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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Marking its much-awaited return after seven years, the Zydus Pinkathon Pune brought together over 4500 women at the AFMC Ground on Sunday, reaffirming the city's deep-rooted running culture and growing commitment to women's health and fitness. According to a release, the event commenced in the early hours and featured race categories ranging from 3 km, lifelong 5 km, and 10 km to ultra-distances of 50 km, 75 km, 100 km, and a 100 km relay, welcoming pa ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Marking its much-awaited return after seven years, the Zydus Pinkathon Pune brought together over 4500 women at the AFMC Ground on Sunday, reaffirming the city's deep-rooted running culture and growing commitment to women's health and fitness. According to a release, the event commenced in the early hours and featured race categories ranging from 3 km, lifelong 5 km, and 10 km to ultra-distances of 50 km, 75 km, 100 km, and a 100 km relay, welcoming pa ...Read More >
Pune: Biomedical waste, considered among the most hazardous categories of hospital waste, has been found dumped in the open inside the Aundh District Hospital (ADH) campus, raising serious concerns over public health and safety. Used injections, syringes, medicine vials, saline bottles and face masks were spotted lying unattended on open ground behind the 108 ambulance service office near the Chest (Tuberculosis) Hospital on Tuesday. The waste was reportedly noticed by citizens and attendants o ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Dr T. Krishna Murthy, brain and spine surgeon, said that children with autism often have different sensory processing abilities, which influence their behaviour and interaction with the environment. He highlighted the critical role of parents in early identification by observing key developmental indicators such as eye contact, responsiveness, and interaction levels in infants.He was speaking at a seminar, 'Early Identification and Intervention in Autism: Changing Life Trajectories' o ...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 >
Bengaluru: The police claim that they have come across a message sent by Bengaluru surgeon Mahendra Reddy to his lover moments after he allegedly killed his wife Kruthika with a lethal dose of anaesthetics on April 23 this year. Kruthika was also a doctor and the couple worked at a hospital in the city. Mahendra has since been arrested. According to NDTV, forensic analysis of his phone revealed a chilling message he sent to his lover shortly after the crime. The message, sent via a digital pay ...Read More >
PTC Web Desk: Ludhiana district continues to witness a steady rise in dengue cases, with the total count reaching 361. As per the latest report issued by the office of the Civil Surgeon, Ludhiana, 15 new cases were recorded on Thursday. Currently, 35 cases remain active, while no dengue-related deaths have been reported so far. On the other hand, only one case of chikungunya has been reported in the district, with no new infections detected in the latest update. The health authorities have ide ...Read More >
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Oct 30 (PTI) Three donors of Chaibasa blood bank in West Singhbhum district were detected to be HIV-positive, Jharkhand Health minister Irfan Ansari said on Thursday. Altogether 259 people had donated blood in Chaibas blood bank between 2023 and 2025, and the administration is trying to contact each donor over the phone, the minister said, after inspecting the blood bank following the detection of five minor thalassemia patients with HIV-positive last week. Family members ...Read More >
Jharkhand government has formed a medical team to find out how the child received contaminated blood. Four more children suffering from thalassemia were detected HIV-positive in Jharkhand's Chaibasa town on Saturday during an investigation by a five-member medical team from Ranchi, taking the total number of affected minors to five. The development comes a day after the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient alleged that the local blood bank in Chaibasa had transfused HIV-infected bloo ...Read More >
Ranchi, Oct 27 (PTI) The opposition in Jharkhand on Monday demanded stringent action against Health Minister Irfan Ansari and senior functionaries of his department after five children suffering from thalassemia tested HIV-positive in Chaibasa following blood transfusions. The demand came a day after the state government on Sunday suspended the West Singhbhum civil surgeon and other officials in connection with the matter. "In the last five years, the Health Department has been filled with the ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: Six children suffering from thalassemia have contracted HIV after they were allegedly administered infected blood during transfusions at a hospital in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, prompting the state government to order a high-level investigation and suspend the civil surgeon and other officials concerned, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday. The Jharkhand high court has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident and sought a detailed report from the health secretary. ...Read More >
Chaibasa, October 26: At least five thalassemia-affected children in West Singhbhum district have reportedly tested HIV positive following routine blood transfusions at Sadar Hospital, prompting a high-level investigation by the Jharkhand Health Department. The first case came to light when a child who received a transfusion on September 13 tested HIV positive during a follow-up on October 18. The child's father subsequently filed a complaint alleging negligence by a blood bank technician. Foll ...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 >
Bengaluru, October 22: On Wednesday, October 22, the Bengaluru police said that they arrested a dermatologist for "sexually harassing" a 21-year-old woman who visited his clinic in the city for a consultation. The alleged incident occurred at around 7.30 PM on Saturday, October 18, when the woman complainant visited the dermatologist for treatment of a skin infection. The accused was later identified as Dr Praveen (56). In her complaint, the woman claimed that the doctor allegedly misbehaved wi ...Read More >
A shocking murder has gripped Srirampura. Yamini Priya G, a 20-year-old pharmacy student, was brutally killed near the railway tracks. Her former boyfriend, Vignesh, is the accused and remains at large. The attack occurred in broad daylight. Police investigations reveal a history of harassment and prior warnings issued to the accused. Teams are actively searching for Vignesh. A 20-year-old B Pharmacy student was brutally murdered near the railway tracks in Srirampura on Thursday afternoon, repo ...Read More >
The wife, Kruthika M Reddy, reportedly fell ill and was rushed to the nearby hospital in Ayyappa Layout, Munnekolalu. The doctors examined her and confirmed that she was brought dead. Six months after the death of a 29-year-old dermatologist from Bengaluru, Marathahalli Police have arrested the victim's husband, a fellow doctor, for allegedly murdering his wife by injecting anaesthetic drugs, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the husband, Dr Mahendra Reddy, allegedly overdosed ...Read More >
Kurnool: World Heart Day 2025 is being observed globally with the theme "Don't Miss a Beat." This year's theme underscores the importance of proactive heart health, reminding everyone that every heartbeat matters and that sustainable, small steps in daily life can help prevent premature cardiovascular diseases. It also serves as a call to action, encouraging people to stay alert to warning signs and seek timely medical care to safeguard their heart health. Explaining the significance of this ye ...Read More >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal ...Read More >
Chennai - Rainbow Children's Hospital, India's leading Paediatric multi-specialty and perinatal care hospital chain, has achieved a landmark in the nation's medical history by performing India's first live Paediatric liver transplant for Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 13 (PFIC 13). The procedure was carried out on an eight-year-old boy from Thoothukkudi at the hospital's state-of-the-art Center of Excellence for Paediatric Liver Transplant. Alongside this national first, the ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 25 (UNI) India is facing a silent cancer epidemic, said renowned cancer surgeon Dr Sultan Pradhan here. Speaking on the second foundation day of Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Head & Neck Cancer Institute of India (HNCII), Dr Pradhan said that while advanced surgical innovations like the submental flap have transformed outcomes, the need of the hour is clear - stronger prevention campaigns, early detection programs, and more specialised centers to tackle this enormous public health ch ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, and leaders of political parties paid tributes to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his death anniversary on Sunday. "The nation pays humble tribute to the great patriot, visionary leader and fearless commander Dheeran Chinnamalai. With unmatched courage and strategic brilliance, he led relentless campaigns against the oppressive British East India Company, boldly challenging colonial ty ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: In the past six months alone, 7,845 babies have received donated human milk from 1,635 mothers at the Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre (CLMC), the breast milk bank at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. Since its inception in 2015, the centre has collected 16,717.8 litres of donated milk from 24,654 mothers, benefiting 55,056 babies, many of whom are abandoned, preterm, or critically ill. In 2024 alone, the CLMC collected 10,104.65 litres of milk. Between January and June ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Two liver failure patients in Coimbatore -- a 59-year-old in GEM Hospital and a 53-year-old in Sri Ramakrishna Hospital -- were desperate when doctors told them a transplant would be complicated as their wives' organs were incompatible. However, their doctors found a possibility for a swap transplant, which allows patients to exchange donors with another family in a similar situation.Both hospitals performed the surgeries simultaneously in two different operation theatres located 5 km a ...Read More >
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI): Two hospitals in Coimbatore have collaboratively performed the country's first-ever inter-hospital swap liver transplant, giving a new lease of life to two patients suffering from end-stage liver disease. GEM Hospital Coimbatore was also the first in India to perform laparoscopic living donor surgery in 2017. The complex procedure was successfully executed through a joint effort between GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital in Coimbatore, mark ...Read More >
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI): Two hospitals in Coimbatore have collaboratively performed the country first-ever inter-hospital swap liver transplant, giving a new lease of life to two patients suffering from end-stage liver disease. GEM Hospital Coimbatore was also the first in India to perform laparoscopic living donor surgery in 2017. The complex procedure was successfully executed through a joint effort between GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital in Coimbatore, markin ...Read More >
Medak: Telangana State BJP President N. Ramchander Rao on Friday appealed to the people to give the committed party an opportunity to meet the aspirations of the poor and downtrodden. Addressing a large gathering of party workers in Medak, the BJP chief remarked that citizens have experienced the rule of the BRS and the Congress party and have had bitter experiences with the deceitful practices of both. He urged people to support the BJP wholeheartedly in the upcoming local body elections as a ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Following heavy rainfall in Hyderabad and other parts of the state, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has instructed the officials to remain vigilant and take proactive measures. The Chief Minister has asked the GHMC, HMDA, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Energy and Police wings to work in coordination during rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit areas. In his directive, Revanth Reddy also ordered the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disast ...Read More >
Srinagar: Searches are being carried out by Jammu and Kashmir Police's counter-intelligence wing at multiple locations in the Valley in connection with a terror case, officials said. The searches by Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) are underway at 10 locations across four districts of the Kashmir Valley, the officials said. Searches are being conducted to locate terrorist sleeper cells and recruitment modules. The CIK searches are being conducted in six locations in Ganderbal, two in Budgam ...Read More >
CHENNAI: GEM Hospital and Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, located five-kilometre apart in Coimbatore, have pulled off simultaneous liver transplants for two men in their fifties, involving an inter-hospital swap of organs from donors, who were each other's wives. Addressing the media here on Friday, the hospitals claimed that this was the first time in India that such liver transplants involving inter-hospital swap were done. The patients, aged 59 from Salem and 53 from Tiruppur respectively admitted ...Read More >
Leh, July 18: Veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta, was sworn as the 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.Dressed in traditional Ladakhi attire, Gupta took the oath of office in a solemn ceremony held in Leh, administered by Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh.Welcoming this new chapter in Ladakh's journey, Gupta emphasized service over power, declaring Ladakh deserves dignity, development, and a voice. "I'm ...Read More >
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