Eight die of complicated form of dengue in Karnataka
Symptoms include low blood pressure, circulatory collapse and multiple organ failure
Kerala's Pathanamthitta district has highest number of diabetics
All men and women above 30 to be screened for diabetes in 100 districts by March 2021
Has COVID-19 taken the wind out of the sails of India’s school feeding programme
Though the government issued guidelines to states to provide food to all eligible children in March 2020, implementation has been lax
Short on paramedics
Hospitals employ untrained staff due to acute shortage of qualified paramedics in the country
‘South-East Asia must remain polio-free after certification’
Poonam Khetrapal Singh became the first woman to assume the office of WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia on February 1, 2014. Her priority …
Pentavalent takes its toll
The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed
Health ministry invites bids for plastic-wrapped mosquito nets
Environmentalists oppose; say plastic not good for environment
Leprosy looms
Latest survey dismisses government’s claims of disease elimination
COVID-19 Vaccine Watch: Appeals made for support on proposal regarding intellectual property
If it is adopted on December 16, IP rights on production and supply of COVID-19 tools will be waived off
Activists demand access to affordable oral hepatitis drugs
Giving patents to foreign-made medicines will add to patients’ woes, they urge
CAG report finds promotion irregularities at ICMR institute
Irregular payments of over Rs 2 crore at NICED; Promotions ante-dated by upto 34 months
Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair
Calls them misleading and unjustified
Leprosy returns
Public health experts blame it on government complacency
How to cure corruption in healthcare
Rx: Only an effective governing body, which includes medical and non-medical members, can stop the culture of kickbacks
Health Act faces hurdles
Centre drafts guidelines to regulate clinical establishments; Indian Medical Association resists
Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies
Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre
Deficient programme
Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food?
Draft organ donation rules propose stiff penalty on illegal trade
Small health centres to get licence for organ retrieval
Illogical formula
Lopsided drug trial compensation plan marginalises the unemployed and homemakers
Centre confirms three pentavalent vaccine deaths
Union health ministry says 17 other deaths of infants reported in Haryana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were not linked to five-in-one vaccine
`Many doctors are simply businessmen'
Samiran Nundy, chairperson of the department of surgical gastroenterology and organ transplantation at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and editor-in-chief …
As told to Parliament (February 12, 2021): CSE expose on honey adulteration taken note of by Centre
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Government launches new health programme for adolescents
Earlier schemes were confined only to sexual and reproductive health, say health officials
Clinical trials: compensation may be given only if injury directly relates to trials
Health authority says final decision on the matter may take time
Degree without honours
Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health