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The deceased, Deben Horo (45), had been deployed as the second polling officer in the Naduar constituency. He was assigned to polling station number 230 at Dolapani LP School. Officials stated that Horo was found unconscious in his bed on Thursday morning. He was immediately taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. While the exact cause of death is yet to be confirmed, medical authorities suspect it may have been due to an underlying health conditi ...Read More >
Thrissur: A 62-year-old man died after collapsing shortly after casting his vote at Vaniampara on Thursday. The deceased, Vinodan, a native of Ramanchira near Vaniampara, had arrived at EKM UP School in the morning to vote. After waiting in the queue for nearly an hour, he cast his vote but collapsed around 10.45 am while exiting the polling station. Bystanders rushed to assist him and seated him on a chair, but his condition deteriorated. He was taken to a nearby government hospital by ambula ...Read More >
Mumbai: The state government has issued strict directions to all Government Medical Colleges and their affiliated hospitals following a surge in complaints about the non-availability of essential medicines and the growing practice of doctors asking patients to purchase medicines from private medical stores. The order was issued by the Commissioner, Medical Education and Drugs Department, Maharashtra State, on April 7, 2026. According to officials, these complaints exposed serious gaps in the p ...Read More >
Hyderabad: AstraZeneca Pharma India, a subsidiary of British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca Plc, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Telangana govt to introduce AI-powered lung cancer screening across 20 public health facilities.The move is aimed at improving early detection of the disease in both urban and rural areas.As part of the collaboration, the screening will deploy Indian startup Qure.ai's AI-enabled chest X-ray solution to help clinicians identify high-risk pulmonary no ...Read More >
Cancer In Telangana: Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha on Tuesday declared cancer as a notifiable disease and launched a cancer registry, marking a big move to improve cancer care in the state. The southern state reports 55,000 to 60,000 new cancer cases every year. Expressing his concerns over the huge number of cases, the minister said every cancer case would be registered with the announcement of cancer as a notifiable disease. "Free lung cancer treatment for patients in 20 ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 7 (PTI) In a measure aimed at improving cancer care in the state, Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha on Tuesday declared cancer as a notifiable disease and launched a cancer registry. Expressing concern that about 55,000 to 60,000 new cancer cases are being reported in the state every year, he said every cancer case would be registered with the announcement of cancer as a notifiable disease. The cancer registry would help the government in having accurate data for ...Read More >
"For the Nuh district, higher remuneration has been approved to attract specialists. Doctors with MBBS and diploma qualifications will be paid Rs 1.5 lakh per month, while those with MBBS and MD/MS/DNB qualifications will receive Rs 2 lakh per month," she said, according to an official statement. The health minister said the government aims to ensure better and timely healthcare services for all citizens of the state. Appointment of specialist doctors in government hospitals will not only impr ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 6 (PTI) Haryana Health Minister Arti Singh Rao on Monday said that 195 specialist doctors will be recruited on a contractual basis in government hospitals to address the shortage of specialists. The minister said the recruitment process will be transparent and merit-based. "For districts other than Nuh, specialist doctors with MBBS and diploma qualifications will be paid Rs 1 lakh per month, while those with MBBS and MD (doctor of medicine)/MS (master of surgery)/DNB (a postgra ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Anti-Narcotics Squad of the Delhi Police of the Outer District has busted a gang, which was involved in the theft of milk and curd in the Uttam Nagar area, officials said on Sunday. The police arrested two men who reportedly followed milk delivery trucks to steal crates left outside shops and homes. The investigation began after a video of the thefts went viral on social media, prompting the police to track down the suspects. Also Read | PF Withdrawals Mad ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Anti-Narcotics Squad of the Delhi Police of the Outer District has busted a gang, which was involved in the theft of milk and curd in the Uttam Nagar area, officials said on Sunday. The police arrested two men who reportedly followed milk delivery trucks to steal crates left outside shops and homes. The investigation began after a video of the thefts went viral on social media, prompting the police to track down the suspects. On April 3, officers received ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5: The Delhi Police has busted an organised racket involved in the illegal diversion and sale of government-supplied medicines meant for free distribution in public hospitals, officials said on Sunday. The Crime Branch arrested five persons in connection with the case and recovered medicines worth around Rs 70 lakh, along with two vehicles used for transportation. According to police, the operation was carried out by the NR-II team of the Crime Branch under the supervision of AC ...Read More >
Following the tragic death of a patient, four women have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a gynaecologist in Kerala, prompting calls for improved resources and security in healthcare facilities. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsFour women were arrested for allegedly attacking a gynaecologist at a Kerala government hospital.The attack is linked to the death of a woman who had recently visited the hospital for delivery.The KGMOA condemned the attack, stating the doctor followed protocol and t ...Read More >
Surat, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five members of a family, including four women and a four-year-old child, died after a fire broke out in a residential building in the Limbayat area of Surat on Tuesday morning, officials said. The incident was reported at around 11 a.m. in the Mithi Khadi locality, where a ground-plus-two-storey house caught fire. According to initial information, the blaze is believed to have started on the ground floor while cooking was underway, possibly due to a gas leak, ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday said the state government is reviewing the recent increase in entry tax and will consider rationalisation to avoid any law and order situation, while defending the rollout of robotic surgery in public hospitals. Speaking to the media in Shimla, Sukhu said protests over the entry tax hike were based on "misconceptions" and asserted that the levy is not new. "Entry tax has existed ...Read More >
The chief minister made it clear that if any doctor still prescribes outside medicines, they must explicitly state on the OPD slip that the medicine is unavailable in the hospital. Responsibility for ensuring compliance will lie with the Chief Medical Officers (CMOs). Saini gave these directions while chairing a high-level review meeting here on the state's healthcare services. Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Sumita Misra and Principal Secretary to the Chief Mi ...Read More >
Chandigarh, March 30 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has issued a stern directive to the state health department to implement a real-time centralised drug inventory system across all government hospitals. During a comprehensive review meeting of health services at the Secretariat on Monday, the Chief Minister emphasised that digital transparency regarding medicine availability is non-negotiable. Under the new system, physicians will be kept informed about the specific stocks avai ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has ordered that the medical treatment of Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E Abubacker shall continue at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) itself, while directing that he be taken to Apollo Hospital for a second medical opinion. Abubacker has sought medical treatment for cancer and Parkinson's in a private hospital of his choice. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma disposed of Abubacker's petition seeking transfer to a pri ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MLA Vikrant Bhuria on Wednesday expressed shock over contaminated blood transfusion to the children suffering from thalassaemia at the government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna, describing it a 'systemic failure', which may 'destroy' children's lives. Young Congress MLA Bhuria, who is also a Doctor (MBBS) by profession, said that the mandatory medical norms for collecting blood samples and testing them at multiple stages might be the reason for ...Read More >
Aizawl: The Mizoram government will soon sign a loan agreement worth $108 million with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to implement and strengthen public healthcare schemes in the state, Health Minister Lalrinpuii said on Tuesday. The Asian Development Bank approved the $108 million loan (approximately Rs 980 crore) on December 5 under the 'Supporting Public Healthcare System Strengthening to Achieve Universal Health Care for Mizoram' project, she said. She added that the Centre will repay 90 ...Read More >
Bhopal (madhya Pradesh): Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla said that the government has constituted a high-level committee to investigate the alleged HIV blood transfusion to four thalassemia kids in Satna district. It is also being investigated whether the blood transfusion took place in other hospitals also or only in the government hospital, said the minister while addressing media persons on Tuesday on completion of two years of BJP-led state government. Four children suffering from th ...Read More >
Chaibasa: (Jharkhand): Preliminary Inquiry into the HIV infection of five thalassemia-affected children, who underwent blood transfusions in Jharkhand's Chaibasa Sadar hospital in West Singhbhum district, has revealed glaring lapses at the blood bank run by the government hospital. Initial reports suggest that the hospital's blood bank had been operating without a valid license since 2008, or for 17 years. The revelation has shaken the health department and state health administration. Accordin ...Read More >
Chaibasa: Five children suffering from thalassaemia have tested HIV-positive in Jharkhand's Chaibasa town, leading to allegations of medical negligence at a government hospital. Families of the affected children claim that contaminated blood supplied by the local blood bank at Sadar Hospital may have caused the infection. Probe Ordered, Discrepancies Found in Blood Bank Following the allegations, the Jharkhand government has set up a five-member medical team from Ranchi to investigate the cas ...Read More >
Kolkata: A 15-year-old girl who had come to the OPD of the state-run SSKM Hospital for a check-up on Wednesday afternoon was lured into a hospital washroom and molested by a 34-year-old man who claimed to be a ward boy at the NRS Hospital.The incident took place in the ground-floor washroom of the Trauma Care Centre (TCC) building, which is around 200 meters from the OPD building. Late on Wednesday, police arrested accused Amit Mullick from his home in Dhapa's Mallikpara.Mullick told cops he kne ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday directed officials to ensure the safety and security of patients, visitors and doctors in all medical establishments across the state following incidents of alleged molestation of a minor and a medic at state-run hospitals in Kolkata and Uluberia, a top official said. Banerjee, who addressed a high-level meeting over the phone, directed officials to take all possible measures to prevent any recurrence of such incidents, he said. "She empha ...Read More >
Howrah: The police on Wednesday arrested a third person -- a local youth Trinamool Congress functionary -- for physically assaulting a female gynaecologist at Uluberia Hospital and threatening her with rape once she stepped outside. Sk Samrat, a youth Trinamool functionary from Uluberia with previous allegations of extortion and assault, was taken into police custody on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, a traffic home guard Sheikh Babulal and a Trinamool neta Sheikh Hasibul were arrested in the cas ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Raising serious objection to the Congress including "defected" MLA Danam Nagender's name in its list of star campaigners for the Jubilee Hills bypoll, BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Tuesday called it political hypocrisy. "Danam Nagender was elected as an MLA on a BRS ticket, yet his name appears in the list of Congress star campaigners. Everyone knows from which party he won and where he defected to," Rama Rao said. He accused the Congress of having no moral or ethical clarity ...Read More >
A government hospital in Gwalior has sealed its entire stock of Azithromycin antibiotic after a complaint alleged worms were found in a bottle given to a child. This incident follows recent child deaths in Madhya Pradesh linked to a toxic cough syrup. Samples of the antibiotic have been sent for testing. Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital in Gwalior is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the loss of lives due to a fire tragedy at Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan and wished for the recovery of the injured. "The loss of lives due to a fire tragedy at a hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan, is deeply saddening. Condolences to those who have lost their loved ones. May the injured recover soon", PM Modi said, according to a post by the Prime Minister's Office on X. Also Read | 7 patients killed after massive fire at SMS Hospital ...Read More >
Chhindwara (MP), Oct 6 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of 14 children in Chhindwara due to suspected renal failure, linked to the consumption of a "toxic" cough syrup, officials said. Dr Praveen Soni from Chhindwara has been arrested for alleged negligence in connection with the child deaths, while a case has been registered against the Coldrif cough syrup manufacturing company, the officials said on Sunday. The body of the last ...Read More >
NCDC collected water and entomological drug samples from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after multiple children died of kidney failure, allegedly linked to contaminated cough syrup. These samples will be tested for infectious diseases, while state drug authorities await results from drug sample tests. Six children died in MP and one in Rajasthan, prompting a ban on 19 syrup batches. The government's nodal agency for disease surveillance, NCDC, has collected water and entomological drug samples fr ...Read More >
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