Under the Janaushadhi campaign, the government has announced a decision of providing medicines at affordable prices to consumers. The quality medicines will be made available through special outlets called the ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras’. The medicines will be available at different outlets including stations and hospitals, as announced by[Read More…]
In Karnataka, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government is all set to announce a free health bhagya for all. Under the coverage, free medical treatment will be provided to everyone in both government and private hospitals. The decision is seen to be a move keeping an eye on the upcoming Assembly elections.[Read More…]
In order to provide a central point for processing of blood and their supply, a Metro Blood Bank is going to be launched in Chennai very soon. A state-of-the-art facility will coordinate with other health centres and will provide blood to the needy. The announcement was made by the Health[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, 13kg of faecal matter has been removed from the intestines of a 22-year-old man who has been constipated since his birth. The operation was performed in China. Reports added doctors removed a 30-inch long section of his colon filled with 13kg of faeces during the three-hour-long[Read More…]
The Ayush Ministry on Tuesday left many people, especially women ,concerned when it came up with the guidelines on what a pregnant woman should be doing and eating to deliver a healthy baby. The ministry has suggested that a pregnant woman should avoid having sex or feeling of lust, eating[Read More…]
Population control becomes one of the central concerns when it comes to the development of a country. However, in the list of most populous countries, Pakistan doesn’t fail to acquire the 6th position with almost 200 million population. The reason of a skyrocketing population can be accorded either to the government[Read More…]
On Madras High Court’s decision to restrain the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) from announcing the NEET results, CBSE has now moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court order. However, the SC will hear the matter on Monday. CBSE sought for SC to lift the stay of[Read More…]
In a recent incident of treating patients under the tree, officials today directed the concerned authorities to place a pharmacist under suspension. Director of health services, Dr Kailash Chandra Dash, directed the Kendrapara CDMO to suspend the pharmacist working at Babar Primary Health Centre in Gogua Panchayat under Mahakalpada block[Read More…]
Kerala government is all set to make the marriages nature-friendly with the announcement of a green protocol. The implementation of the protocol includes the exclusion of all the non-degradable articles. Disposable glasKerala: Marriages to follow green-protocol ses, thermocol decorations and plates will be kept at bay from marriage functions. According to[Read More…]
A sanitary worker, who fell unconscious while cleaning a manhole, was suffocated to death on Thursday in Umerkot after the doctors at Civil Hospital allegedly refused to treat him until the body was cleaned. The deceased, Irfan Masih, 30-year-old, along with three other sanitary staff had stepped down into a[Read More…]
According to researchers from the University of California, those who check their Facebook profile more often are likely to be sad and unhealthy as compared to those who use the popular social networking site infrequently. Researchers in the US used data from 5,208 people about their Facebook use between 2013 and 2015.[Read More…]
Threatening the health of many, the Zika virus disease has reached India. Notably, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed its first three cases in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. Laboratory tests conducted in India, authorised by the WHO, said that all the 3 cases, including that of a pregnant woman, were reported from[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a stray dog was found feeding on the corpse of an infant inside the premises of sub-divisional hospital of Jeypore in Odisha’s Koraput district. According to reports, two passers-by witnessed the dog eating a stillborn baby body. What is even surprising is, the spectators did not[Read More…]
According to a municipal report released on Monday, at least 89 cases of chikungunya have been reported in Delhi this year despite CM Arvind Kejriwal’s direction to make a general plan for Delhi to fight the vector-borne diseases. The season for vector-borne diseases has however ended but reports of such[Read More…]
Again the summer is here. The scorching heat can take away all your interest towards life. Excessive heat can cause dehydration, sun burn, heat cramps etc. Precautions are essential to combat the summer. Follow these steps to keep yourself cool in the summer: Wear loose lightweight clothing Loose Cotton Kurtas[Read More…]
While we have several examples of people losing their lives due to drugs and alcohol addiction in the glamour industry, here is someone from the same society, setting a whole new example. Bengali film actor-turned-social activist Bobby Chakraborty’s main aim is to keep young boys and girls off addiction. Drug[Read More…]
A campaign which asks government to make sanitary napkins tax-free has been trending on Twitter. SheSays, a non-profitorganisation, started the campaign with #LahukaLagaan. The campaign urges finance minister Arun Jaitley to exempt the tax on sanitary napkins by making it a non-luxury item under the GST. Legal representations have been[Read More…]
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Bihar has come down from 208 to around 93 maternal deaths per one lakh live births in March 2017, according to the data available with the maternal health wing of the state health society (SHS). The MMR 16 points lower than the national average[Read More…]
