Typhoid outbreak in Himachal village
February 10th, 2012 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 10 (IANS) A village in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district has reported more than 15 typhoid patients, a health official said Friday.According to the official, contamination in the drinking ... Read more...
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100 crib deaths in Bengal since Jan 1 (Lead)
January 27th, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Five more crib deaths were reported in West Bengal's Malda district Friday, taking the total number of such deaths to nearly 100 since Jan 1, a ... Read more...
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Five more crib deaths in Bengal
January 27th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Five more crib deaths were reported in West Bengal's Malda district Wednesday, a health official said.The babies, aged between three hours to three months, have died ... Read more...
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No drug-resistant TB case in India: Expert team
January 20th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) There are no cases of total drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) reported in the country and the cases reported by a Mumbai hospital fall in the category ... Read more...
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Seven more crib deaths in West Bengal
January 19th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) The number of crib deaths in West Bengal's Malda district hospital shot up to 14 after seven more babies were reported dead Thursday, a health official ... Read more...
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Four babies die in Bengal hospital
December 29th, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Four crib deaths have been reported in West Bengal's Malda district Thursday, a health official said."Four babies have died today (Thursday) in Malda district hospital. All ... Read more...
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West Bengal hooch deaths rise to 156
December 16th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Diamond Harbour (West Bengal), Dec 16 (IANS) More people continued to die in West Bengal after consuming spurious liquor with the toll mounting to 156 Friday morning. Over 100 ... Read more...
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NHRC seeks report on quacks
December 12th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday sought a detailed report from the Delhi government on clinics run by quacks and the action taken against ... Read more...
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Four more babies die in Bengal hospital
November 14th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) The number of crib deaths in West Bengal's Malda district hospital has shot up to 18 since Nov 9 with four fresh deaths since Sunday, officials ... Read more...
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Boy declared dead wakes up in mortuary, doctor suspended
November 7th, 2011 - 4:21 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Monday suspended a doctor in a case of medical negligence in which a teenager declared dead by him regained consciousness in a ... 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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Dengue cases cross 500 mark in Delhi
October 20th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Even as the capital grapples with a surge of vector borne diseases -- dengue, malaria and chikungunya, the civic agency Thursday said it will upscale ... Read more...
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Kuttu atta leaves 60 in hospital in Panipat
September 29th, 2011 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) Nearly 60 people have been hospitalised in Haryana's industrial city of Panipat after consuming kuttu atta (buckwheat flour), health officials said Thursday.Those affected since Wednesday were ... Read more...
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High court rap for top paramilitary medical officer
September 29th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has pulled up a top medical officer of the paramilitary forces for "misleading bureaucrats" of the home ministry to stay put ... 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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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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Broad likely to miss ODI series in India
September 13th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS/CMC) England T20 captain Stuart Broad has been ruled out for the remainder of the home season and is likely to miss the five-match One-day series in India ... Read more...
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Lucknow ex-medical officer gets bail in jail death case
August 29th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 29 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court Monday granted bail to A.K. Shukla, former Lucknow chief medical officer, in connection with the death of his former deputy Y.S. Sachan ... Read more...
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Pakistani doctors get big pay hike
August 25th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistani doctors will now take a fat pay home.President Asif Ali Zardari has signed an order regarding salaries of post graduate trainee doctors and their ... Read more...
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Exercise can cut risk of cancer returning
August 8th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS) Regular exercise can cut by 40 percent the risk of cancer returning, say experts. Breast cancer patients who work out have more than a 40 percent ... Read more...
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Exercise helps cancer survivors keep ailment at bay
August 8th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 8 (IANS) Exercise may work as effectively as a "wonder drug" for cancer survivors by keeping the disease at bay.
Such activity could also help cancer victims undergoing ... Read more...
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NRHM scam: CBI registers cases against two officials
August 4th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow, Aug 4 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered cases against Lucknow's former chief medical officer A.K Shukla and deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan, who was ... Read more...
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CBI to probe Uttar Pradesh medical officers’ killings
July 27th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 27 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killings of two chief medical officers, and ... Read more...
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Child dies after vaccination, doctors face action
July 22nd, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) Action has been recommended against a deputy chief medical officer and another doctor after an infant died and two others took ill following administration of measles ... Read more...
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2G case: Morani’s interim bail plea rejected (Lead)
July 19th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday rejected the interim bail plea of Cineyug Films founder Karim Morani, who is in jail for his alleged involvement in ... Read more...
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Mumbai blasts suspect dies, probe ordered (Lead)
July 17th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Police Sunday ordered an investigation into the death of a young man who died of brain haemorrhage here early Sunday after being detained for suspected links ... Read more...
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Four dead in building collapse
July 17th, 2011 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, July 17 (IANS) The death toll in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction here rose to four Sunday, with two more people succumbing to their injuries, police ... Read more...
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Mumbai blast suspect dies
July 17th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) A man being questioned by police in the July 13 Mumbai blasts died following a brain haemorrhage early Sunday, a medical officer said.Faiz Usmani was picked ... Read more...
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CBI begins probe in Sachan death
July 15th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Lucknow, July 15 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday registered an FIR in the mysterious death of deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan and began the probe."We ... Read more...
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My life under threat: whistleblower doctor in doping scandal
July 14th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patiala (Punjab), July 14 (IANS) Sajib Kumar Nandi, a doctor who alleges systematic doping by players at the National Institute of Sports (NIS)-Patiala and accuses security men there of beating ... Read more...
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High Court too orders CBI probe into doctor’s murder
July 14th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 14 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Thursday ordered a CBI inquiry into the custodial murder of Lucknow deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan who ... Read more...
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Decision for CBI probe delayed, says Sachan’s brother
July 13th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) The family of deputy chief medical officer (CMO) Y.S. Sachan said here Wednesday that the state government's decision to recommend a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ... Read more...
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Mayawati orders CBI probe into medical officer’s death (Second Lead)
July 13th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) A day before the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court is to pronounce its judgement on the plea for a CBI probe into the death of ... Read more...
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Mayawati orders CBI probe into medical officer’s death (Lead)
July 13th, 2011 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) A day before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court is to pronounce its judgement on the plea for a CBI probe into the death ... Read more...
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Mayawati asks CBI to probe medical officer’s death
July 13th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Wednesday ordered a CBI inquiry into the mysterious death of deputy chief medical officer Y.S. Sachan in a Lucknow jail hospital ... Read more...
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