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MP 'fake' doctor case: Hospital lab where patients were operated on sealed
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
"On the directions of the district administration, only the cath lab has been sealed, as all the operations and cases have happened here. There is evidence in this area so we have sealed the lab. The angiography and angioplasty of several patients who died was performed in this cath lab only
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Karachi reports first Naegleria fowleri death of 2025
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Karachi has reported its first death from Naegleria fowleri in 2025, as a 36-year-old woman succumbed to the infection last month, according to health officials
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Karachi woman dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A 36-year-old Karachi woman, Maryam Shakeel, died after contracting Naegleria, a brain-eating amoeba found in water. Health officials confirmed that low chlorine levels in the city's water supply allowed the deadly organism to thrive.
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Delhi set to implement Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Centre to finalise MoU soon
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The National Health Authority (NHA) has begun preparations for the rollout, including training Delhi's health officials, personnel, and ASHA workers to create Ayushman Bharat cards, settle claims, and register hospitals
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4 dead as Azerbaijan passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan, 29 survivors h
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, killing four people, Al Jazeera reported, citing health officials and medical workers.
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Pakistan: Experts raise concern over rising diphtheria cases in Karachi, c
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Health officials have confirmed that 40 children have died due to diphtheria outbreaks in Karachi's West, Keamari, and East districts, as well as in Larkana and Dadu districts.
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Dengue cases surge in PoGB amid crumbling healthcare, poor sanitation
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Amid deteriorating medical infrastructure, poor sanitation and inadequate waste management in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), local health officials have reported at least 100 new dengue cases in Diamer district over the past three weeks.
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Pakistan: Over 100 children die due to Diphtheria in Karachi amid lack of
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
According to Sindh's health officials, last year 140 cases were received by Sindh Infectious Diseases Hospital and 52 of them could not survive.
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Bengal Chief Secretary to meet Junior doctors again today at 6:30 to discu
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Following the meeting with the protesting doctors on Tuesday, the West Bengal government accepted some of their demands including the removal of the police chief of Kolkata and two senior health officials.
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Kolkata rape-murder case: WB Govt removes top health officials following j
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Dr Kaustav Nayak and Dr Debashis Halder have been removed from the posts of Director of Medical Education (DME) and Director of Health Services (DHS) from the Department of Health and Family Welfare of the West Bengal Government on Tuesday.
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"Eyewash by Mamata Banerjee.." BJP'S CR Kesavan on Bengal CM's announcemen
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of attempting to deflect responsibility in the tragic rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata by merely transferring senior police and health officials.
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WB CM Mamata Banerjee agrees to doctors' demands, announces removal of Kol
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after meeting with the protesting junior doctors announced that she has agreed to most of doctors' demands -- the removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and removal of health department officials.
"Given the demand of juni
