Health

The Delhi government has drafted a proposal to distribute anti-pollution masks for free to children in both government and private schools before Diwali, senior government officials said on Monday. Delhi has 1,030 government-run schools, 215 government-aided schools and 1,352 private schools.The

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the eDantseva website and mobile application, the first ever national digital platform on oral health information and knowledge dissemination, here on Monday. This marks an important milestone as e-DantSeva will reach out to more

The Assam government has launched, on September 24, a scheme for providing medicines, including 142 essential drugs free of cost to the hospitals in the state’s tea gardens. The Free Drugs Scheme for 651 tea garden hospitals in the state will entail provisioning of 142 essential drugs, 47 surgical

At least 100.7 million toilets were built under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) across the country to take the toilet coverage from 38.7% on Oct 2, 2014, to 100% on October 2, 2019, according to the jal shakti ministry data. The coverage is seen to have contributed to rural India achieving the open

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare today launched the new TB Harega Desh Jeetega Campaign, along with the National TB Prevalence Survey. Multi-stakeholder and community participation shall form the pivot of the countrywide campaign. “As part of our commitment to end-TB

Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of AYUSH, Shripad Naik,has informed that 3 new AYUSH hospitals have been set up in Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha during the 100-day period of the present government while 306 Ayush hospitals have been upgraded. The essential medicines have been supplied and

The Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan today launched UMMID (Unique Methods of Management and treatment of Inherited Disorders) initiative and inaugurated NIDAN (National Inherited Diseases Administration) Kendras, which is being

प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्‍द्र मोदी की अध्‍यक्षता में आर्थिक मामलों की मत्रिमंडल समिति ने केंद्र प्रायोजित जारी योजना के तीसरे चरण के तहत 2021-22 तक मौजूदा जिला/रेफरल अस्‍पतालों के साथ संलग्‍न 75 अतिरिक्‍त सरकारी चिकित्‍सा महाविद्यालयों की स्‍थापना के लिए अपनी मंजूरी दे दी है। स्‍वास्‍थ्‍य सेवा से जुड़ी

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by PM Modi has given its approval for establishment of 75 additional Government Medical Colleges by 2021-22 attached with existing district/referral hospitals under Phase-III of the ongoing Centrally Sponsored scheme. For the schemes approved today

जैविक दवाओं और दुकानों की तलाश के लिए मोबाइल एप्‍लीकेशन ‘जन औषधि सुगम’ की शुरुआत रसायन एवं उर्वरक मंत्री डी. वी. सदानंद गौड़ा ने आज नई दिल्‍ली में मोबाइल एप्‍लीकेशन ‘जन औषधि सुगम’ की शुरुआत की और उन्‍होंने घोषणा की कि अब जन औषधि सुविधा ऑक्‍सो-बायोडीग्रेडेबल सेनेटरी नैपकीन 1 रुपये प्रति पैड की दर से

Mobile app- “Janaushadhi Sugam” launched for locating outlets and searching Generic medicines Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, D.V. Sadananda Gowda launched a mobile application “Janaushadhi Sugam” and announced that “Jan Aushadhi Suvidha Oxo-Biodegradable Sanitary Napkin” will now be

If it’s Monday, the colour code for bedsheets at Nashik civil hospital’s special newborn care unit (SNCU) is yellow, if it’s Tuesday, the sheets are pink, and so on for each day of the week. This simple measure ensures that the bedsheets have been washed and sterilised by autoclave. Similarly, there