Four new cases of swine flu have been reported in the National Capital, taking the total in Delhi to 10. But hospitals seem unable to ensure that the virus is contained with yet another suspected case running away. The isolation wards are infested with mosquitoes, flies and have dirty bed sheets.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/why-govt-hospitals-make-swine-flu-patients-sick/95112-17.html
Horrible crimes against your loved ones, a nursery teacher turning into a murderer of her own mother. Shockingly, Sakshi may just be the tip of the iceberg. In March last year, a teenager in Texas, US, along with her two boyfriends shot and stabbed her mother and two brothers for breaking up her relationship. So how did these seemingly normal people turn into killers? Experts provide some answers.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/watch-what-goes-through-the-mind-of-killers/94166-3.html
Over 16,000 school and college students in India committed suicide in the last three years, according to health ministry. That means around 16 students commit suicide each day across India in an age group that one would normally associate with potential and promise.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stress-kills-students-combat-tensions-related-to-exam/94053-17.html
Starting from Sunday, the World No Tobacco Day, all tobacco products in India will carry graphic pictorial warnings. Given the horrifying big picture, health authorities are hoping that newly introduced pictorial warnings like skull and cross bones, scorpion and diseased lungs on cigarette packets and other tobacco products in India, will prove effective as a deterrent especially when it comes to young people.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pictorial-warning-on-tobacco-products-from-today/93814-17.html
Starting from Sunday, the World No Tobacco Day, all tobacco products in India will carry graphic pictorial warnings. Given the horrifying big picture, health authorities are hoping that newly introduced pictorial warnings like skull and cross bones, scorpion and diseased lungs on cigarette packets and other tobacco products in India, will prove effective as a deterrent especially when it comes to young people.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pictorial-warning-on-tobacco-products-from-today/93814-3.html
Its International Nurses Day on Tuesday and the focus is on those in the field of medicine who often get the raw end of the deal.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/international-nurses-day-sneak-peek-into-a-nurses-life/92417-17.html
Scientists are still not able to find out why the Mexican flu has been more deadlier.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/watch-how-much-aware-is-india-of-h1n1-virus/92136-17.html
The H1N1 Influenza A virus has hit 21 countries across the world and more than 1,100 people have been infected with the virus. World Health Organisation (WHO) has also warned countries to not let their guard down but officials in the United States of America say the virus appears to be no more than dangerous than the regular flu virus.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/h1n1-virus-spreads-but-who-yet-to-raise-alert-level/91855-17.html
The death of a 1-year-old due to lack of immediate medical help after the onset of an asthma attack came as a rude shock to many. Most parents who have children battling similar conditions are worried about the safety of their children. CNN-IBN's Ginny Narula talks to parents and doctors on how best to manage such conditions.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/doctors-parents-on-how-to-manage-asthma-in-kids/91012-17.html
With Indian population running over a billion and a lopsided ratio of health problems and treatments available, healthcare system in the country isn't earning a good name. Dr Amit Verma discusses what exactly ails India's healthcare system and how it can be made better.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/doc-analysis-why-indias-healthcare-in-icu/90691-17.html
From Guwahati to 26/11, there have been at least 10 serious terror strikes in the country in the last one year. And hospitals everywhere have struggled to cope with the such emergencies. But its not just terror attacks, every time natural calamities strike the Indian healthcare system has been brought to its knees.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/who-lays-guidelines-to-make-hospitals-safer/89676-11.html
Fifteen-month-old Abhilasha needed a liver transplant because of a rare bile duct disease. But doctors were unable to save her life. Yet, in death, thanks to her parents looking beyond their grief and choosing to donate her kidneys, Abhilasha has saved a young man's life.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/gift-of-life-baby-dies-saves-two-lives/89098-17.html
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