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Karnataka: As flood situation worsens, leaves for doctors cancelled
Updated : 6 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 12 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, 12 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 : 7 years 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 : 7 years 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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'H1N1 virus claimed 1,076 lives in 2019, over 26,000 infected'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): A total of 1,076 people have lost their lives due to H1N1 virus across the country this year (until June 23), while the number of those infected by it stands at 26,140, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.
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Now on, no cookies, biscuits with chai at Health Ministry
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Biscuits and cookies, the ubiquitous snacks offered in almost every official meeting are now on their way out, at least inside the Health Ministry, which is replacing them with healthier alternatives such as dates and roasted chana!
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Punjab to organise special programmes on June 26 to take on drug abuse
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 24 (ANI): The government has decided to observe the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in every district of the state with the active involvement of schools, colleges, NGOs and social welfare organisations on June 26, said Health an
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Telangana: Public health department accountant caught red-handed taking Rs
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 23 (ANI): Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Saturday caught a Senior Accountant of Public Health and Family Welfare department red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 in his office canteen.
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