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Doctors paralyse Uttar Pradesh's biggest hospital
Lucknow, April 11 - Out to defy court orders against private practice, doctors of the King George's Medical University - here Friday paralysed all patient care services in Uttar Pradesh's biggest hospital.
Apr 11, 2008 - 9:12:33 PM
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Culling in Tripura to be complete by Friday, say officials
Agartala, April 10 - The operations to slaughter 42,000 poultry birds in Tripura's bird-flu affected villages are expected to be completed by Friday, officials said here Thursday.
Apr 10, 2008 - 10:12:47 PM
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India's rural health mission not delivering results: Unicef
Udaipur -, April 9 - India's rural health mission is failing to deliver results, says a top Unicef official, pointing out that half of the country's women still deliver babies at home and it still contributes 20 percent of the world's child mortality.
Apr 9, 2008 - 9:57:34 AM
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India unveils zinc tablet to control diarrhoea
New Delhi, April 7 - India Monday unveiled a zinc dispersible tablet to control diarrhoea, a disease that kills nearly 500,000 children in the country every year.
Apr 7, 2008 - 7:55:20 PM
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Ujjain gets first medical care unit for AIDS patients
Bhopal, April 7 - A HIV community care centre has been set up to provide medical help to AIDS patients in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain town, the headquarters of a district that has the second highest number of such cases in the state.
Apr 7, 2008 - 2:35:21 PM
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Government hopes to tackle shortage of doctors soon: Ramadoss
New Delhi, April 4 - Acknowledging the severe crunch India is facing in the number of doctors, nurses and paramedics, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said Friday that since the government recognises the medical degrees issued by five English-speaking countries, including the US, Britain and Australia, it would help tide over the shortage.
Apr 4, 2008 - 10:52:45 PM
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Ranbaxy launches new dental drug in India, Nepal
Mumbai, March 18 - Pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories Tuesday launched the first-of-its-kind natural and probiotic drug for dental diseases in India and Nepal.
Mar 18, 2008 - 5:42:14 PM
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LIC and Reliance Life log good health insurance sales
Chennai, March 17 - Health is wealth - and that's certainly the case for Indian life insurers. Nearly 40 days after their entry into the long-term unit-linked health insurance business, the two life insurers - Life Insurance Corporation of India - and Reliance Life Insurance Company Limited - have been logging good business.
Mar 17, 2008 - 9:13:37 AM
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Social stigma weakening India's fight against TB
New Delhi, March 14 - India lags far behind developed countries in managing tuberculosis - because of the social stigma attached to it and health workers are particularly vulnerable to the disease, says a new report.
Mar 14, 2008 - 9:24:57 AM
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Sachin Pilot wants law to fortify milk with Vitamin A
New Delhi, March 13 - Congress parliament member Sachin Pilot wants a legislation to make it mandatory for all dairy firms in the country to fortify milk with Vitamin A as India is home to 40 percent of the world's malnourished children.
Mar 13, 2008 - 9:27:15 PM
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Armed forces lead the way in organ donation
New Delhi, March 7 - The 18-month-old son of Major Sidharth Malik fell from the balcony and was declared brain dead by doctors. Malik donated his son's kidney to give a fresh lease of life to a serving soldier.
Mar 7, 2008 - 5:47:43 PM
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Indian women cry just to be born
New Delhi, March 7 - As the world gets ready to celebrate International Women's Day Saturday, tens of thousands of Indian women are struggling just to be born. Experts say around one million female foetuses are being aborted in this country every year.
Mar 7, 2008 - 4:01:12 PM
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Doctors rubbish male pregnancy report in BIhar
Patna, March 1 - A team of doctors from the Bihar chapter of the Indian Medical Association - has rubbished a television report of a man being found seven months pregnant, and termed the whole episode as fake.
Mar 1, 2008 - 10:01:49 PM
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Kala-azar scare in Assam, alert sounded
Guwahati, Feb 21 - Health authorities in Assam have sounded an alert after seven people were admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital with suspected kala-azar or black fever, a fatal disease that has been almost eradicated.
Feb 21, 2008 - 9:56:12 AM
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Gurgaon kidney scam or Nithari murders, apathy was same
Gurgaon, Feb 1 - Blood flowing in the drain outside D-5 and residents of the posh colony just outside the national capital finding the goings on inside the bungalow suspicious but not bothering enough to report. It could be Noida where 19 children from Nithari village were mutilated, but it is not.
Feb 1, 2008 - 9:35:51 AM
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Indian government rolls out free second line treatment to AIDS patients
New Delhi, Jan 2 - The new year began on a positive note for AIDS patients from poor families. The National AIDS Control Organization - will now provide free second line treatment for the disease, urgently needed by those who have developed resistance to the first set of medicines.
Jan 2, 2008 - 1:23:34 PM
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NRI brings specialty hospital to Haryana in memory of father
Banchari -, Dec 30 - For nearly a million residents of this backward area of Haryana, it is a blessing indeed. A multi-speciality hospital has opened here, thanks to a US-based non-resident Indian -.
Dec 30, 2007 - 11:04:20 AM
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Top 10 NRI newsmakers of 2007
Before bidding goodbye to 2007, here is my list of top 10 NRI newsmakers - the achievers and those who suffered.
Dec 25, 2007 - 9:22:30 AM
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AIIMS looking for new director, even abroad
New Delhi, Dec 20 - The Indian government Thursday cast its net wide in its hunt for a new head for the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences -, saying it would welcome foreign applicants as it aims to take the institute to an international level.
Dec 20, 2007 - 8:37:11 PM
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Andhra doctors continue strike despite ban
Hyderabad, Dec 19 - The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act - but junior doctors in government-run hospitals continued their strike for the sixth consecutive day.
Dec 19, 2007 - 5:22:49 PM
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Agra doctor's global drug racket case hanging fire
Agra, Dec 16 - Neighbours of Brij Bhushan Bansal here had no inkling of what was going on in the doctor's clinic till his arrest in 2005 for running a global illegal Internet pharmacy network along with his Philadelphia-based son. A US court has now sentenced the son to 30 years in prison, while the case against the Agra doctor is still hanging fire.
Dec 16, 2007 - 2:57:49 PM
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Indian doctors devise ethical norms for paediatrics
Jaipur, Oct 25 - Healthcare intervention for toddlers and adolescents should match a child's casual reasoning, language ability and self-understanding, says a module developed by two Indian doctors that has been accepted by the International Paediatric Association -.
Oct 25, 2007 - 9:41:32 AM
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Treating ailments with hot iron rods!
Jodhpur, Oct 15 - Hot iron rods are still used to treat the sick in some villages of Rajasthan.
Oct 15, 2007 - 2:02:53 PM
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A world of colours beyond leprosy's sting
Bharatapuram -, Oct 12 - Their fingers are deformed but nothing can stop their paintbrushes. For the 27 artists of the Bindu Art School near here, painting is a medium that transports them to a world far removed from the social stigma of leprosy.
Oct 12, 2007 - 10:28:03 AM
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Take steps to prevent dengue in Delhi: court
New Delhi, Oct 10 - Angry at the authorities' callous attitude, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Delhi government's health department and Delhi's civic bodies to initiate steps to prevent the recurrence of dengue fever, which has claimed more than 200 lives in last two years.
Oct 10, 2007 - 8:02:37 PM
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NRIs, foreign couples throng Pune fertility centre
Pune, Oct 4 - Last month at the Ruby Hall Clinic here, a 60-year-old became a surrogate mother when she gave birth to twins. She had offered to be a surrogate for her US-based daughter, whose uterus had been removed due to genital cancer.
Oct 4, 2007 - 10:13:52 AM
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Medical seats in JIPMER increased to 100
New Delhi, Sep 21 - It's good news for medical college aspirants. The central government Friday increased the number of MBBS seats from 75 to 100 at the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research -, Pondicherry.
Sep 21, 2007 - 4:27:04 PM
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NRI docs' healing touch for Bengal's poor
Kolkata, Sep 13 - Thanks to the initiative of around 20 NRI doctors, mostly from Britain and the US, a hospital is being set up here with the aim of providing quality healthcare at a low cost to the poor.
Sep 13, 2007 - 9:00:17 AM
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India to invest Rs.3 bn for nursing education
New Delhi, Sep 11 - India will invest Rs.3.19 billion for enhancing nursing education across the country within the next five years, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said here Tuesday.
Sep 11, 2007 - 8:27:47 PM
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Mattel recall includes Batman, Sesame Street toys
New Delhi, Sep 6 - Barbie accessories are not the only toys that have been recalled by Mattel Toys India for posing health hazards. The list also includes Batman figures, Cookie Monster, Soccer Elmo, Ernie and Oscar the Groush.
Sep 6, 2007 - 2:56:28 PM
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Chennai to get speciality-imaging centre
Chennai, Sep 4 - The Bangalore based HealthCare Global Enterprises - and GE Healthcare Tuesday said they would set up a molecular imaging centre here to address the growing oncology needs of the region.
Sep 4, 2007 - 5:14:06 PM
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Court rejects Escorts plea against eviction notice
New Delhi, Sep 4 - The Delhi High Court has rejected the Escorts hospital's plea against the eviction notice it had been served for not providing treatment to the poor as part of the agreement for lease of public land.
Sep 4, 2007 - 4:44:34 PM
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Fortis to invest $500 mn to build 28 hospitals
New Delhi, Aug 27 - Fortis Healthcare, promoted by pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy, will invest at least $500 million to build 28 hospitals across the country, taking the total number of healthcare hubs under its umbrella to 40 by 2010.
Aug 27, 2007 - 6:50:01 PM
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Fortis to set up six medical colleges
New Delhi, Aug 27 - Fortis Healthcare, a leading private health service provider in the country, will set up six medical colleges in as many states with an investment of approximately Rs.10 billion.
Aug 27, 2007 - 4:40:04 PM
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Fortis to set up two health cities in Punjab
Chandigarh, Aug 26 - Fortis Healthcare, a Ranbaxy group firm, will set up two 'health cities' - integrated townships with hospitals and medical colleges - in Punjab with an investment of Rs.10 billion.
Aug 26, 2007 - 7:11:52 PM
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Kolkata hotel goes veggie to campaign for good health
Kolkata, Aug 23 - A leading Kolkata hotel has joined the league of veggie Bollywood stars John Abraham and Mallika Sherawat in promoting vegetarianism, by holding a festival of vegetarian food.
Aug 23, 2007 - 7:17:21 PM
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Apollo, Fortis hospitals coming up in Kashmir
Jammu, Aug 20 - Apollo and Fortis groups have been allowed to open hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir under a public-private partnership programme.
Aug 20, 2007 - 1:29:51 PM
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Fortis inaugurates multi-speciality hospital in Jaipur
Jaipur, Aug 2 - Fortis Healthcare Ltd, one of the largest private healthcare companies in India, Thursday announced a multi-speciality hospital here as part of its initiative to expand its operations in Rajasthan.
Aug 2, 2007 - 7:14:56 PM
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Madhya Pradesh nowhere near reaching key development goals
Bhopal, July 26 - Madhya Pradesh is nowhere near reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals - by the 2015 deadline, if a mid-term evaluation report prepared by voluntary groups is anything to go by.
Jul 26, 2007 - 11:07:12 AM
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Indian healthcare requires over $200 bn investment: FICCI
New Delhi, July 22 - Access to quality healthcare in India is gradually diminishing, and to solve the crisis the sector would need an investment of about $202.75 billion over the next five years, says an industry body.
Jul 22, 2007 - 8:59:11 AM
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Coming soon: skull and bones on your cigarette pack
New Delhi, July 20 - The Indian government Friday cleared a legislation that makes it mandatory for every packet of cigarettes or any other tobacco product to contain a specified health warning.
Jul 20, 2007 - 6:08:03 PM
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Now, even smoking at home can be a crime
New Delhi, July 20 - Forget bars and restaurants, even smoking at home in the presence of a domestic help might invite action from the government.
Jul 20, 2007 - 3:30:34 PM
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Fortis plans multi-speciality hospital in Jaipur
Jaipur, July 17 - Fortis Healthcare plans to set up a super speciality hospital in Jaipur as part of its initiative to expand its operations in Rajasthan.
Jul 17, 2007 - 5:38:16 PM
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Talks held for HIV kids' return to Kerala school
Kottayam -, July 15 - The Kerala government Sunday carried out an extensive campaign here to allay fears of some schoolchildren's parents who have opposed letting five HIV-positive children study at their school, even as a majority of the parents remained unconvinced.
Jul 15, 2007 - 10:15:09 PM
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NRI scientist wants NACO chief to apologise
Kolkata, July 13 - Indian American researcher Kunal Saha has demanded an apology from the chief of India's nodal AIDS body after the latter questioned his credibility as an investigator for a World Bank probe into HIV testing kits.
Jul 13, 2007 - 4:37:33 PM
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Tea pill, Tea Cola hitting markets soon
Jorhat -, June 18 - One no longer has to buy a bottle of mineral water or coke when thirsty; instead get a can of Tea Cola, a proven health drink. And if one is in a hurry but still in the mood for a cup of tea, just pop a tea pill and get refreshed.
Jun 18, 2007 - 8:41:28 AM
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Where children lead the sanitation drive
Rajnandgaon -, June 11 - The schools in Markamtola village in Chhattisgarh have a unique feature. In addition to the attendance roster kept by the teachers, they also maintain a sanitation register for the students.
Jun 11, 2007 - 8:46:07 AM
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EMRI to expand emergency care services throughout India
Hyderabad, June 7 - With its emergency health care services available across most of Andhra Pradesh, the Emergency Management and Research Institute -, an initiative of Satyam Foundation, plans to cover the entire state by the month-end and then expand it throughout the country in the next two years.
Jun 7, 2007 - 4:24:52 PM
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Post-Trehan, Escorts hospital to get Rs.300 mn
New Delhi, June 4 - The Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre -, in the eye of a storm over the departure of its top cardiologist Naresh Trehan, is to get an infusion of Rs.300 million from new owners Fortish Healthcare to upgrade its critical services.
Jun 4, 2007 - 6:50:57 PM
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Fortis to inject Rs.300 mn into Escorts hospital
New Delhi, June 4 - Critical care, emergency service and intensive care units at the Escorts hospital here will soon get a Rs.300 million boost from its new owner Fortis Healthcare.
Jun 4, 2007 - 6:07:55 PM
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