No health cess in National Health Policy-Govt.
New Delhi |HL
Union Health Minister JP Nadda said there is no questioning of introducing health cess, it is wrong and no such thing is mentioned in National Health Policy.
The new National Health Policy...
IMA raised objections against bill proposed by West Bengal government
New Delhi|HL
IMA has raised objections to several provisions in the proposed Clinical Establishment (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Bill 2017 by Bengal Government. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to the governor of...
Attention needs towards reducing maternal mortality rate
New Delhi|HL
According to NATHEALTH's Aarogya Bharat Report, India urgently needs to create a roadmap for implementation of focused policy to reduce MMR. Maternal Mortality rate in India is still around 178 against 109...
4,000 post graduate seats increased in medical colleges – Modi
Surat|HL
There will be 4,000 new post graduate seats to streamline the medical education said PM Modi while interacting with gathering of medical students at Surat.
"In our country, in the field of health there...
Medanta’s Air ambulance crash in Thailand, pilot dies two doctors injured
New Delhi |HL
The air ambulance, of Medanta which was flying from Delhi to Bangkok to bring a critically-ill patient to Gurgaon's Medanta Medicity, crashed in Thailand.
The pilot of ambulance died after the plane...
Selling of infant child for Rs.35K in Telangana hospital
Hyderabad|HL
Police have arrested the seven accused under sections 80 and 81 of the Juvenile Justice Act for selling infant girl child for Rs.35K
The hidden but rampant practice of selling babies for money has come...
H1N1 virus knock the door, affected four in this season
Pune|HL
The H1N1 virus knocked the door and affected the two people, including a senior citizen, succumbed to swine flu at different hospitals in the city last week, taking the number of H1N1 casualties to...
25 Indian missions have got Ayush facilitation centers
New Delhi|HL
25 Indian missions have got Ayush facilitation centers said Union Minister of State for External Affairs Gen VK Singh (retd) today.
Further he said the Indian missions abroad have been asked to promote...
Drug monitoring centres for safe use of medicines
Thiruvananthapuram|HL
Adverse drug reaction monitoring centres (ADRMC) will be set up at government hospitals across the state soon for maintaining safe and rational use of medicines
This is part of collecting and evaluating spontaneous reports of...
5 resident doctors suspended at AIIMS after the death of nursing officer
New Delhi|HL
After the death of Nursing officer at AIIMS Rajbir Kaur the All India Institute of Medical Sciences suspended five resident doctors in a case of alleged medical negligence .
Rajbir Kaur, 28,...