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Panel to probe high number of hysterectomy cases in Beed: Maharashtra heal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jun 19 (ANI): The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to probe the high number of hysterectomies that were performed in Beed district in the last three years.
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After encephalitis deaths, Odisha orders testing of litchi fruit
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 19 (ANI): Amid the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Bihar which claimed 109 lives so far, Odisha Health Minister Naba Kishore Das has directed officials to ascertain toxic content in litchi fruit being sold in the state.
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Bihar: Petition filed against Nitish Kumar, Harsh Vardhan for supplying 'f
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], June 18 (ANI): A petition was filed in a court of Chief Judicial Magistrate on Tuesday against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and others, for supplying "fake medicine" in the hospitals, which the petitioner alleged has clai
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Centre will make all efforts to help Bihar contain encephalitis: Dr Harsh
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who was swarmed by reporters over Bihar's encephalitis menace outside Parliament here, on Tuesday said the Centre would make all possible efforts to help the state government contain and control the disease.
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Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey skips Yoga Day campaign
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 18 (ANI): Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. This time, the minister skipped a key campaign for International Yoga Day which will be observed on June 21.
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High-level multi-disciplinary team for Bihar to deal with encephalitis men
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New Delhi (India), June 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said one more high-level multi-disciplinary team has been sent to Bihar for immediately undertaking the necessary groundwork to set up a state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary research centre at Muzaffarpur.
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Randeep Surjewala takes a dig at Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Monday took a jibe at Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey for asking for updates on India-Pakistan cricket match while a meeting with Central ministers over the encephalitis outbreak was underway.
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How many wickets down?: Bihar Health Min asks during meeting on encephalit
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Patna (Bihar) [India], Jun 17 (ANI): Despite encephalitis plaguing parts of Bihar, state Health Minister Mangal Pandey couldn't control the urge to ask for an update on the India-Pakistan cricket match during a meeting with central ministers over outbreak of the disease.
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Muzzafarpur: Case filed against Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
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Muzzafarpur (Bihar) [India], June 17 (ANI): A case was filed against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Monday by social worker Tamanna Hashmi for alleged failure to take adequate steps for spreading awareness about encephalitis disease.
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Engaging in violence with doctors who are there to save lives isn't accept
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New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said he was against violence on doctors and had conveyed the same to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other medical associations in a meeting in West Bengal.
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Will set up state-of-the-art research centre for encephalitis in Muzaffarp
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], June 16 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said the Centre would set up a state-of-the-art research centre here within a year to deal with the menace of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES).
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Muzaffarpur: Encephalitis kills 93, public creates ruckus as Harsh Vardhan
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Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Jun 16 (ANI): As deaths due to encephalitis in Muzaffarpur mounted to 93 on Sunday, people created ruckus at a government-run hospital here while Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan was visiting to take stock of the situation.
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