministry has released a helpline number-080-46110007 of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience for people wh

Jaipur docs hold black ribbon protest, seek Covid-19 facilities
September 19, 2020

BS RAWAT
Physicians, under the banner of Jaipur Association of Resident Doctors, sported black armbands on Saturday in protest against the authorities for n

States told to allow unimpeded transport of medical oxygen
September 19, 2020

BS RAWAT
The Union Home Ministry has asked all states to ensure free inter-state movement of medical oxygen carrying vehicles without any restriction as it

Corona in full fury across India
September 19, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
As per the Indian health ministry data in the morning on September 19, 2020, India's corona case tally crossed the 53-lakh mark with a s

S Aparna named new Pharma Secretary
September 19, 2020

BS RAWAT
Senior bureaucrat S Aparna, presently Principal Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, has been appointed as next Secretary-Pharmaceutic

Delhi docs save Bihar baby having CHD
September 18, 2020

BS RAWAT
3-month-old Vikrant from Bihar was suffering from a number of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) for which urgent surgical intervention was vital. The

Delhi: HCL boosts Covid-19 care facilities in LNJP, DDU
September 18, 2020

BS RAWAT
HCL Foundation has announced setting up of 100-bed and 50-bed Covid-19 isolation and treatment units, respectively, at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Naraya

No online teaching in MBBS, says MCI
September 18, 2020

BS RAWAT
In reply to an RTI query whether online mode of teaching for MBBS course from foreign medical colleges is permitted or not, the Medical Council of

Tobacco consumption is an epdecmic: Experts
September 18, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Dr. Debyendu Mazumdar, President, Dental Council of India, has said that tobacco as an epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats

UP: Docs, nurses to be trained in handling ventilators
September 18, 2020

BS RAWAT
With the number of Covid-19 cases on the rise, the chief medical officer, Lalitpur, in Uttar Pradesh. is not limiting itself to procuring six new v

AHPI moves HC against ICU beds reservation order
September 18, 2020

BS RAWAT
The Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) has moved the Delhi High Court with a plea against an order by the Delhi government that di

India Sep 18: Corona cases cross 52 lakh, 84372 deaths
September 18, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
As per the Indian health ministry data in the morning of September 18, 2020, India's corona case tally has crossed the 52-lakh mark with

Covid challenges continue to cripple healthcare: FICCI
September 17, 2020

BS RAWAT
FICCI President Dr Sangita Reddy has said that the ongoing Covid related challenges, decline in OPD footfalls, and higher cost of consumables conti

Delhi: 50% Covid beds unoccupied
September 17, 2020

Rohit Shishodia
Cases of corona virus are increasing in Delhi but patients with mild symptoms are opting for home isolation which has resulted in les