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Health Ministry requests MCI to extend last date for PG medical admissions
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has requested Medical Council of India (MCI) to consider extending the last date for PG medical admissions in states from May 18 to May 31 to fill up the remaining vacant seats in the academic session 2019-20.
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 1000-mark in DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], May 4 (ANI): At least 1,008 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since the outbreak of the virus in August last year, the country's health ministry confirmed.
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Ebola outbreak: Death toll breaches 650-mark in DR Congo
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Apr 9 (ANI): At least 655 people have lost their lives due to Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) since the outbreak of the virus in July last year, the country's health ministry confirmed on Monday.
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West Nile Fever: Health Ministry reviews preparedness in Kerala
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mallapuram (Kerala) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, along with officials from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reviewed the current situation, state preparedness and action taken to deal with West Nile Fever (WNF) here after a minor boy in the distri
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Health Ministry takes stock of measures for controlling West Nile Virus
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Health Ministry on Thursday stated that it is taking stock of the public health measures for controlling West Nile Virus in Kerala.
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More than 500 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Feb 10 (ANI): The death toll in Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 500, the country's health ministry said on Saturday.
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Health ministry postpones polio immunisation programme
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 25: The Ministry of Health has released a statement saying that the National Immunisation Day (NID) which was scheduled for February 3 has been postponed. The rescheduled date of NID will be convened soon.
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370 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kinshasa [DR Congo], Jan 21 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 370, since the disease ravaged the Central African nation in July last year, the country's health ministry said on Monday.
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Rajasthan medical college implements dress code , Health ministry slams it
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): Resident doctors, medical staff and undergraduate students of Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh Medical College will now be required to follow a blue dress code, including donning blazers worth Rs 3000 of the same colour.
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Delhi: Resident doctors at Safdarjung Hospital call off strike
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Resident doctors at the Safdarjung Hospital here, called off their strike on Monday evening after the authorities accepted their demand of increasing security on the hospital's premises.
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NHRC seeks details from TN Govt, Union Health Ministry on reports of trans
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the media reports that a teenage donor, whose blood infected a pregnant woman with HIV, attempted suicide at his home in Tamil Nadu as the families struggled to deal with the tragedy
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Parliamentary Committee 'aghast' over shortcomings in planning of PM healt
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 21 (ANI): A Parliamentary Committee has made stinging observations over the planning of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme, saying it was "aghast" to note the "shortcomings" and "deficiencies" in it.
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