Amaravati, Aug 5 — A pregnant woman in labour had to walk four kilometres to reach a point where she could board an ambulance to reach the hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Alluri Sitharama Raju district, the main opposition YSR Congress Party said on Wednesday, terming the incident a painful reminder…
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Aug 5 — The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has deployed a National Joint Outbreak Response Team (NJORT) to Gujarat and Rajasthan to strengthen the response to the ongoing Chandipura Virus Disease (CHPV) outbreak, as Gujarat continues to report the country's highest…
Kolkata, Aug 5 — A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday denied permission to the Trinamool Congress’ general secretary and the party’s Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, to travel abroad for ophthalmic treatment.After a hearing in the matter, the single-judge…
Mumbai, Aug 5 — In a major regulatory crackdown on food adulteration, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Maharashtra State, has imposed an immediate, state-wide ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation, and sale of analogue or artificial (non-dairy) paneer for a period of…
Kolkata, Aug 5 — The Calcutta High Court’s single judge bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya will hear the petition from Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member, seeking permission to travel overseas for ophthalmic treatment.Last month, the same bench…
Chennai, Aug 5 — The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will launch a citywide vaccination campaign in the second week of August, targeting around two lakh stray dogs as part of intensified efforts to prevent rabies and improve animal welfare. The campaign will cover all zones of the city and will…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 4 — In a significant development, the Odisha Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department on Tuesday signed ten Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with different organisations, aiming to strengthen healthcare services, medical education, research and infrastructure in the state.…
Gandhinagar, Aug 4 — Health authorities in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar have intensified surveillance and vector-control measures following recent heavy rainfall, carrying out thousands of water quality checks, household inspections and mosquito-control operations to reduce the risk of water-borne and…
New Delhi, Aug 4 — Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday attended a sensitisation workshop for public representatives organised under the TB-Free India Campaign and urged citizens, corporates and social organisations to join the fight against the disease. The Chief Minister said the Delhi…
Hyderabad, Aug 4 — A paradigm shift in dietary habits, increasing consumption of processed foods, and widespread sedentary lifestyles are severely impacting India's metabolic health, a health expert said on Tuesday.In an interview with IANS, Dr. Kalapala, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Director…
Jaipur, Aug 4 — Rajasthan's Drug Control Organisation has reported that the vast majority of medicines tested in July met prescribed quality standards, reinforcing the state's ongoing efforts to ensure the availability of safe and effective drugs. Of the 587 drug samples analysed during the month,…
New Delhi, Aug 4 — Under the National Ayush Mission (NAM), 12,500 units of existing Ayush dispensaries and sub-health centres (SCs) have been upgraded for operationalisation as Ayush Health and Wellness Centres, renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandir (Ayush), the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 4 — Kerala has taken the first formal step towards establishing an independent AYUSH University, a move expected to give a major boost to education, research and innovation in the country’s traditional systems of medicine. Health and Devaswom Minister K. Muraleedharan on…
New Delhi, Aug 4 — After the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a prohibition order against Dabur India Limited over the sale of food products carrying allegedly misleading "100 per cent" claims, the company said on Tuesday that its product labels comply with the prevailing…
Hyderabad, Aug 4 — The Hyderabad Food Adulteration Surveillance Team (H-FAST) of the (Police) Commissioner's Task Force seized 25 tonnes of spices containing dangerous chemicals and arrested three accused.Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar said on Tuesday that H-FAST, in joint coordination with the…
New Delhi, Aug 4 — The government on Tuesday said that under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), 12.69 crore cashless hospital admissions worth Rs 1.92 lakh crore have been authorised under the scheme (as on June 30) through a network of 37,413 public and private…
New Delhi, Aug 4 — The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it has constituted an expert committee headed by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to examine issues arising out of the challenge to the reduction of qualifying cut-off percentiles for the NEET-PG 2025-26…
New Delhi, Aug 4 — The Supreme Court on Tuesday took on record a medical report filed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), stating that self-styled godman and rape convict Asaram Bapu does not require hospitalisation but would need round-the-clock assistance from trained…
Gandhinagar, Aug 4 — Gujarat's Health Department said it has intensified its public health response following heavy rainfall across the state, deploying thousands of surveillance and emergency response teams and treating more than 1.74 lakh people through medical camps to prevent disease outbreaks…
New Delhi, Aug 4 — The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a prohibition order against Dabur India Limited over the sale of food products carrying allegedly misleading claims.The food regulator has directed the FMCG major to immediately cease the sale of products bearing…
Brasilia, Aug 4 — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced a new healthcare cooperation initiative involving the BRICS Bank, the Brazilian government, and India’s Narayana Health network to improve hospital management and digitalisation in the country’s public health system. In…