South Africa's anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is comfortable and able to breathe without problems as he continues to respond to treatment in hospital for a recurrence of pneumonia, President Jacob Zuma's office said on Saturday. ...
12:25 AM, Apr 01, 2013
Actress Sophiya Haque, best known for her stint as a video jockey on MTV, passed away in London on Thursday morning. According to sources, she was suffering from pneumonia and had been admitted to a London hospital for treatment for close to a week. After a successful stint as a VJ, Sophiya tried her hand in acting and appeared in a film called 'Snip'. The actress also dabbled in modelling...
11:09 PM, Jan 17, 2013
New Delhi: India contributes to more than 50 per cent of the world's pneumonia deaths. Pneumonia is fast emerging as the next big challenge after polio for the country. During the World Immunisation Week, the question is whether pneumonia vaccines should be introduced in India's national immunisation programme. Pneumonia is a big challenge as 3,70,000 Indian children die due to the disease annually and 60,00,000 children are affected by it...
07:04 PM, Apr 24, 2012
London: Singer George Michael has been forced to cancel a host of concert dates after being hospitalised in Vienna, Austria, with pneumonia. The 48-year-old 'Careless Whisper' singer is still not fully recovered and has cancelled two performances in Cardiff, Wales, which were due to take place later this week, reported Mirror online. "With great regret, George Michael has been forced to postpone his November 26 and 27 shows in Cardiff,...
01:34 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Mumbai: One child below the age of five dies in India every four minutes. Most of these deaths occur due to preventable illnesses like pneumonia. The International Access Vaccine Centre blames India for not introducing the latest vaccines. But can that alone save nearly four lakh children's lives every year? According to the latest report by the centre based at Johns Hopkins University, as many as 3.71 lakh Indian children...
09:16 AM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika condition has worsened, sources claimed on Wednesday, adding that he developed Pneumonia around Diwali. They said that after developing Pneumonia, Bhupen underwent a surgery. Sources also said that he had been put on dialysis as both his kidneys have failed. The 85-year-old was hospitalised in June after he suffered breathing problems. Hazarika is a noted poet, music composer, singer, actor, journalist, author and filmmaker...
04:59 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Los Angeles: Frances Bay, who tussled with Jerry Seinfeld over a loaf of marble rye and played Adam Sandler's grandmother in 'Happy Gilmore' during a career that began in the 1930s, has died. She was 92. Her cousin Les Berman says Bay died Thursday at a Los Angeles area hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia. After working as a radio actress before World War II, Bay married and became a...
11:48 AM, Sep 18, 2011
Basu was admitted to hospital on January 1 in Kolkata. ...
11:52 AM, Jan 17, 2010
Jyoti Basu was hospitalised after a pneumonia attack. ...
12:11 PM, Jan 06, 2010
The 96-year-old leader was admitted in the hospital on Friday evening. ...
09:49 PM, Jan 01, 2010
Every year pneumonia kills more than 2 million children under the age of five. ...
07:40 PM, Nov 02, 2009
The mother of three stepped in front of the camera for a good cause. ...
02:00 AM, Jul 17, 2009
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s wife died of severe pneumonia in a Delhi hospital on Monday. ...
08:12 PM, May 14, 2007
The heaviest Mizo child weighing 105 kg died from unknown causes. ...
04:47 PM, Mar 19, 2007
Common cold can cause severe respiratory infections such as pneumonia and acute bronchitis, says study. ...
09:07 PM, Feb 26, 2007
Though Pandit Ravi Shankar is still on oxygen and under the supervision of doctors, his condition is not critical. ...
08:56 AM, Nov 07, 2006
He had an initial minor stroke in December 2005 before suffering the severe brain hemorrhage in January. ...
02:39 PM, Aug 29, 2006
