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Fuel, drug crisis leaves Sri Lanka hospitals on life support
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Sri Lanka's hospitals are on the verge of collapse as supplies of surgery equipment and life-saving drugs have been almost exhausted, while extreme fuel shortages have left both patients and doctors unable to travel for treatment, media reports said.
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South Korea's smuggled drugs logs double-digit growth in H1
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of smuggled drugs, impounded by the South Korean customs agency, logged double-digit growth in the first half of this year due to a surge in drug trafficking through international mail amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Tuesday.
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HIV patients protest shortage of life-saving drugs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): A group of HIV patients on Tuesday staged a protest outside the National AIDS Control Organization's (NACO) office here against the shortage of crucial life-saving drugs required to curb the disease.
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Researchers investigate drug used to treat botulism disease
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Botulism is a rare but deadly disease, and researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are looking into a drug that is used to treat neuromuscular weakness as a potential treatment.
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NACO initiates discussions after protests against shortage of antiretrovir
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): National Aids Control Organization (NACO) have initiated the round of discussions after a group of HIV patients have protested outside the the office in Delhi over a shortage of antiretroviral drugs for a few months, sources told to ANI.
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Arunachal Pradesh police seize drugs worth Rs 1.28 crore
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh Police on Monday seized a huge quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 1.28 crore.
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Scalp cooling is proving to be successful in preventing hair loss due to c
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 25 (ANI/PNN): Losing hair is one of the most painful experiences of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. It is especially the case for women patients. But not any longer; Scalp cooling is an innovative method that has helped thousands of cancer patients
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Pak: Acute shortage of anaesthetics in Lahore, hundreds of surgeries postp
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): With the economy shrinking and rising inflation in Pakistan, there is an acute shortage of anaesthetics in Lahore, and as a result, hundreds of surgeries have been postponed putting the lives of numerous critical patients at risk.
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Indore: Student of medical college ends life by suicide
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 25 (ANI): A PG student of Anaesthesia (third year) of a medical college died by suicide in the college hostel on Sunday allegedly due to an overdose of drugs.
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Cambodia arrests 1 suspect, seizing over 52 kg of illicit drugs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], July 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested a local woman for allegedly possessing and trafficking illicit drugs, confiscating more than 52 kg of crystal meth, said an Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) report released on Sunday.
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Mohali Police busts inter-state drug smuggling racket
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 24 (ANI): The Mohali Police on Sunday busted an inter-state drug smuggling racket and recovered 8 kg of opium being smuggled using an ambulance on the Ambala-Chandigarh Highway and arrested three accused, Information and Public Relations Department, Punjab s
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Turban-tying contest held in Amritsar in memory of singer Sidhu Moose Wala
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) July 24 (ANI): To create awareness about the dangers of drug addiction, a welfare society organised a turban-tying competition in memory of late Punjabi rapper-singer Sidhu Moose Wala on Sunday. The winner was awarded Rs 11,000.
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