Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered separate probes by the Crime Branch and the Vigilance Department into the purchase and supply of spurious drugs in the state. These spurious drugs were being administered to patients over the last three years according to reports. A shutdown was observed in the Valley on Saturday in protest. "A detailed probe into the spurious drug 'Amoxicillin Trihydrate', IP batch No PBT-1583, supplied...
09:36 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Health and Family Minister AK Walia on Saturday called upon medical professionals to work in close association with one another as well as with environmental specialists to achieve the goal of holistic health. "The health ministry is looking for such collaborations as centre point of all health care agencies in future whereby every citizen will have access to clean water, clean food and clean air," said Walia...
04:54 AM, Apr 21, 2013
AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma gave a health update of the Delhi minor rape survivor. He said the condition of the girl is stable; she is also alert, speaking to her parents and responding to the treatment well. ...
07:22 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: 7:02 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi visits AIIMS to meet the rape survivor. 7:02 pm: AIIMS Medical Superintendent DK Sharma gives a health update of the rape survivor. He says the condition of the girl is stable; she is also alert, speaking to her parents and responding to the treatment well. Sharma adds she has been put under close observation. 5:16 pm: Accused in the Delhi minor rape...
07:19 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Patna: World Health Organisation (WHO) appreciated the successful implementation of health programmes, particularly anti-polio and immunisation campaigns, in Bihar on Wednesday. The appreciation was expressed by WHO Representative in India Nata Menabde after a meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna. Praising the anti-polio campaign, Menabde said Bihar had not registered a single case of polio in the last three years, an official statement said. On the immunisation programme,...
05:00 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Raipur: The NHRC has directed the Chhattisgarh government to submit a report within a month over the allegations that 7,000 'unnecessary' hysterectomy surgeries were conducted in the state by some doctors, just to claim money under a health insurance scheme. "There are allegations that 7,000 hysterectomies - uterus removal surgeries - had been conducted by unscrupulous doctors in 169 hospitals of Chhattisgarh, to claim money under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima...
08:29 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's condition was improving with relief from pain and slight improvement in blood pressure, a medical bulletin said on Friday. Her pulse rate continued to be low and she was examined by cardiologist SK Biswas at the premiere Belle Vue clinic, where she was admitted to. Mamata, whose health was reviewed by members of the medical consortium headed by Subroto Maitra, was advised to...
05:53 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who was hospitalised after complaints of breathing problem and palpitation, has been advised total rest by doctors who described her condition on Thursday as stable. Doctors at the premier Belle Vue clinic, where Banerjee is undergoing treatment, said she had pain in her shoulder and waist and was under close surveillance with an advice not to do any official work for the time...
05:43 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Paris: China found new cases of bird flu in five live bird markets in the eastern part of the country, a report posted on the website of the World Animal Health Organisation OIE showed on Wednesday. China said the H7N9 avian influenza virus was found on Wednesday in three live bird markets in Jiangsu province, one in Anhui province and one in Zhejiang province, the report said. It did not...
02:08 AM, Apr 11, 2013
New Delhi: It's World Health Day on Sunday and the focus is on one of the biggest killers of this century. High blood pressure which affects one in three adults globally and 214 million Indians are projected to by hypertensive by 2030. 9.4 million Indians die due to hypertension every year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Nearly a third of young Indians - 33 per cent of men...
08:42 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Johannesburg: Former South African president Nelson Mandela left hospital on Saturday after more than a week of treatment of pneumonia that raised global concern about the health of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader. "(He) has been discharged from hospital today ... following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition," the South African presidency said in a statement. A military ambulance pulled into Mandela's spacious Johannesburg home before the statement...
08:28 PM, Apr 06, 2013
High blood pressure and hypertension are the new lifestyle diseases afflicting India's urban middle class. Dr Ravi R Kasliwal, Chairman, Clinical & Preventive Cardiology, Medanta-The Medicity, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. What kind of cooking oil is good for heart & esp for high BP patients? Is it olive, mustard, desi ghee or refined oils like Saffola/Fortune? Asked by: Honey A. Olive oil, Mustard oil,...
05:58 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: All antibiotics, tuberculosis drugs and other habit-forming medicines may soon have a label, warning users against over the counter medication, according to the latest draft notification by the Health Ministry. According to Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), India records 70 thousand new multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases every year. India has already switched to using the second line drug Artemisinin for Malaria widely and nearly 5 per cent...
08:50 AM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: The government will enact the proposed right to food bill, covering 67 per cent of the population, in the second half of the budget session from April 22-May 10, 2013, Food Minister KV Thomas said in New Delhi on Wednesday. "We will pass the bill in the second half of the budget session," Thomas told a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) meet on "India's food security and the...
05:33 AM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: The BJP's Delhi unit on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit following a CAG report that slammed the Delhi government. "All our allegations have proved to be true with this report. The Delhi government has looted and cheated people," Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel told reporters. "Sheila Dikshit should resign from the chief minister's post," he said. In its report, the Comptroller and Auditor...
04:53 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Shailaja, a mother of two was left in a near vegetative state three years ago after her doctors botched up her surgery and then refused to take responsibility for it. Shailaja's husband had turned citizen journalist to get help for his wife. ...
11:37 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Two days after CNN-IBN highlighted her plight due to medical negligence, the Bangalore hospital that botched up Shailaja's surgery has been forced to act. It is expected to submit its relief plan for the victim to the government on Monday. ...
08:21 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Karnataka Health Minister SA Ramadas said on Saturday that criminal proceedings will be initiated against the hospital that provided treatment to a woman who has been in near vegetative state for three years post a botched surgery. The hospital has been given time till Saturday evening to respond on how they will provide compensation to Shailaja's family. ...
03:15 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Karnataka Health Minister SA Ramadas on Saturday met the family of the woman who was left severely incapacitated because of a botched surgery in a Bangalore Hospital. The minister had earlier promised quick action after a CNN-IBN Citizen Journalist campaign exposed the hospital's negligence during the victim's treatment. ...
01:52 PM, Mar 30, 2013
Karnataka Health Minister SA Ramadas's representative on Saturday met the family of the woman who was left severely incapacitated because of a botched surgery in a Bangalore Hospital. The representative conveyed to the family members that they could meet Ramadas at his office on Saturday. ...
01:08 PM, Mar 30, 2013
