"Delhi chief Secy misused govt machinery, gave undue benefit to son" claims Atishi in supplementary report to KejriwalDelhi Vigilance Minister Atishi has accused Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar of unfairly benefiting his son's company in obtaining a tend...
Alcohol abuse can increase the risk of chronic liver diseasesAlcohol addiction can make your liver more vulnerable to liver disorders. The key to avoiding liver diseases is to limit the consumption of...
Equipped to handle higher number of samples for genome sequencing, say labs amid Omicron scareAccording to experts, Omicron is far more transmissible than the Delta variant. Cases of the latest variant of coronavirus are likely to mo...
All 191 Covid samples genome sequenced at ILBS between Oct, Nov were Delta variant: OfficialThe facility at ILBS is equipped with the latest machines called NextSeq and MiSeq which can sequence the whole virus to the tune of 400 se...
Covid-19: ‘Delta variant may breach vaccine shield’Despite the Covishield injection, hospital officials disclosed, nearly 10% of the employees tested positive for Covid. The infection rate w...
Not all Covid patients need plasma therapy, say doctors amid shortagePlasma therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from Covid-19 and transfusing it into a novel corona...
India might have to wait to vaccinate all its citizens. Here's whyIndia began vaccination against Covid-19 on January 16. In phase-I, only healthcare and frontline workers were eligible to get the vaccine....
Over 100 liver transplantations done in 10 years: ILBSSeveral pediatric liver transplants that took place at the ILBS were because of the help of the "government or crowd funding", according to...
Delhi govt is providing plasma for free, people don't need to buy it: Arvind KejriwalDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the government is providing plasma for free and people do not need to buy or sell it.
AAP MLA Atishi donates plasma after recovering from virus, urges others to also do itThe first-of-its-kind 'plasma bank' in the country was recently set up at the Institute of Liver and Biliary Science (ILBS) in south Delhi.
Experts explain how Delhi plasma bank will function; who can donate and who can'tAmid rising coronavirus cases, the bank has been established in the premises of the Delhi government-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Sci...
India needs more facilities to address liver diseases: President Pranab MukherjeeMukherjee asked specialists to develop the "best clinical protocols and operational systems in specialised liver care in line with global s...
Delhi government launches online hepatitis immunisation campaignThe web-campaign will facilitate participation of all stakeholders in state, district and health agencies from their respective work places.
Government to set up 10 labs for hepatitis surveillanceGovernment will set up ten regional laboratories through the National Communicable Disease Centre (NCDC) for the surveillance of viral hepa...
India has the second highest number of Hepatitis B infectedEvery year, nearly 600,000 patients die from HBV infection in the region but the govt doesnt yet have national policies relating to screeni...
ILBS to introduce mobile clinics for treatment at doorstepILBS will soon introduce mobile clinics to provide initial treatment to patients at their doorsteps in various parts of the city.
- Vice President Hamid Ansari for provision of quality healthcare to all
Ansari said it was important to provide access to affordable healthcare towards attainment of larger goal of inclusive socio-economic devel...