Nov 18, 2024 New Delhi: A separate central law to deal with offences against health care professionals is not required as the state laws have adequate provisions to address day-to-day minor offences and serious ones can be addressed by the…

Nov 17, 2024 Mangaluru: Health and family welfare minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Saturday said chief minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate 10-bedded chemotherapy day care centres in all district hospitals next month. He told reporters after holding official review meetings that…

Nov 22, 2024 Berhampur: Three healthcare facilities in Ganjam district, among 10 in the state, earned the National Quality Assurance Standard (NQAS) certificate for their outstanding services, as recognised by the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The certified…

Nov 19, 2024 “I still use checkbooks at the bank and don’t own credit cards, debit cards, or any net banking app,” says R. Sampathkumar, an octogenarian from Chennai. A retired deputy manager from Indian Oil Corporation, he is recovering…

Nov 19, 2024 New Delhi: Union Health Secretary, Punya Salila Srivastava has written to all Chief Secretaries of states and union territories, urging them to review and strengthen capacities for prevention, preparedness and mitigation against fire accidents in all health…

Nov 23, 2024 For the first time in decades, public health data from the United States show a decline in drug overdose deaths across the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 111,802 overdose deaths were…

Nov 21, 2024 Scurvy, a disease caused by severe vitamin C deficiency and once thought to be an illness of the past, has never truly disappeared in Canada. Most recently, 27 cases were reported in Saskatchewan, shedding light on the…

Nov 23, 2024 Canada’s public health agency on Friday confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in Canada, in an person in Manitoba. The Public Health Agency of Canada said this travel-related case was associated with an ongoing outbreak…

Nov 22, 2024 Ahmedabad: Experts from across the country participated in TRANSCON 2024, the 49th Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immunohematology (ISBTI). This is a major conference on transfusion medicine and blood banks. The…

Nov 20, 2024 Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Tuesday said providing cheap, accessible and quality medical facilities to the people of the state is the priority of the state government. He instructed officials to ensure all the budgetary announcements…