PM Narendra Modi to address mass gatherings in Gujarat on June 10, 18Modi will inaugurate a multi-speciality hospital and AM Naik Healthcare Campus, situated on the National Highway 48 in Navsari, on the same...
07 Jun, 2022, 05.38 PM IST
World Leprosy Day: It is curable; loss of eyebrows or eyelashes, numbness in hands or feet are common signsIf treated in early stages, the disease can prevent deformities.
31 Jan, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
CapitaLand steps up Covid support for IndiaCapitaLand India collaborated with Embassy Group, Yahoo India, Swiss Re, AXA, ANZ and McAfee and sponsored medical equipment to the Governm...
20 May, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
Union govt reviews progress under National Health MissionThe NHM targets include reducing MMR to 1/1,000 live births, reducing IMR to 25/1,000 live births, reducing TFR to 2.1, bringing down preva...
23 Mar, 2021, 04.48 PM IST
World Leprosy Day: India must ensure economic security for people with leprosy, says WHO goodwill ambassadorIndia needs to take special measures to ensure economic security for people with leprosy as situations like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic h...
30 Jan, 2021, 11.45 AM IST
Softening the blow: How #VirusPeVijay campaign helped one of the most vulnerable groups tide over the COVID-19 crisisThe fight against COVID-19 especially during the lockdown, needed many hands and partners, as the world entered a global paralysis of sorts...
03 Jul, 2020, 09.13 AM IST
COVID-19: AIIMS Bhopal claims good results in drug trialThe trials of the drug Mycobacterium W (Mw) were conducted on COVID-19 patients at AIIMS Bhopal for the last few days, the official said.
16 May, 2020, 01.41 PM IST
India will be free of leprosy this year: J P NaddaHe claimed that Uttar Pradesh, which used to lag behind other states in the health sector, has taken a big leap ahead because of various sc...
09 Jun, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
'Pakistan's Mother Teresa' accorded state funeralPfau, born in Leipzig, in 1929, arrived in Karachi in 1960 and volunteered at a local leprosy colony. She was a member of the Society of Da...
19 Aug, 2017, 08.42 PM IST
You can withdraw EPF for treatment without doctor certificateThe subscribers can seek fund withdrawal from their EPF account on various grounds by using a composite form along with a self-declaration.
27 Apr, 2017, 06.19 PM IST
Health Policy to hike health spending to 2.5% of GDP: JP NaddaThe policy, which was cleared by the Cabinet yesterday, also envisions increasing life expectancy to 70 years from 67.5 years and proposes ...
16 Mar, 2017, 06.58 PM IST
Health budget hiked by 28%; 5,000 PG seats to be createdGovt also announced setting up of two more AIIMS in Jharkhand and Gujarat and asserted that it has prepared an action plan to eliminate kal...
01 Feb, 2017, 07.57 PM IST
Jammu & Kashmir Health Minister fines health officials for dereliction of dutyJammu and Kashmir Health Minister Chowdhary Lal Singh has imposed a fine on several officials of the health department here for dereliction...
23 May, 2015, 04.30 PM IST
- Do not transfer employees with differently abled kids: Government
The word 'disabled' includes blindness or low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, leprosy, mental retardati...
10 Jun, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
Time to revisit strategy for rural areas: Jairam RameshBasic infrastructure development is "very very poor" in north and eastern India, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said today.
26 Aug, 2012, 09.06 PM IST
- Have fulfilled Mahatma's dreams: Narendra Modi
Lauding Gandhi as an original and far-sighted thinker, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi on Monday claimed he had fulfilled some of the Mahatma's dr...
01 Mar, 2011, 05.14 AM IST
- Jharkhand govt to set up three medical colleges
Jharkhand government has proposed to set up three medical colleges and upgraded two existing medical facilities in the state.
04 Aug, 2008, 09.22 PM IST