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Microsoft to connect railway employees with quality health services
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Microsoft said on Thursday it will deploy its Kaizala productivity app to connect three crore employees of Indian Railways across the country with quality healthcare facilities.
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HC seeks Delhi govt’s reply on PIL over maintenance of records on malpract
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought reply of the Delhi government on a PIL alleging that Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has no mechanism to maintain records of the public complaints and grievance against malpractices such as overcharging
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Haryana Budge Session: Governor Arya reiterates government’s resolve for a
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya on Wednesday reiterated the resolve of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar led BJP government to “provide affordable, accessible, equitable and quality healthcare services to the people of the state. Read More
Pakistan to soon impose 'sin tax' on sugary drinks, cigarettes
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 5 (ANI): Pakistan may soon impose a 'sin tax' on sugary drinks and cigarettes, said the country's Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Aamer Mehmood Kiani.
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Link between palliative care and suicide risk in cancer patients
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 12(ANI): Palliative care is associated with a reduced risk of suicide in veterans diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer, a new study has found. Palliative care is for the terminally ill and their families, especially that is provided by an organized health servi
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Health Education England, St. George's University ink pact for PG Medical
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (NewsVoir): At a ceremony in Grenada, leaders of Health Education England (HEE), part of the National Health Service (NHS), and St George's University (SGU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enable SGU School of Medicine graduates to undertake postgraduate trai
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Impact India Foundation's lifeline express treats 12 lakh lives since ince
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Pune [India], May 24 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Impact India Foundation is best known for the world's first hospital train, the LIFELINE EXPRESS (LLE) which was launched in 1991 and runs on a broad-gauge railway track. The train provides quality health services free of cost to the disabled poo
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S Lankan President pitches for corruption-free government
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 6 (ANI): Pitching for a corruption-free government, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena promised to completely eradicate bribery and corruption from state institutions and other sectors.
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WHO stresses on prioritising universal health coverage
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 5 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to step-up efforts towards universal health coverage, to provide quality health services to all people when and where they need them, without having to suffer
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WHO calls on international community to help Rohingyas
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 30 (ANI): With a grossly underfunded health sector grappling to meet the needs of 1.3 million Rohingyas in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, the World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed to the international community to contribute generously to enable appropriate and time
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UK just put its public on diet
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): In an attempt to tackle the growing obesity problem in the country, the UK government has called out on its food industry for a 20 per cent cutback in the calorie levels of core food products, by the year 2024.
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Urgent need to scale up health services in Cox's Bazar: WHO
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], Feb.21 (ANI): Calling for continued efforts to further scale up health services for nearly 1.3 million people in Cox's Bazar, Rohingyas and their surrounding host communities, the World Health Organisation today said six months after the start of the refugee crisis,
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