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Major thrust to medical education, innovation and research in Budget ’24: Dr Naresh Purohit
Jabalpur/New Delhi: There is a major thrust to medical education, innovation and research in the Union Budget 2023-24. This year, the centre has hiked its allocation for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to Rs 89,155 crore, up by Rs…
India has the highest burden of Leprosy in the world .
New Delhi: According to WHO about 208,000 people worldwide are infected with leprosy, most of them in Africa and Asia. It is a chronic infectious disease that causes severe disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage in the arms, legs and skin…
Dr. Naresh Purohit: CPR training needed to save lives from sudden cardiac death
Hamirpur (HP): With the significant rise in the number of sudden cardiac deaths in the hill state there is an urgent need for widespread cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training that would save lives, said Dr Naresh Purohit, the…
India unveils world’s first intranasal Covid vaccine iNNCOVACC
New Delhi: Indian government on Thursday unveiled indigenously made, world's first intranasal Covid-19 vaccine iNNCOVACC here.
The vaccine was launched by Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, in the presence of Union Minister of…
Cancer has grown disproportionately over the last decade in Kashmir
Since Health of citizens is one of the important tasks for a healthy nation, and Cancer being one of the largest killers in the world, our regular contributor on Health issues, Dr. Naresh Purohit*, speaks to our Correspondent on Cancer…
NICE Skymed India, organizes Medical Seminar in Bangladesh
Dhaka: NICE Skymed organized a medical seminar and Continued Medical Education (CME) series along with Fortis Hospital, India at Gulshan Club in Bangladesh on Jan. 21.
NICE Ltd. in association with GTI Infotel, India, has a vision “To…
Fatty liver is an epidemic in India: Sarin, ILBS Director
New Delhi: "Fatty liver in India is so common that it can be designated as an epidemic in our country, about 30-40 per cent people have fatty liver. Whether it be blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancers, they…
Today’s Doctor Is in a Predicament.
New Delhi: Today's doctor is in a predicament. Medicine is a science which has many probabilities and possibilities. A patient places what is most valuable to him-his very life, in the hands of the doctor. It increases the responsibility of…
India needs to expand healthcare in the public-private partnership mode
Jabalpur: Times today are very different from what they were when welfare states arose and cemented. Business interests in healthcare apart, the massive strides achieved in technology, the vistas and choices they have opened, and their…
Recent Covid-19 relaxations in China take a toll of 20 leading scientists
Beijing: Reports of Covid-19 latest variant BF.7 having engulfed many scientific and engineering institutes in China, show at least 20 prominent scientists and engineers have died in the last two weeks from December 15 to January 2023. …
India is fully prepared to deal any Covid eventuality: Mandaviya
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said the country is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, if the Covid cases increase once again in the country. The Minister who visited Safdarjung Hospital to review the…
China schedules easing Covid tests for Int’l Arrivals by Jan. 08
Beijing: China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals starting from Jan. 8, a statement on the Chinese Foreign Ministry website said on Tuesday.
Inbound travelers to China are advised to take a PCR test within 48 hours…
BF.7 omicron variant posing new medical challenges
As Covid-19, in its new Avatar BF-.7, is throwing its pangs downwards from the Himalayas, our regular contributor on Health issues Dr. Naresh Purohit, presents his study report on the dangers posing the world population in the near future…
South Korea confirms first case of ‘Brain-Eating Ameba’ infection
Seoul: South Korea has detected its first case of infection with the Naegleria fowleri ameba, also called the "brain-eating ameba," which lives in soil and warm water and penetrates into the human brain through the nose, the Korea Disease…
Odisha govt. to conduct mock drill to test Covid readiness
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to conduct a mock drill across the state on December 27 to test the preparedness for Covid 19 following a surge in the viral infection in some countries.
Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra…
Congress questions Centre over Mandaviya’s letter to Rahul
New Delhi: The Congress has questioned the BJP government after Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya penned a letter to party MP Rahul Gandhi to follow the Covid-19 norms or "suspend" the ongoing party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, and said the…
India to review surge in Covid -19 cases in China
New Delhi: In view of the sudden spurt of Covid -19 cases in China and other countries, Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya will chair a high-level meeting to review the situation here on Wednesday
The center has also directed all the…
Thailand’s king, queen test positive for Covid
Bangkok: Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen This Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday evening, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced on Saturday.
The king…
First oral vaccines to fight cholera outbreak arrive in Haiti: UN
United Nations: A UN spokesman said that almost 1.2 million doses of oral vaccines to fight a cholera outbreak in Haiti have arrived in Port-au-Prince.
"The vaccination campaign is expected to start on Sunday," said Stephane Dujarric, the…
Covid restrictions in Shanghai bring residents to brink
Beijing: Residents of China's Shanghai took to the streets on Sunday to protest tough COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the authorities amid a record number of daily infections, a local resident said Sputnik.
The Chinese…
