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Delhi: Clinic busted for promising male babies through IVF abroad
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 1 (ANI): A team comprising of the National Commission for Women (NCW) along with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and other organisations, on Tuesday conducted a raid at an IVF clinic here that offered gender identification services and promised male babies
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Central Health Ministry team visits Uttarakhand to assess dengue outbreak
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): A team formed by the Union Ministry of Health reached Dehradun on Friday to assess the situation following the outbreak of dengue in the state.
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Union Health Ministry sends letter to Finance Ministry for setting up AIIM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health has sent a request letter to the Ministry of Finance for setting up an AIIMS Hospital in Karnataka on the request of state Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
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New health warnings on tobacco products packs from Sept 1
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday notified new sets of specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by making an amendment in the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labeling) Rules, 2008.
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Organ Donation: In India less than one per million population donate, lowe
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Roughly 5 lakh people die annually in India due to lack of an organ donor but with less than one per million people opting to donate, the organ donation rate in the country is one of the lowest in the world, according to estimates.
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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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To break infertility stigma, Merck Foundation Health Media Training launch
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 23(ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany organized their first 'Merck Foundation Health Media Training' in Lilongwe, Malawi in partnership with H.E. Prof Gertrude Mutharika, The First Lady of Malawi and amb
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Merck Foundation Partners with First Lady of Malawi to build healthcare ca
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany in partnership with the First Lady of Malawi, H.E. PROF GERTRUDE MUTHARIKA together with Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Information and Ministr
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'8,058 Dengue cases reported across country this year'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday launched a three-day "Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan" in Delhi to sensitize people on Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs).
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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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This Monsoon, combat waterborne diseases with pocket insurance from Bajaj
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India] July 11 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In 2018, more than 1.3 crore people were diagnosed with waterborne diseases in India, according to data reported from the CBHI and Ministry of Health.
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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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