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Maharashtra doctors call off strike
Mumbai, April 20 - The six-day old strike by the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors - was called off Sunday following talks Saturday evening with state Health Minister Dilip Walse-Patil.
Apr 20, 2008 - 3:09:47 PM
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Doctors' strike forces woman to deliver in taxi
Mumbai, April 19 - The on-going doctors' strike in Maharashtra forced a woman to deliver in a cab late Saturday evening.
Apr 19, 2008 - 11:44:44 PM
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Post-graduate diploma for doctors in eastern India
The Christian Medical College, Vellore, will start a distance education programme here offering post-graduate diploma in family medicine for general practitioners - of West Bengal and other eastern states from June.
Apr 19, 2008 - 9:23:57 PM
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Tamil Nadu plans poison treatment centres in every district
Chennai, April 18 - All 30 districts of Tamil Nadu will have a special poison treatment centre, the state health department announced here Friday.
Apr 18, 2008 - 9:39:57 PM
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Over 300 Maharashtra medicos served termination notices
Mumbai, April 18 - The Maharashtra government Friday hit back at the striking medicos in the state by serving termination notices to 311 of the about 3,500 agitating resident doctors of government-run hospitals.
Apr 18, 2008 - 8:07:32 PM
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'Social infrastructure next focus area for realtors'
New Delhi, April 18 - After housing and retail infrastructure, real estate developers would now focus on social infrastructure sector, Ansal Properties and Industries chairman Sushil Ansal said here Friday.
Apr 18, 2008 - 8:06:50 PM
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Orissa homeopath refuses polio drops for grand-children
Kendrapada -, April 18 - A homeopathy doctor in Orissa has refused to administer polio drops to his grand-children even after repeated requests by state officials.
Apr 18, 2008 - 5:59:18 PM
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Medical colleges to implement OBC quota in two years
New Delhi, April 17 - Central government-aided medical colleges will set aside 18 percent of total seats for the other backward classes - candidates from the next academic session, it was announced here Thursday.
Apr 17, 2008 - 8:17:08 PM
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Classical medical terminology can endanger patients
The limited and recycled vocabulary of dead languages used in medical terminology is confusing and has the potential to cause serious consequences for patients. Dr Melinda Lyons, University of Cambridge, UK, discusses the issues in a Comment in this week's edition of The Lancet.
Apr 17, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Delhi school kids march for Bhopal gas tragedy victims
New Delhi, April 16 - Over 100 school kids participated in a rally here Wednesday in support of the Bhopal gas tragedy survivors who marched from Bhopal to Delhi, demanding rehabilitation and compensation for them and their children.
Apr 16, 2008 - 7:02:43 PM
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Thirty percent of Indian men drink alcohol: minister
New Delhi, April 16 - About 30 percent of men and a little less than five percent of women consume alcohol in India, as most start drinking at the age of 20 years, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday.
Apr 16, 2008 - 4:16:54 PM
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Indian doctor sentenced for Glasgow airport bombing bid
London, April 11 - Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed was Friday sentenced to 18 months in jail by a court in London in connection with the failed car bombing of Glasgow airport in Scotland last June.
Apr 11, 2008 - 8:59:04 PM
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Shabana Azmi speaks for mother and child health
New Delhi, April 11 - Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi Friday urged people to give more attention to women and child health issues, especially for those living in rural areas.
Apr 11, 2008 - 6:28:11 PM
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Indian-origin doctor gets Ontario's highest civilian award
Toronto, April 11 - Sheela Basrur, the Indian-origin doctor who led the fight against the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome - outbreak here, was Thursday given the Order of Ontario, the highest civilian award in Canada's most important province.
Apr 11, 2008 - 10:29:30 AM
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Chikungunya cases reported again from Kerala
Kozhikode, April 9 - Chikungunya, a viral disease that spreads through the bite of infected mosquitoes, has struck Kerala again. The first cases this year have been reported from Kozhikode district.
Apr 9, 2008 - 12:41:55 PM
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Mumbai traffic police fine 6,195 motorists for honking
Mumbai, April 7 - It was a well-publicised 'No Honking Day' in Mumbai, but the daily cacophony continued as usual on the roads of this eastern metropolis Monday, the traffic police registering over 6,195 cases for honking.
Apr 7, 2008 - 10:09:49 PM
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Over 3,000 Mumbai motorists fined on 'No Honking Day'
Mumbai April 7 - It was cacophony as usual on Mumbai roads Monday and over 3,000 motorists were fined in four hours for honking despite it being 'No Honking Day'.
Apr 7, 2008 - 5:32:54 PM
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WHO predicts rise in vector-borne diseases in India
New Delhi, April 7 - South and southeast Asia will see a major surge in vector-borne diseases, water-borne diseases and malnourishment due to global warming, the World Health Organisation - said Monday.
Apr 7, 2008 - 5:24:51 PM
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Chikungunya in Kerala due to climate change: WHO
New Delhi, April 7 - An outbreak of chikungunya in Kerala in the last two years is mainly due to climate change, the World Health Organisation - said Monday.
Apr 7, 2008 - 4:42:30 PM
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Bird flu in Tripura, culling starts Tuesday
Agartala, April 7 - There has been an outbreak of bird flu in Tripura with a general alert sounded across the northeastern state, officials Monday said. The state will cull around 20,000 birds starting Tuesday.
Apr 7, 2008 - 2:37:06 PM
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Culling on in fresh bird flu-hit West Bengal district
Kolkata, April 7 - The cull in freshly bird flu-affected areas of West Bengal's Nadia district is expected to be completed Wednesday, Nadia District Magistrate Omkar Singh Meena said.
Apr 7, 2008 - 12:21:03 PM
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Mobile hospitals carry smiles to rural India
New Delhi, April 7 - If they can't come to us, let us go to them. Armed with this ideology, a mobile hospital with all amenities for basic health care services, given free, has been doing the rounds in rural India across five states. Now it will run on Delhi's roads.
Apr 7, 2008 - 8:32:07 AM
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Doctor arrested for assaulting woman, relatives
New Delhi, April 4 - A 56-year-old doctor has been arrested for allegedly beating up a woman and her relatives when they vandalised his hospital for its refusing to hand over the body of a boy without autopsy, the police said Friday.
Apr 4, 2008 - 6:40:31 PM
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Losing sleep? Blame it on long working hours
New Delhi, April 4 - It's been a hard day's night, you should be sleeping like a log...Not quite. Long working hours and watching TV at night are leading to insomnia among Indians, say experts.
Apr 4, 2008 - 11:03:13 AM
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India a popular destination for clinical research
New Delhi, April 4 - India has emerged as a popular destination for clinical research, overtaking China, and is cheaper too, says a Planning Commission report.
Apr 4, 2008 - 9:03:52 AM
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Dr. Reddy's acquires Italian firm
Hyderabad, April 3 - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, a global pharmaceutical firm, Thursday announced that it has acquired Jet Generici Srl, an Italian company engaged in the sale of generic finished dosages.
Apr 3, 2008 - 6:42:37 PM
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60 colleges coming up to tide over doctor crunch
New Delhi, April 3 - India is setting up 60 new medical colleges and 225 nursing colleges in public-private partnership to tide over its current acute shortage of doctors, nurses, dentists and paramedics, a Planning Commission report has said.
Apr 3, 2008 - 3:33:08 PM
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Ranbaxy launches bio-generic product for osteoporosis patients
Mumbai, April 3 - Ranbaxy Thursday said it launched the world's first bio-generic product Bonista-Teriparatide injection for the treatment of osteoporosis, a disease that leads to an increased risk of bone fracture.
Apr 3, 2008 - 1:46:02 PM
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Weed used in Ayurveda can kill dengue mosquito
Kolkata, April 3 - Berries of a wild weed used in ayurvedic formulations could help eliminate dengue-spreading mosquitoes, resistant to synthetic insecticides, according to a study.
Apr 3, 2008 - 10:05:58 AM
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India needs political will to reduce maternal mortality: WHO
New Delhi, April 3 - India's maternal mortality is high due to a lack of political will and administrative and managerial failures rather than absence of expertise, an article published in WHO magazine said.
Apr 3, 2008 - 9:07:31 AM
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60 call centre employees struck by food poisoning
New Delhi, April 2 - At least 60 employees of a call centre in west Delhi were Wednesday admitted to hospital with suspected food poisoning as they complained of giddiness and stomach ache after they ate lunch.
Apr 2, 2008 - 8:53:06 PM
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Cadavers to help orthopaedic surgeons hone skills
New Delhi, April 2 - The Lady Hardinge Medical College here will use cadavers to train over 200 orthopaedic surgeons from across India in handling complicated fractures in paediatric and geriatric age groups.
Apr 2, 2008 - 7:37:59 PM
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India attractive destination for health tourism: Study
New Delhi, April 2 - Indian corporate hospitals are well equipped, proficient and could measure up to or even outshine any hospital in the West, making the nation an attractive destination for health tourism, a Planning Commission report released Wednesday said.
Apr 2, 2008 - 7:09:06 PM
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Indian doctors, nurses in demand in Western countries
New Delhi, April 2 - India ranks top among nations whose physicians are working in major developed countries like Britain and the US, where they form nearly five percent of the total workforce, a Planning Commission report released Wednesday said.
Apr 2, 2008 - 6:03:03 PM
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Indian doctors, nurses in demand in Western countries
New Delhi, April 2 - India ranks top among nations whose physicians are working in major developed countries like Britain and the US, where they form nearly five percent of the total workforce, a Planning Commission report released Wednesday said.
Apr 2, 2008 - 6:03:03 PM
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Mysterious disease claims thousands of birds in Tripura
Agartala, April 2 - About 3,000 birds, including poultry fowl, have died due to some mysterious disease during the past one week in Tripura, officials said here Wednesday.
Apr 2, 2008 - 4:44:06 PM
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Jharkhand government criticises MBBS admission cancellation
Ranchi, April 2 - The Jharkhand government and MBBS students have reacted sharply to the Medical Council of India directive to cancel admission of 90 students of the 2007 batch at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science -.
Apr 2, 2008 - 2:48:21 PM
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No development, no polio drops: Bihar villagers
Patna, April 2 - Protesting lack of development in their village, nearly 100 'poorest of the poor' families have boycotted the ongoing pulse polio drive in Bihar refusing administration of the vaccine to their infants.
Apr 2, 2008 - 2:33:48 PM
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Climate change will affect pregnancies in coastal India
New Delhi, April 2 - A rise in sea levels due to global warming will force people in India's coastal areas to drink salty water, thus affecting pregnant women and their unborn children, says a scientist associated with the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change -.
Apr 2, 2008 - 9:16:19 AM
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Women more vulnerable to cancer in Punjab's cotton fields
Chandigarh, April 1 - Many more women than men are dying of cancer in the cotton-rich Malwa belt of southern Punjab - a full 25 percent more. This is in sharp contrast to the global trend where the number of men dying of cancer is 33 percent higher than the number of women.
Apr 1, 2008 - 6:24:50 PM
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Health insurance policy for workers starts
New Delhi, April 1 - The government's health insurance policy to cover around 300 million poor unorganised sector workers comes into effect from Tuesday. The government earmarked Rs.2.5 billion for the policy in its 2008-09 budget.
Apr 1, 2008 - 4:00:38 PM
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Live birds being burnt to battle bird flu in West Bengal
Kolkata, April 1 - Officials are burning live birds in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district in a desperate bid to end a culling operation launched after avian flu resurfaced in the state, poultry farmers have said.
Apr 1, 2008 - 1:47:02 PM
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Where gun licences lure men to vasectomy camps
Bhopal, April 1 - Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district has embarked upon a novel idea to promote male sterilisation - the administration has decided to grant gun licences to those who come to family planning camps and offer to undergo vasectomy, a senior official said Tuesday.
Apr 1, 2008 - 1:42:17 PM
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Four cancer specialists honoured in Mumbai
Mumbai, March 31 - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Monday presented the Cancer Aid & Research Foundation - annual awards to four eminent cancer doctors.
Mar 31, 2008 - 8:24:13 PM
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Medical tourism is waste of resources if poor not treated: Health Secretary
New Delhi, March 30 - Medical tourism might be the new buzzword for the burgeoning healthcare industry in India but one of the country's top health officials calls it a 'waste of resources' if the money earned by private hospitals is not used to treat the poor.
Mar 30, 2008 - 9:39:00 AM
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NRI doctor guilty of unethical tests on British patients
London, March 29 - An NRI psychiatrist from Assam faces the sack after being found guilty of conducting unethical drug tests on mentally ill patients, according to reports Saturday.
Mar 29, 2008 - 6:04:41 PM
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Apollo Hospital to provide healthcare at Delhi airport
New Delhi, March 29 - The Indraprastha Apollo Hospital - will set up medical units, provide emergency ambulance service and run a round-the-clock pharmacy at the Indira Gandhi International - airport here.
Mar 29, 2008 - 4:34:56 PM
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Culling in West Bengal to be completed Sunday: minister
Kolkata, March 29 - The culling operations to slaughter 40,000 poultry birds in West Bengal's bird-flu affected Jalpaiguri district are expected to be completed by Sunday, Animal Resource Development - Minister Anisur Rahman said here.
Mar 29, 2008 - 3:36:09 PM
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Women over 40 more prone to cervical cancer
New Delhi, March 29 - Women over 40, beware. Medical experts say you are more prone to cervical cancer and would do well not to ignore any kind of vaginal pain.
Mar 29, 2008 - 10:03:32 AM
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120,000 people drinking poisoned water: minister
Patna, March 28 - High level of arsenic in groundwater has affected 120,000 people in 12 Bihar districts, including capital Patna, says the state's Public Health and Engineering Department Minister Prem Kumar.
Mar 28, 2008 - 10:33:11 AM
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