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Harsh Vardhan, Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurate exhibition 'Superbugs: The E
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge) Prahlad Singh Patel jointly inaugurated the exhibition 'Superbugs: The End of Antibiotics?' at National Science Centre here on Friday.
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New health warnings on tobacco products packs from Sept 1
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labeling) Rules, 2008.
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Health Minister takes stock of situation at AIIMS, meets director
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan, on Sunday reviewed the situation at AIIMS after a major fire broke out at the facility on Saturday. He held a meeting with AIIMS Director and other senior faculty members.
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Organ Donation: In India less than one per million population donate, lowe
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Roughly 5 lakh people die annually in India due to lack of an organ donor but with less than one per million people opting to donate, the organ donation rate in the country is one of the lowest in the world, according to estimates.
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Karnataka: As flood situation worsens, leaves for doctors cancelled
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Karnataka Health and Family Welfare directorate on Thursday issued directions to district surgeons and health and family development officers to not grant any leaves till August 15 due to flood situation in the state.
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PGIMER, RML Hospital to be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved the request to re-name PGIMER & Dr RML Hospital, Delhi as 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi'.
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Odisha: Health Secy directs collectors to ensure assistance in rain hit di
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Health and Family Welfare (HFW) department, Bhubaneshwar, on Monday directed all the collectors of several districts to seek assistance from the department in case of heavy downpour and flood-like situation in the sta
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Health Minister inspects emergency facilities at Safdarjung hospital
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday inspected new Emergency block and pharmacy at Safdarjung Hospital.
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176 died in Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis this year, 872 cases reported
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): MoS for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that as many as 872 cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) were reported in Bihar in the year 2019. The minister said that out of 872, 176 succumbed to the disease
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Committee to examine need for central law on violence against doctors to m
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 9 (ANI): First meeting of the committee formed to examine the pros and cons of bringing out a central legislation against the assault on doctors on duty will be held on July 10, informed Department of Health and Family Welfare.
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Microplastics in packaged water within safe limits: Health Minister
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Food regulator FSSAI's scientific panel has examined the issue of the presence of microplastics in packaged water and found it to be within safe limits, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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There is no definition of 'generic drugs', says Ashwini Kumar Choubey
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Minister of State in Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said that there is no definition of 'generic drugs' in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945, on Tuesday in Lok Sabha.
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