The Health Ministry said that while 1,718 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, 630 patients have been cured during this period.
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ASHA workers stir ends after Bihar government nod to 1,000 govt incentive per month
The ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers in rural and urban areas are set to get Rs 1000 per month said state health minister, Mangal Pandey. This amount will be monthly incentive for healthcare workers. The new incentive would be effective from January 1 this year and a resolution in[Read More…]
With over 1 lakh contaminated vaccines, India’s ‘polio-free’ status at risk
The Union Health Ministry on Monday claimed it had identified hundreds of children who received contaminated polio vaccine in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. As per the local media reports, police arrested the managing director of Bio-Med after routine testing which revealed it had made and shipped some 150,000[Read More…]
Ayushman Bharat: PM Modi reviews preparations for launch of health assurance scheme
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the progress of the launch of the Health Assurance scheme under Ayushman Bharat. The scheme will provide health assurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family and will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families. An official release[Read More…]
Health ministry rolls out new daily drug regimen for TB
The Health Ministry on Friday said it has changed the treatment strategy for Tuberculosis (TB) from thrice a week to daily drug regimen using fixed-dose combinations (FDC). According to the Ministry, the change will bring transformation in the approach to dealing with this disease which accounts for about 4.2 lakh[Read More…]
Kejriwal calls review meeting on Dengue, Chikungunya
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting with his ministers, all civic bodies and medical superintendents of hospitals on May 13 to review the measures taken to tackle dengue and chikungunya. This is the first meeting headed by the CM of its sort this year in the[Read More…]
Bihar: Maternal mortality rate comes down from 208 to 93 in last four years
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…]
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Health ministry approves over 4,000 PG seats in medical colleges, hospitals
Central government on Thursday has approved over 4,000 Post Graduate seats in medical colleges and hospitals across the country, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said. Nadda added that these 4000 seats will take the total number of Post Graduate (PG) seats to 35,117. “Looking at the need to increase[Read More…]