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Systemic failure of AAP govt’s Mohalla Clinic, staff shortages & lack of medicines: CAG Report

March 1, 2025

The CAG’s performance audit report on Delhi’s health infrastructure, tabled in the Assembly on Friday flagged a systemic failure of the previous AAP dispensation’s flagship Mohalla Clinic project with...

India’s 54% of disease burden is due to unhealthy diets: Economic Survey

February 7, 2025

The Economic Survey 2024 reports that 54% of the country’s disease burden is unhealthy diets. This highlights an urgent need for better eating habits and stronger policies to reduce diet-related diseases. Rising obesity...

Diarrhea main killer of kids under 5, adults above 70: Study

December 21, 2024

Diarrhea remains one of the leading killers of children under five and the elderly, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, despite significant progress in reducing global deaths from the disease, a study has...

Every hour 30 lives lost to drowning, WHO calls for action

December 14, 2024

The World Health Organization has called on countries in South-East Asia Region to strengthen measures to prevent drowning which disproportionately affects children and the vulnerable population. As per WHO’s first Global...

CBI raid at RML Hospital, 2 cardiologists and others held in bribery racket

May 9, 2024

The central probe agency CBI on Wednesday unearthed a bribery racket at Delhi’s top centre-run hospital Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. CBI has arrested nine people, including two senior cardiologists, on charges of...

Why including HPV vaccine in national program is waste of public fund, explains top epidemiologist

February 11, 2024

After the central government’s push in the budget for vaccination of girls in the age group of 9-14 years to prevent cervical cancer and the Union health ministry’s plans to include HPV vaccine in the Universal...

Orient approach of wellness towards deferring ailments and diseases: Mandaviya

January 10, 2024

Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday stressed that wellness approach towards deferring ailments is the need of the hour. “As current and future doctors, we must orient our approach of wellness towards...

LG Vs Delhi Govt over Pregnancy Termination

December 28, 2023

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has approved the proposal of Department of Health and Family Welfare, GNCTD for issuance of notification regarding Statutory Forms under Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act,...

As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to scale up surveillance

December 25, 2023

he World Health Organization urges countries in South-East Asia Region to strengthen surveillance and for people to take protective measures in view of the increasing numbers of cases of respiratory diseases, including due...

DNA says Yoga helps manage fatty liver, doctor terms it ‘Misleading’

October 29, 2023

After the DNA publication did a story on fatty liver and highlighted that the different Yoga posses can help manage the problems of liver, the health experts and doctors termed it misleading and nonsense information. The DNA...

Systemic failure of AAP govt’s Mohalla Clinic, staff shortages & lack of medicines: CAG Report

India’s 54% of disease burden is due to unhealthy diets: Economic Survey

Diarrhea main killer of kids under 5, adults above 70: Study

Every hour 30 lives lost to drowning, WHO calls for action

CBI raid at RML Hospital, 2 cardiologists and others held in bribery racket

Why including HPV vaccine in national program is waste of public fund, explains top epidemiologist

Orient approach of wellness towards deferring ailments and diseases: Mandaviya

LG Vs Delhi Govt over Pregnancy Termination

As COVID-19 cases rise, WHO asks countries to scale up surveillance

DNA says Yoga helps manage fatty liver, doctor terms it ‘Misleading’

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