Health

The Nipah was an unknown virus with no medicine or history of treatment and little information about the carrier. Health experts hit a blind spot during the initial stages of the outbreak in north Kerala last month. But they fought back and contained its secondary infection and nursed back to health

Dealy in transportations of a heart from Madurai to Delhi almost killed the chances of Rajiv Trehan getting a transplant. However, in an extraordinary show of quick thinking and surgical precision, doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital managed to perform the surgery by tweaking the procedure. In a heart

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda, exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding with the State Health Ministers of 20 States marking their commitment towards the launch of the Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) at a Health Ministers conclave, in Delhi on

Six months ago, Champa Lal developed stomach pain that he presumed to be a case of acidity. The Bikaner resident tried antacids and home remedies, but his stomach kept bloating and there came a point when he started to look like a pregnant woman. The 62-year-old then approached Sir Ganga Ram

A FEW WEEKS ago, when 27-year-old Bilal Ahmad Chopan, a labourer from Banihal in J&K, was rushed to the local hospital with severe chest pain, doctors quickly conducted an ECG, which confirmed that the patient had suffered a heart attack. “Without wasting any time, I uploaded the ECG on our real

WITH the AYUSH Ministry pushing for it, the HRD Ministry is learnt to have changed its stand on a proposal to elevate Gujarat’s Ayurved University into the league of IITs, AIIMS and IISERs. Last year, the HRD Ministry had sought strong justification for Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s plea to

According to the just released SRS bulletin (2016), India has shown impressive gains in reduction of Maternal Mortality with 22% reduction since 2013. Nearly one thousand fewer women now die of pregnancy related complications each month in India. Maternal Mortality Ratio of India has declined from

Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Mansukh L. Mandaviya, launched the ‘JANAUSHADHI SUVIDHA’, the Oxo-biodegradable Sanitary Napkin, under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), on Monday. The affordable sanitary napkins will

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken a decision to vaccinate all healthcare workers who are at an increased risk of acquiring Hepatitis-B infection such as those involved in conducting deliveries, giving injections and exposed to blood or blood products.Hepatitis B vaccination is

Four years ago, she was born with a double whammy - a hole in her heart and one of the rarest blood groups - in an Odisha village. Now, as Iteeshree Nayak from Chandpur village, Kankadahad block of Dhenkanal district plays with her sisters Rani and Pree-tishree before going to school, her parents

Sobhan Mukherjee of Bansdroni has been breaking many stereotypes. Since last year, the postgraduate student of geography at Asutosh College been spending over Rs 11,000 a month to stock up sanitary napkins at public toilets to promote menstrual hygiene. Till now, he has stocked up 30 toilets with

On the occasion of World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Monday, two government schools - Rajkiyakrit Jamshedpur Balika Uchcha Vidyalaya in Sakchi and Madhya Vidyalaya, Tangrain in Potka - launched sanitary pad banks in their cradles to help girl students get used to the napkins during periods. "It is a