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Mandaviya addresses G7 Health Ministerial Meeting in Japan on innovation

Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya addressed the G7 Ministerial meeting on Health Innovation in Nagasaki, Japan on Sunday

Country's health service undergoing rapid transformation: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country's health service is undergoing a "rapid transformation", asserting that in the last nine years the poor have realized that medical facilities are easily accessible to them. He said that the Ayushman Bharat scheme has played an important role in it and opened the door to not only government hospitals but also private medical facilities for the poor. The scheme has saved crores of rupees of poor people required for health treatment and medicines, he said, while laying the foundation of Super Speciality Charitable Global Hospital and other projects by Brahma Kumaris at Abu Road of Sirohi district. The Super Speciality Charitable Global Hospital will be spread across an area of 50 acres. It will offer world-class medical facilities and prove especially beneficial for the poor and the tribal people in the region. Underlining the development in the health infrastructure in the country, Prime Minister Modi said that 150 medical ..

Here's why some people suffered heart inflammation post Covid vaccine

Heart inflammation post Covid vaccination was not caused by antibodies created by jab, rather it was the result of a more generalised response involving immune cells and inflammation, finds a study

Obesity in children is rising, it comes with major health consequences

Obesity in children is rising dramatically, and it comes with major and sometimes lifelong health consequences

India logs slight rise in Covid cases with 3,962 new infections in 24 hrs

India recorded 3,962 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday

Healthy reduction

Out-of-pocket health spends must fall faster

Benefits of demographic dividend possible only if health ensured: Rajnath

The minister highlighted the significance of social well-being, which he viewed as a dimension of health besides physical and mental health

World Liver Day 2023: Significance, theme, managing fatty diseases and more

World Liver Day is observed every year on April 19, liver diseases are the tenth most common cause of death in India

78% of communicable disease deaths in 2021 due to respiratory ailments: NSO

Total deaths from contagious diseases rose 86% to 12,598 from 6,767 in 2019

WHO calls for renewed drive for health equity on 75th anniversary

On the eve of its 75th anniversary, the WHO marked the occasion by calling for a renewed drive for health equity in the face of unprecedented threats

Uttarakhand CM inaugurates 'Health ATM' to facilitate health tests at home

The Uttarakhand government informed in a statement that Yes Bank has installed one health ATM each in Sachivalaya Dispensary, Vidhan Sabha Dispensary and Tanakpur Hospital

US Centers for Disease Control flags Indian eye drop for death, blindness

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has flagged concern over the use of an Indian eye drop that is causing death and blindness among its citizens.

Centre planning to set up National Public Health Museum soon: Report

In the project, the ministry of health is expected to collaborate with the ministry of culture

G20 Sherpa's meeting: Negotiations to begin on leaders' statement

There have been differences between the two groupings over the language used to criticize Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Medical services hit in Rajasthan as doctors protest Right to Health Bill

Medical services were affected in parts of Rajasthan on Wednesday after government doctors and faculty members in medical colleges went on a one-day strike in solidarity with private doctors agitating against the Right to Health Bill. However, several government doctors attended to patients in OPDs at places like Bharatpur, Alwar and Udaipur. Emergency services and ICUs were exempted from the strike. A health department official said in the evening that there was no significant impact of the boycott because the OPDs were handled through alternative arrangements. There was not much impact of the boycott in Sawai Mansingh (SMS) hospitals, the largest state-run hospitals in Rajasthan. Services remained unaffected in Dausa, the hometown of state Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena. In Rajasthan, private doctors are demanding withdrawal of the Bill passed in the state assembly last Tuesday. According to the Bill, every resident of the state will have the right to emergency treatment and

Covid risks

Govt should revitalise the vaccination programme

Education, health to get highest share in Delhi's 2023-24 budget: Official

Education and health sector will get the highest allocation in the annual budget of the Arvind Kejriwal government for the 2023-24 financial year, officials said on Sunday. In the 2022-23 Delhi Budget, the education sector received the highest allocation of Rs 16,278 crore, a slight decline from the previous fiscal budgetary outlay of Rs 16,377 crore. The health was allocated Rs 9,769 crore in the 2022-23 budget while it was Rs 9,934 crore in the previous budget. According to government officials, new tablets will be provided to all teachers, including regular, guest and contractual, vice principals and principals of Delhi government schools. "Dr Ambedkar Schools of Specialized Excellence (SoSE) started with 20 institutes in 2021. This will be increased to 37 in the coming financial year with a capacity of about 10,000 children," said an official. The official said Delhi government schools will work closely with their feeder schools in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to improve

Rising infections: States on alert as Covid-19 cases hit 4-month high

Doctors say 100-150% increase in flu cases

H1N1 has claimed one death in Gujarat, informs state health minister

Amid a sharp surge in H3N2 virus cases in the country, Gujarat health minister Rushikesh Patel said that the state has reported one death due to H1N1

This Women's Day, celebrate Anganwadi workers, the unsung nutrition heroes

On International Women's Day 2023, know about Anganwadi workers, the women who work tirelessly to make sure that the nation's children and women receive support for their nutrition and health