केजरीवाल सरकार का नया फैसला, जीबी पंत हॉस्पिटल में दिल्ली वालों को 50 फीसदी रिजर्वेशन
नईदिल्ली: दिल्ली सरकार ने स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं के क्षेत्र में एक बड़ा फैसला लेते हुए जीबी पंत अस्पताल के आधे बिस्तरों को दिल्लीवासियों के लिए आरक्षित किया है. […]
Health
UK surgeon pleads guilty of branding patients’ livers with his initials.
NewDelhi: While patients under sedation and about to undergo surgeries are obviously clueless about what the doctors are doing, this is certainly not what they […]
Abortion in India: One in three pregnancies gets terminated.
NewDelhi: Gender identification of an unborn baby is frowned upon in India, compelling authorities to set up strict laws forbidding it. Since it leads to […]
‘Father of DNA finger printing in India’ Lalji Singh passes away.
Lucknow: Eminent scientist and ‘Father of DNA finger printing in India’, Lalji Singh has passed away after suffering a massive heart attack at the Varanasi […]
Drop in blood pressure levels in elderly adults indicative of premature death: Study.
NewDelhi: While hypertension can be dangerous, hypotension (the medical term for low blood pressure) can also prove harmful. Doctors have long known that in the […]
Women’s health has worsened since 1990, says study.
NewDelhi: As the subject of women’s health takes on a wider domain in the medical sphere, a concerning fact regarding the same has been highlighted […]
Gurugram’s Fortis hospital bills Rs 16 lakh for dead child’s dengue treatment; inquiry ordered.
NewDelhi: Gurugram’s Fortis Memorial Research Institute has charged a whopping Rs 16 lakh for 15-days treatment of seven-year-old dengue patient, who later died while being shifted to a different […]
Kerala doctors die early than general public: Study.
Kochi: Doctors heal and help people live longer, but it seems many of them are dying younger when compared to the general public in Kerala. A studyconducted by research cell […]
Weighty matter: Mexican baby weighs 27 kg, doctors can’t figure out why.
TECOMAN/MEXICO: A Mexican baby has gained 27 kgs in just 10 months, leaving the doctors baffled over his unusual growth. Doctors treating Luis Manuel Gonzales […]
बिहारः PMCH में डॉक्टरों की हड़ताल के चलते अब तक 11 मरीजों की मौत
पटना: पटना मेडिकल कॉलेज अस्पताल (PMCH) में डॉक्टरों की हड़ताल के चलते अब तक 11 मरीजों की मौत की खबर है. दरअसल इस अस्पताल के डॉक्टर […]
Delhi pollution: Shatrughan Sinha mocks Clean India Movement, says clean air first.
NewDelhi: Veteran actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha on Thursday questioned the Clean India Movement at a time when even foreign media outlets are highlighting the […]
EPCA lifts ’emergency’ measures as air quality improves.
NewDelhi: The Supreme Court-mandated EPCA on Thursday withdrew the ban on construction activities, entry of trucks and enhanced parking fees from across Delhi-NCR as air quality remained out of the ’emergency’ category for the second straight […]
Man seeks euthanasia for ailing 12-year-old son.
Rajkot: This couple from Savarkundla town in Amreli had their sole happy moment when Prime Minister Narendra Modi arranged for free medical treatment for their ailing […]
Life expectancy improves in India, Kerala healthiest state: Study.
NewDelhi: A recent study published in the medical journal Lancet has adjudged Kerala as the healthiest state in India. The Lancet study, which is India’s […]
20 newborn babies die in Ahmedabad hospital in 3 days, govt orders probe.
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Sunday ordered a probe into the deaths of 20 newborn babies, of which nine died in a span of just […]
Lizard’s tail found in food served in Mirzapur school, 90 students fall sick.
Mirzapur: At least 90 students of a school fell sick in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur district after consuming contaminated food. The children complained of abdominal pain […]
Swine flu deaths 300% more than Delhi government claims.
NewDelhi: Swine flu has claimed 12 lives, including eight of Delhi residents, in the national capital this year, Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said. The […]
Vaccinating pregnant women against whooping cough reduces risk in babies: Study.
NewDelhi: Vaccinating mothers against whooping cough during pregnancy may prevent 9 out of 10 severe cases of this potentially fatal respiratory infection in their babies, […]
23% adults aged 50 and above disclose their feelings before committing suicide: Study.
NewDelhi: Revealing the results of a study on the sensitive topic of suicide, US researchers have said that more than one in five older adults […]
Woman’s ‘cancerous’ lumps turn out to be a reaction caused by 15-year-old tattoo.
NewDelhi: Noticing a couple of lumps under her arm, a 30-year-old woman feared the worst and rushed to the hospital. After giving her a thorough […]
Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder share gene variant: Study.
London: Researchers have identified a genetic variant that is associated with multiple psychiatric disorders and drives changes in a brain network, thereby increasing an individual’s […]
दिल्ली में स्वाइन फ्लू से अब तक हुईं 12 मौतें, ऐसे करें बचाव.
नईदिल्ली: दिल्ली में स्वाइन फ्लू से मरने वालों की संख्या 12 पहुंच गई है. स्वास्थ्य विभाग की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, इस साल एक अक्टूबर तक स्वाइन फ्लू के […]