In a ground-breaking medical achievement, Doctors at Fortis Escorts, Okhla, have successfully performed India’s first treatment of Bilateral Wilms Tumour (nephroblastoma), a rare and complex form of paediatric kidney...
After India reported total five cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) infections among infants in last 24 hrs in country, Union health secretary Ms. Punya Salila Srivastava chaired a meeting with States/UTs to review the...
Amid outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China and resultant concerns in the country, five infants tested positive – two from Karnataka, two from Tamil Nadu and one from Gujarat – of the viral infections on...
Amid the reports of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) creating panic situation in China, India also reported the first case of this virus in an eight-month-old baby in Bengaluru on Monday morning. The case was reported at the...
Amid the reports of rising cases of respiratory illnesses Human Metapneumovirus in China in the past few weeks, union health ministry on Saturday held a Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) meeting where experts from the World...
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), in a report, revealed an alarming level of nitrate levels in groundwater samples of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of them exceeding the permissible concentration. As much...
The ICMR has proposed a revised version of the National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL), which enumerates the minimum number of tests that should be available at various levels of healthcare facilities in the country. The...
AIIMS has created a digital platform for a unified referral and teleconsultation network connecting all AIIMS facilities and other Institutes of National Importance (INIs), including JIPMER, Pondicherry, and PGI,...
The Indian Medical Council of Research (ICMR) study has revealed that rampant use of antibiotic resistance has led the people in the country to borrow money for treatment. As per an ICMR study, the use of Antibiotic...
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas, categorized into acute and chronic forms. Acute cases arise suddenly, while chronic pancreatitis can persist for months or years. The primary reasons are Gall bladder stones...
