medical investigation

Kanpur, March 31 – A sensational case has emerged from the Kalyanpur area of Kanpur Nagar, placing both the healthcare system and the administration under scrutiny. Suspicions have arisen following the uncovering of a major racket involving illegal kidney transplants and trafficking at Medlife...

Palghar, March 24 A nine-year-old girl died of rabies after she failed to take the vaccine shots, citing fear of injections, in Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.Kashish Sahni, a Class 4 student and resident of Nalasopara West, succumbed to the infection at a hospital...

Kolkata, March 23 Family members of a patient at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here alleged that he died on Monday due to a lack of a wheelchair, as he was forced to walk despite his critical condition.Biswajit Samanta, a resident of Nimta, was brought to the hospital's...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 – The deaths of five patients following a fire at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital have sparked a major controversy, with the Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V. D. Satheesan, demanding an immediate and transparent investigation on...

Kendrapara, March 19 A dead snake was allegedly found in the 'prasad' served at a religious gathering in Kendrapara district of Odisha, following which panic gripped the area, officials said on Thursday.The incident occurred in Nuagaon in Ward 10 of Pattamundai Municipality on Wednesday night...

Ferozepur, February 27 A 13-year-old girl died in what is suspected to be a jaundice outbreak in Hazara Singh Wala village along the India-Pakistan border in the Mamdot block here, while another 22 children have tested positive, officials said on Friday.The outbreak, suspected to have been...

Rajamahendravaram (Andhra Pradesh), February 24 The Andhra Pradesh government said on Tuesday that elevated levels of blood urea and serum creatinine in the Rajamahendravaram contaminated milk issue had a toxic effect, leading to deaths and hospitalizations.Recently, four people died and...

Indore, February 23 Six people have been admitted to a hospital after consuming contaminated food in the Bhagirathpura area of Indore, a health department official said on Monday.Bhagirathpura was the epicenter of the diarrhea outbreak caused by contaminated drinking water, which has claimed...

Amaravati, February 23 – Four deaths have been reported in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, over the past two days, allegedly due to acute inability to urinate (anuria), which is suspected to be linked to milk adulteration.Two of those receiving treatment in hospitals died since Sunday night. They...

Thane, February 23 Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar has assured a thorough investigation into the egg-donation racket that exploited poor women in the Thane district and warned of strict action against the guilty.The police recently busted the racket, in which victims were offered...

New Delhi, February 17 – The Supreme Court has ruled that the death of Telugu actress Pratyusha was caused by organophosphate poisoning, not manual strangulation, while upholding the conviction of Gudipalli Siddhartha Reddy under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for abetting suicide.In a...

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...

Chandrapur, February 13 Nineteen students from a Zilla Parishad school in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, fell ill and were hospitalised after allegedly consuming an excessive dose of anti-anaemia tablets without supervision, officials said on Friday.An investigation has been ordered...