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MKCG Medical College faces staff shortage
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Public ire is brewing against alleged government apathy towards the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in the city.
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Doctors up in arms against ruling party MLA
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Government doctors and an MLA of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are at loggerheads in Nabarangpur district of south Orissa.
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Women more willing to sacrifice kidneys
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Even as Mewavati Devangan, 59, was being wheeled in for surgery, her lips moved ceaselessly in prayer.
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Meningococcal disease claims 19 in Tripura
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At least 19 people died in Tripura due to meningococcal disease in the last one year, Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty said.
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Engineer develops cheap diagnostic tool
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A Bangalore-based engineer has claimed to have developed a technology providing inexpensive, fast, accurate diagnosis which doctors can use anywhere and that will enable people, especially in rural areas to have access to hi-tech medical tests.
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Nurses, pharmacists on the warpath
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Health sector may plunge into crisis next month with nurses and pharmacists deciding to go on mass leave from April 12 if their demands regarding service conditions were not met.
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Three generic medicine stores opened in State
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Jan Aushadhi, a campaign to provide quality generic medicines at affordable prices to all, was launched in the State with opening of three stores in and around the capital city on Saturday.
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Centre to launch urban health mission
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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said the Central Government would initiate an urban health mission similar to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
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Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Shillong's NEIGRIHMS
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday inaugurated the 'North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Medical Sciences' (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong.
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19 dies of meningococcal disease in Tripura
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At least 19 people died in Tripura due to meningococcal disease in the last one year, state Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty today said.
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Move against free sale of ‘psycho-active drug’
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Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today admitted that while psycho-active drugs can be sold only on prescription, the glue or toluene derivatives like Dendrite are being sold freely in the State and the authorities have a lot to do to prevent sale of all such items.
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AMC move to set up paramedical institute at Graham Bazar opposed
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Advocate Lakhin Chetia, member of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), Sadiya, through a memorandum has appealed to Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of Health and Family Welfare to take immediate measures against the decision of Assam Medical College
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Total bandh observed at Kashipur
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A bandh was observed at Kashipur in Rayagada district on Tuesday in protest against lack of medical facilities and other amenities.
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Free health camp a major draw among Orissa villagers
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The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a state-run aeronautics firm, has set up free medical camps in the Maoist affected Orissa's Koraput district to generate confidence among the local villagers.
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108 ambulance services to add 160 vehicles by March 2011
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The 108 ambulance service will add 160 more vehicles to its fleet in the State by March 2011 to provide emergency medical care to more people.
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Minister faces heat as MIM disputes statistics
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Health Minister Danam Nagender had a tough time in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday when Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi disputed the statistics he furnished on the number of vacancies in various government hospitals and medical institutions
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Vans to spread awareness about HIV test centres
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Chief Secretary K.S. Sripathi on Monday launched the third phase of a new media campaign to spread awareness about ‘Nambikkai Maiyam’ or counselling and testing centres for HIV in the State.
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NADA cautions on 'fake doctors'
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Nagaland AYUSH Doctors’ Association (NADA) has expressed serious dismay over the prevalence of certain individuals especially non locals posing as AYUSH doctor without valid qualifications and registration from respective university/council/board in the state.
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AIDS awareness through musical extravaganza in Meghalaya
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Meghalaya AIDS Control Society in collaboration with an NGO Springboard Surprises has decided to spread AIDS awareness through a cultural extravaganza in the state.
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India needs 6,800 more hospitals, NRHM has many glitches: Survey
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India needs over 6,800 more hospitals in rural areas to provide basic health facilities to people, the annual Economic Survey released Thursday said.
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Huge gaps seen in primary healthcare
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Inadequate health infrastructure, in addition to shortage of trained personnel, has resulted in glaring gaps in health coverage and outreach of services, mainly in rural areas.
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CM inaugurates new civil hospital at Margherita
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The Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, inaugurated the new 100-bed civil hospital of Margherita on Tuesday in the presence of the local MLA and State Minister of Power, Industries and Commerce, Pradyut Bordoloi
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Avoid chemical colours this Holi
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Keep away from harmful chemical colours this Holi to protect your skin and eyes, doctors say. They suggest the use of natural vegetable colours instead.
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Healthy initiative
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It is for the first time in the State that about 16,000 adolescent girls were covered under a special programme to improve their anaemic condition by providing Iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablets every week along with de-worming tablets twice a year.
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Drug supplies to Manipur may be stopped
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Pharmaceutical companies are likely to stop sending medicine supplies to Manipur following an incident of hijacking of a truck laden with life-saving drugs and subsequent disappearance of drugs worth around Rs 15 lakh from Senapati sector of National Highway 39 on February 10.
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