New Delhi, March 13 Why should we pretend that we know medical science, the Supreme Court said on Friday while refusing to entertain a plea seeking mandatory Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAT) in all blood banks to ensure the supply of infection-free blood to recipients.A bench of Chief...
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Lucknow, March 10 Approximately 19 people who donated blood at a camp held in Lucknow last month have tested positive for Hepatitis B, officials said on Tuesday.Lucknow Chief Medical Officer Dr NB Singh told
Chandigarh, March 3 Haryana has decided to comprehensively strengthen surveillance, reporting, and treatment monitoring of viral hepatitis under the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme.The initiative will focus on enforceable compliance, real-time data integration, and measurable...
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Chandigarh, February 16 Local residents in Panicked claimed that more people had died due to liver-related ailments in a village in Haryana's Palwal district, even as authorities put the death toll at seven in the past fortnight, prompting the health department to monitor the situation around...
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Chandigarh, February 16 No new deaths have been reported from a village in Haryana's Palwal district, where seven people died due to liver-related ailments, prompting the health department to monitor the situation around the clock, officials said on Monday.Seven deaths, four of which were due...
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Chandigarh, February 15 Seven deaths, four of which were due to hepatitis B, have been reported in a Haryana village over the past two weeks, prompting authorities to deploy a health department team to test the residents.More than 400 people have been screened for symptoms in the Chhainsa...
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