The nearest railway station in Balharshah is 100 km away but doctor-couple Anant Jadhao, an obstetrician, and Ashelesha Gadbail, an anaesthetist, have made Aheri in Gadchiroli their home, spending most of their time at the 50-bed sub-district hospital. In drought-prone Kavathe Mahakal in Sangli
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We have all seen children playing with drones. We have also seen drones being used for photography. But, here is a story of how this device can be used to save lives, specially in remote areas with difficult terrain. An experiment was conducted on Friday in Uttarakhand, in which a drone was used to
The Government of India, Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and the World Bank have signed a $287 million loan agreement, on Tuesday, for the Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme. The programme aims to improve the quality of health care, reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and
The first cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) were diagnosed in India in the 1960s. On June 4, the first MS clinic will be opened at AIIMS, in the pursuit of better diagnoses and treatment for the 2 lakh people living with the disease. MS is a condition that can affect the brain and spinal cord
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), M/o Science and Technology and the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), on Wednesday signed an MOU for supporting joint collaborative research programmes in the area of Cancer. Signing the MoU, Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary DBT and K N Vyas, Secretary DAE expressed
In a big relief to cancer patients and their families, the retail prices of nine anti-cancer drugs have been reduced by up to 87 per cent by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). These nine drugs include commonly used chemotherapy injections to treat lung cancer as well, according to
India has more than halved the annual deaths among children under five years, from 2.5 million in 2000 to 1.2 million in 2015, but wide disparities remain between states, a Lancet study has found. Assam’s under-5 death rate is close to eight times that in Goa, which reported 9.7 such deaths per 1
Schools across the country will soon get a special grant from the Centre to develop “nutrition gardens” on their campuses where students would not only grow fruits and vegetables but also savour them in their mid-day meal, said a senior government official familiar with the matter. The plan, chalked
Aiming at reducing the number of deaths from heart attacks, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Thursday launched ‘Mission DELHI’ to deliver good post-attack care at the doorstep. With four bike-ambulances and 12 nurses trained to handle emergency cases, Mission DELHI (Delhi Emergency Life
MOU signed between Ministry of AYUSH and CSIR A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi today for cooperation in research and education in areas of traditional systems of medicine and its
The city’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is getting a Rs 9,053-crore makeover that will more than double its institutional and clinical facilities and take the number of hospital beds from 2,084 now to at least 5,000 by 2024. The master plan, which received the approval of the
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), under Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, has put out list of 390 anti-cancer non-scheduled medicines with MRP reduction up to 87%. The revised prices has come into effect from 8 th March, 2019. On 27 th February, 2019, NPPA had put 42 anti