Health

National Health Mission in Haryana launched a mobile-based application to create awareness among pregnant women, parents & health workers about the importance of antenatal care, institutional delivery, post-natal care and immunisation. The mobile application would deliver free, weekly, time

This is the story of 41-year-old Bheshaj Ramteke, a government doctor who is the sole medical link for nearly 200 villages in the state’s Kanker district, braving dense forests and left-wing extremists on foot, bicycle and motorcycle. Most other “outsiders” don’t dare venture into these villages

Adulteration in Milk is harmful to health even while it is an unfair trade practices. Further, it is a market fraud and affects the honest efforts of the milk producers. Government of India has enacted Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act -2006 in August 2006 to consolidate the laws relating to food

An inspiring story from Jharkhand where doctors of a government hospital in Daltonganj town of Palamu district, donated blood for an unidentified 14 year old boy. When the boy was brought to the hospital he had near-zero pulse rate and severe external injuries. The doctors and staff of this hospital

It is estimated that more than 8,000 species of herbs / medicinal plants are found in India. The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH is presently implementing following schemes to encourage farming/ cultivation, conservation, and promotion of medicinal & herbal plants

In Bastar’s Maoist land, healthcare, education and social indicators are often low, but the Bijapur hospital is an anomaly, a symbol. There is a new blood bank, new operation theatres, and a 50-bed maternal and child healthcare section, strung up with the latest technology. In this report by

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information and Broadcasting, in presence of Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment distributed 3052 Aids and Assisted Living Devices distributed to 1843 senior

A team of five IIT-Madras students has developed a mechanical device that can lead to safer use of public toilets. The device lifts, sanitises and wipes a toilet seat, and is hands-free. These students have developed a prototype that comprises a simple foot pedal at the base of the commode that

Government has set a deadline of 2021 to provide clean drinking water to 28,000 habitations, heavily affected with arsenic and fluoride contaminated water. Concerned that polluted water is linked with onset of cancer and even hypertension, diabetes and reproductive disorders, the ministry of

TB is a disease which is largely curable and preventable. “We are committed to achieving zero TB deaths and therefore we need to re-strategize, think afresh and have to be aggressive in our approach to end TB by 2025.” This was stated by Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda, at a

Now, one would not have to stand in long queues for getting appointments with doctors in the government hospitals. Appointments can be sought through Online Registration System (ORS). Online Registration System (ORS) is a framework to link various hospitals across the country for Aadhaar based

The Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata has given an in-principal approval for opening of a cancer hospital in Ranchi. State Chief Minister, Raghubar Das had sent a formal request earlier. Tata's already have a cancer hospital in Jharkhand in Jamshedpur. People of Ranchi and others in this