Specialists unwilling to join government jobs
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
Medical super specialists are "not very keen" to join government services leaving a major gap in public health facilities, the government informed the Lok Sabha highlighting it as a major reason for...
Brain death certification now necessary in delhi
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
A circular has issued by Government of Delhi to make it mandatory for all hospitals to certify brain death.
Brain death is a irreversible loss of brain function due to any disease...
A myth -taking 1 or 2 peg of alcohol is not harmful
New Delhi|Ekta Purohit
It is a myth that taking of 1 or 2 peg of alcohol once in a week or a month and is normal, It will directly affect the health and can cause...
3 new drug parks will get Rs.200 crore each
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
The Government of India is going to extent the Rs 200 crore each for 3 new drug manufacturing parks in order to create common minimum facilities.
This was informed in Parliament...
China banned drug wholesalers to sell vaccines after a scandal
Beijing| China has banned drug wholesalers from selling vaccines, state media said on Monday, after a scandal in which about $90-million worth of illegal vaccines was suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces.
China...
Common Entrance test for Medical NEET, approved by SC
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
Supreme Court of India has approved the common entrance test NEET (National Eligibility Entrance Test) for students seeking to enter medical courses MBBS and BDS.
The exam will be conducted in two...
Delhi gets one more medical college
New Delhi|HL Correspondent Dr. Ambedkar Hospital situated in Rohini of Delhi will soon get new medical college.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has approved it. Center would have been granting a...
Autism awareness, an application launched for diagnosis Autism
New Delhi|Ekta Purohit
On the eve of Autism day a Mobile application was launched at All India Institute of Medical sciences on Thursday.
The idea of mobile app particular for Autism was initiated two years...
MoU between India and Papua New Guinea in the field of Health
New Delhi| Ahead of President Pranab Mukherjee's trip to Papua New Guinea, the government approved the signing of an agreement between the two countries, seeking cooperation in the field of healthcare and medical sciences.
"The...
Union Minister Sushma Swaraj likely to discharge soon,improvement in health
New Delhi|HL Correspondent
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj was admitted on Monday to the country’s leading All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi after she complained of severe chest congestion and with...