No ‘poriborton’ in health care in Didi’s Bengal (West Bengal Newsletter)
December 25th, 2011 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Soon after taking over the reins of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee had raised expectations of turning around the state's moribund healthcare. But seven months down, ... Read more...
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Rajasthan doctors’ strike: Private hospitals to step in (Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 24 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Saturday directed the health department to authorise private hospitals to treat at approved rates patients who are suffering due to the ... Read more...
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Rajasthan doctors continue strike, 30 patients dead
December 24th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Dec 24 (IANS) Medical services in Rajasthan remained badly affected on the fourth day Saturday of the strike by resident doctors and officials said at least 30 patients have ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh short of 1,846 doctors
December 23rd, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 23 (IANS) Chhattisgarh, which has poor health facilities in the interior areas, is short of 1,846 doctors, the state assembly was informed Friday."The state has 187 hospitals where ... Read more...
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An RTI query which may have averted AMRI blaze
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Had the West Bengal government bothered to reply to a query about the city's AMRI Hospital under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the devastating fire ... Read more...
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Many deaths in hooch tragedy due to government’s negligence: Left
December 17th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front Chairman Biman Bose Saturday lashed out at the state government for neglecting the victims of the hooch tragedy, saying that many ... Read more...
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Tripura, Mizoram may depanel AMRI Hospital
December 11th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 11 (IANS) The devastating fire at AMRI (Advanced Medicare and Research Institute) Hospital in Kolkata may force the Tripura and Mizoram governments to remove it from their list ... Read more...
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World’s largest medicinal botanic garden in China
December 9th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 9 (IANS) A medicinal botanical garden in southwest China has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the largest of its kind in the world, a garden official ... Read more...
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Five die of mite disease in Meghalaya
December 1st, 2011 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 1 (IANS) At least five people have died of of scrub typhus, a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite, in Meghalaya in the past three ... Read more...
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17 million kids dewormed in Bihar
November 11th, 2011 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) In one of the largest deworming programmes in India, an international NGO in collaboration with Bihar's health department has reached out to 17 million school ... Read more...
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Two female foetuses recovered in Rajasthan
November 6th, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 6 (IANS) Two female foetuses have been recovered from different places in Rajasthan, one floating in a dam and another from a sewer pipeline, police said Sunday. The ... Read more...
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Bengal baby’s body exhumed to check acid death
November 3rd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Murshidabad (West Bengal), Nov 3 (IANS) The body of a baby was exhumed Thursday for an autopsy following allegations that it died after its mother was swabbed with acid for ... Read more...
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Newborn’s death: Rights panel seeks report in 15 days
November 3rd, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) A day after a newborn died in a sub-divisional hospital in this West Bengal district after the mother was allegedly swabbed with an acidic solution instead ... Read more...
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Rajasthan doctor booked for female foeticide
November 2nd, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Kota (Rajasthan), Nov 1 (IANS) A case has been registered against a doctor of a private nursing home in Rajasthan on charges of infanticide and foeticide and administrating units of ... Read more...
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Rights body raps Meghalaya over child labour
November 1st, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) Shocked after finding children working as labourers in coal mines, hotels and restaurants in Meghalaya, the national child rights body Tuesday issued a number of ... Read more...
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Nano, bike on offer for sterilisation in Rajasthan
November 1st, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Nov 1 (IANS) Get sterilised, win a Nano or maybe a motorcycle, a TV or refrigerator! Another Rajasthan district has put up such tantalising offers on lottery basis to ... Read more...
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Pakistan wants dengue drug from India
October 28th, 2011 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 28 (IANS) Pakistan plans to import dengue drug Dextran-40 from India to tackle the menace of the vector-borne disease in the country, the official media reported.The Punjab ... Read more...
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Borther cries foul, woman unable to bear boy child dies
October 20th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Oct 20 (IANS) The brother of a 38-year-old woman who died under mysterious circumstances has filed a police complaint against her in-laws here, alleging they used to beat her ... Read more...
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Pakistan government to use Facebook for dengue awareness in Punjab
October 8th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 8 (IANS) The Punjab government in Pakistan will spread public awareness on dengue through social networking site Facebook.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif formally launched the Facebook page ... Read more...
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14 more die of dengue in Pakistan
October 8th, 2011 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 8 (IANS) At least 14 more people have died of dengue fever in Pakistan's Lahore city, the Dawn daily reported Saturday.The latest deaths pushed the toll to 208 ... Read more...
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Lahore dengue toll rises to 127
October 2nd, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 2 (IANS) The toll in the dengue outbreak in Pakistan's Lahore city Sunday rose to 127 after three more people succumbed to the disease, a media report said.According ... Read more...
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Rajasthan’s missing nurse asked to report on duty
September 28th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Sep 28 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has issued notice to missing nurse Bhanwari Devi, who allegedly features in a CD in a compromising position with state Water Resources Minister ... Read more...
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Lahore dengue toll rises to 106 (Lead)
September 27th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 27 (IANS) The toll due to dengue in Lahore has risen to 106 after five more people succumbed to the deadly vecctor-borne disease in the city Tuesday.The Punjab ... Read more...
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Students hospitalised after consuming iron pills
September 20th, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) As many as 60 students of a central government-run girls' school in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district were hospitalised Tuesday as they took ill after consuming iron ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu to recruit medical staff to overcome shortage
September 10th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 10 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday announced that the state government will set up a Medical Services Recruitment Board (MSRB) to address the huge shortage ... Read more...
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HIV positive patients seek action against doctor
September 5th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Wearing black badges, around 100 HIV positive people Monday staged a demonstration outside the West Bengal health department headquarters here demanding punishment for a government doctor ... Read more...
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Baby girl found abandoned by wayside
September 4th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Sep 4 (IANS) A newborn baby girl was found abandoned by the roadside in Pali district in Rajasthan - the latest such incident in a state where the sex ... Read more...
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Dengue fever grips Pakistani province
September 4th, 2011 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 4 (IANS) Pakistan's eastern Punjab province is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals, Xinhua reported.At least ... Read more...
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A Pakistani hospital thrice launched, never built
August 24th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) A hospital in Pakistan's Punjab province was launched thrice, but it hasn't yet got built.The 150-bed hospital was announced by then president General Pervez Musharraf during ... Read more...
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A streetcar named Nano - for Rajasthan’s sterilisation drive
August 23rd, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 23 (IANS) Will a Rs.1 lakh car prove to be a million-dollar idea? In an effort to get more people to undergo sterilisation, the authorities in two districts ... Read more...
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Now Karachi frets over dengue outbreak
August 22nd, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) At least 14 cases of dengue were detected in Karachi, already battered by a wave of violence, and the authorities are now worried over its outbreak.The ... Read more...
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Dengue toll rises to 19 in Orissa
August 20th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 20 (IANS) Two more people died of dengue in Orissa Saturday taking the toll in the outbreak of the disease in the state to 19, an official said.The ... Read more...
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Nurse held for reporting false pregnancies, deliveries
July 27th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Udaipur, July 27 (IANS) Days after a scam was reported in a health centre in this Rajasthan district, a nurse has been arrested for recording false delivery details to swindle ... Read more...
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Contractor blamed for building collapse
July 26th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Palwal (Haryana), July 26 (IANS) Haryana Labour Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma Tuesday blamed the contractor for the collapse of a college building being built near here that left eight ... Read more...
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Bihar doctors get legal shield against attacks (Lead)
July 19th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, July 19 (IANS) The Bihar assembly Tuesday enacted laws to regulate private nursing homes and to protect doctors from being attacked by the attendants of patients, officials said.In a ... Read more...
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