Dengue patient in UP dies after allegedly being transfused fruit juice instead of platelets, hospital sealedA dengue patient in Uttar Pradesh passed away after allegedly being transfused fruit juice instead of blood platelets, as per media reports...
21 Oct, 2022, 05.41 PM IST
Soumitra Chatterjee critical but stable, continues to be on ventilator supportThe actor's haemoglobin and platelet counts remained on the lower side.
05 Nov, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
Soumitra Chatterjee's kidneys not functioning well, doctors trying to boost platelet countNephrologists were mulling the option of 'renal replacement therapy support'.
28 Oct, 2020, 08.23 AM IST
Soumitra Chatterjee very critical; doctors say he's not responding to treatmentThe veteran actor's platelet count has dropped further in the last 24 hours.
26 Oct, 2020, 08.44 AM IST
Lockdown effect: Hospitals flag fall in blood bank reservesBlood banks across the country have reported a sharp fall in voluntary and replacement donations after the 21-day nationwide lockdown was a...
02 Apr, 2020, 08.31 AM IST
Eligible for two schemes but these patients still can't get money for transplantsEleven-year-old Sameer from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district is suffering from aplastic anaemia, and needs Rs 12 lakh for a bone marrow transpl...
22 Dec, 2019, 11.24 AM IST
Ailing Nawaz Sharif's health deteriorates as blood platelets count fluctuatesNawaz Sharif on Saturday also suffered angina pain while undergoing treatment at a Lahore hospital. Angina is a type of chest pain caused b...
27 Oct, 2019, 06.46 PM IST
Dengue cases climb to nearly 500 in DelhiAn 18-year-old boy died yesterday of dengue at Apollo Hospital in south Delhi, taking to five the number of fatalities from the disease.
29 Aug, 2016, 08.10 PM IST
Where are we faltering when it comes to countering deadly dengueThe mosquito-borne disease can be controlled only by the participation of the community as a whole, not just by an individual or a group.
25 Jun, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's condition still critical: Doctors79-year-old Sayeed, who was airlifted from Srinagar on December 24 and admitted to AIIMS, continued to be in the Intensive Care Unit of the...
03 Jan, 2016, 06.00 PM IST
Dengue scare: Indian Medical Association cautions people against panickingIndian Medical Association said the present serotype of dengue virus is "less fatal" than the one in 2013 and appealed to people not to pan...
16 Sep, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
Expensive platelet treatment a major burden on dengue patientsEven without transfusion, treating dengue could cost anywhere between Rs 16,000 in a mid-level hospital and Rs 67,000 in a high-end one.
13 Sep, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
Dengue scare affects platelet availability in cityWith dengue scare gripping the city and people rushing to secure platelets needed for the management of the fever, stocks at several blood ...
06 Sep, 2015, 11.58 AM IST
Blood banks to now issue blood only on MBBS doctors' prescriptionIt has alarmed alternative medicine practitioners. Industry insiders say Mumbai hospitals too could face hardships during emergencies.
22 Aug, 2015, 11.19 AM IST
JP Nadda visits Safdarjung Hospital to assess dengue outbreak preparednessThe minister who had recently made a similar visit to RML Hospital instructed the Safdarjung Hospital administration to solve accommodation...
17 Jul, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
- Indo-Japanese JV Terumo Penpol on expansion spree
Medical equipment major Terumo Penpol, an Indo-Japanese venture that has the world’s third-largest blood bag manufacturing plant here, has ...
02 Aug, 2010, 01.51 AM IST
- New radiation source in Mayapuri; another victim hospitalised
Close on the heels of radiation exposure at a scrap market in Mayapuri, experts on Tuesday detected one more source of radiation in the sam...
13 Apr, 2010, 11.24 PM IST