New nursing colleges: Explaining the rationale behind likely health gamechangerThe objective of the policy is two fold, Mandaviya said: i. to fulfil India's growing requirement for nurses, and ii. to provide BSc nursin...
26 Apr, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
Nurse to doctor ratio in India estimated to be 1.7:1 on basis of NSSO data: ReportAlthough there was no standard skill-mix ratio of different health workers, most OECD countries reported approximately 3-4 nurses per physi...
21 Sep, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
View: Dearth of healthcare workers in rural India may be a prime reason for rising Covid fatalities thereConcentration of healthcare workers varies across states, but is primarily concentrated in urban areas. It spreads out to total areas throu...
23 May, 2021, 11.42 PM IST
Numaligarh Refinery earmarks Rs 25 crore to ramp up facilities to deal with COVID-19 pandemicThe Company is setting up a makeshift Covid Hospital in Jorhat Medical College & Hospital at an estimated cost of Rs. 7 Crore within a peri...
09 May, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
Over 500 doctors and health workers of Bihar's two leading hospitals infected in second waveAltogether 384 employees of AIIMS Patna, including doctors, nurses, safai karamchari and others have come under impact of the virus in cour...
21 Apr, 2021, 10.24 PM IST
Bihar almost fulfils WHO norm of doctor-population ratio: State health ministerProviding the details of 1,19,612 doctors, the minister said, the state has 40,100 allopathic physicians, 33,922 ayurvedic doctors, 34,257 ...
05 Mar, 2021, 05.18 PM IST
Centre starts drawing up plans for vaccine distribution, puts frontline workers on priorityThe government held a high-level meeting with health departments of all states on Friday to discuss drawing up of priority lists for admini...
23 Oct, 2020, 09.58 PM IST
Skill development training to 1 crore youths by 2020: Nitish KumarHe was addressing a function organised by Bihar Skill Development Mission (BSDM) on the occasion of 'World Youth Skill Development Day' her...
15 Jul, 2016, 11.11 PM IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announces setting up five new medical collegesNitish Kumar announced that five new medical colleges will be set up in Bihar as he worked to overhaul and strengthen health care infrastru...
17 Dec, 2015, 07.59 PM IST
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar orders high level probe into youth's death in private nursing homKumar has ordered a high level probe by senior IPS and IAS officials who will go to Kishanganj for enquiry and submit a report at the earli...
08 Jul, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
Nitish Kumar for skill development for greater job opportunitiesStressing on skill development for generating employment for the youths, Kumar identified great job potential in nursing, hotel business.
28 Mar, 2015, 09.45 PM IST
JD(U) fears President’s rule in Bihar as Jitan Ram Manjhi meets Rajnath Singh, governorThe anti-Manjhi protesters also fear the CM may get more largesse approved in the next cabinet meeting before the February 20 trust vote.
16 Feb, 2015, 10.27 AM IST
5-year-old rape victim in MP brought to Nagpur for treatmentThe girl was allegedly raped by Firoz Khan, who works in a private power plant, on April 17 after luring her with a chocolate.
21 Apr, 2013, 11.10 AM IST
20 feared dead in stampede at Ganga ghat in Patna during ChhathAt least 14 people are feared dead in a stampede at Patna's famous Adalatganj ghat on Ganga during Chhath ceremonies today, according to TV...
19 Nov, 2012, 09.27 PM IST
- Centre bans smoking in public places: Ramadoss
Come October two, smokers will have to take recourse to the streets to have a puff as the Centre has decided to ban smoking in public and p...
11 Jul, 2008, 07.16 PM IST
- Govt to relax norms for setting up med colleges in some states
Government on Friday said it would relax norms for setting up medical colleges in the north-east and other areas of the country where there...
11 Apr, 2008, 09.21 PM IST
- Let's go down to Med School
India has a demand for 2.5m heart surgeries a year and all the heart hospitals in the country put together are currently handling only abou...
07 Jul, 2006, 01.42 AM IST