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Patna, April 9 – A disturbing incident in Bihar’s Sheohar district has raised serious concerns about public healthcare facilities after a police officer injured in a road accident was allegedly provided temporary treatment using cardboard pieces and saline pipes at a government hospital.Police...

Shimla, April 8 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday that postgraduate seats will be increased in all medical colleges in the state to improve patient care.The additional seats include 57 in Tanda (Kangra), 29 in Mandi, 32 in Nahan, 33 in Chamba, 67 in...

Hyderabad, April 7 In a move aimed at improving cancer care in the state, Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha announced on Tuesday that cancer would be classified as a notifiable disease and launched a cancer registry.Expressing concern that approximately 55,000 to 60,000 new...

Islamabad, April 6 Recent reports indicate that Pakistan has 84,421 registered HIV/AIDS patients, with the Punjab province recording the highest number of cases, followed by Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and the Islamabad Capital Territory. Healthcare authorities in Pakistan must...

Jaipur, April 3 – In line with the vision of Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) Hospital here is being developed into the Rajasthan Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), modeled after AIIMS.Chief Secretary V. Srinivas visited RUHS on...

Chandigarh, March 30 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday directed that all government hospitals must maintain medicine records on a real-time, centralized portal, according to a statement.Doctors will be able to check the availability of medicines in their respective hospitals...

Shimla, March 28 A heated debate occurred between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP in the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Saturday during a discussion on a cut motion related to the health department.Leader of the Opposition Jairam Thakur raised several questions regarding the state...

New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi government has allocated over 12.5 per cent of its total budget to the healthcare sector in FY 2026–27, amounting to about Rs 13,034 crore, with provisions for free genetic testing for newborns, expansion of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, inclusion of transgender persons...

Mumbai, March 23 – Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule informed the Legislative Assembly on Monday that the process for property mutation (ferfar) in the Mumbai City district has been digitized.This move is expected to benefit approximately 3 million residents by streamlining...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 A fire broke out in a section of the multi-specialty block of the government medical college here on Tuesday, but no one was injured in the incident, hospital authorities said.The fire was caused by a short circuit in a ventilator in the surgical ICU, they added...

Cuttack (Odisha), March 16 In the quiet hours of the early morning, when exhausted hospital staff were sleeping on the floors and benches after a long night of care, a fire broke out in the trauma care ICU of SCB Medical College and Hospital, and tragically, it turned into a scene of loss and...

Gwalior, March 16 – Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurated several development projects worth Rs 32.27 crore on Monday during a visit to his Lok Sabha constituency in Guna, Madhya Pradesh.The projects include a critical care unit at the Guna District Hospital, built at a cost of Rs...

Jaipur, March 16 Residents of Rajasthan will soon have access to affordable, internationally-standard dermatology services in the public sector, with a dermatology institute set to soon open at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital (SMS) here.Officials said on Monday that treatments that currently cost...

New Delhi, March 15 The Delhi government will integrate three major public hospitals to create an autonomous medical institute on the lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), according to an official statement issued on Sunday.The integration will merge Guru Teg Bahadur...

Dhaka, March 11 – The new 250-bed district hospital in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, located in Dhaka, has yet to begin operations due to a severe shortage of manpower and essential equipment, according to local media reports. Construction of this new facility was completed four years ago.Due to the...

Lucknow, March 10 A military hospital has signed a memorandum of understanding with two government hospitals in Prayagraj to provide advanced healthcare services to people in the region, benefiting around 1.4 crore residents, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak said on Tuesday.The memorandum...

Jammu, March 9 Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakeena Itoo emphasized stricter quality checks and greater accountability in the procurement and supply of medicines and equipment across the Union Territory on Monday.Itoo made the remarks while chairing a high-level...

Today, Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo emphasized the need for stricter quality checks and greater accountability in the procurement and supply of medicines and medical equipment for health facilities across Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that...

Chennai, March 1 Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated a newly constructed multi-story maternity and surgical block at the Institute of Social Obstetrics and Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children in Chennai's Chepauk on Sunday, strengthening...

KULGAM, FEBRUARY 28: Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, inaugurated the High Dependency Unit (HDU) at the District Hospital Kulgam, strengthening critical care services in the district.The HDU, equipped with multipara monitors, oxygen supply...