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Huge Population in India is a Barrier to Control TB: WHO
04 Sep 11: WHO has appreciated Indian government’s efforts for controlling TB and other health related diseases. Further, the officials of the WHO have also said that due to the huge population in India, it is still difficult to check the spread of diseases, especially Tuberculosis. This is making India a global burden in... »
IICT Develops Reduced Calorie Fat Oil
4 Aug 11: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) in the city has developed new cooking oil which has the lowest calorie content among all the cooking oils present in the market today. This reduced calorie fat oil is a combination of sunflower and rice bran oil and has a calorie content of only... »
New Act to Make Minimal Standards Mandatory for Every Health Care Provider
22 April 2011: According to Clinical Establishments Act, every healthcare provider, right from single doctor to tertiary hospitals needs to have minimal standards in infrastructure. The National Accreditation Board for Healthcare Providers (NABH) in association with Union Ministry of Health is busy formulating the list of minimal standards, which will be out in three... »
Time to Act against the Drug Resistant Micro-Organisms
It is known that drugs are meant for action against micro-organisms to treat various infections. However, it was found that certain bacterial strains with NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1) gene are resistant to specific antibiotic called Carbapenem. An article in the Lancet journal stated that these drug resistant strains were recorded among certain people in... »
Lack of Government Health Plans Burden Citizens
According to Lancet, world’s famous medical journal, 78% of the Indians are supposed to be spending money out of their pocket for health care. Of that 74% of the expenditure is on outpatient treatment, and only 26% on inpatient treatment, purchasing drugs constitute for 72% of pocket expenditure. Reports also reveal that, 39 million... »
Computer Vision Syndrome – A New Concern for Regular Computer Users
Computer is being used for many purposes these days. It has become an essential part in many daily life activities. However, many problems are associated with the continuous usage of computers. Computer Vision syndrome (CVS) is one of the problems that is seen due to continuous usage of computer. A study conducted by some... »
Lancet: India Fails to Provide Adequate Health Care to Poor
World’s famous medical journal, Lancet criticized India for not providing adequate health care to its population, despite showing rapid economic progress. It has also pointed out the inequities that are being seen in the medical facilities provided to higher societies and general and poor people. It has seriously commented on Indian politicians for not... »
Calls to 104 Helpline Are No More Free
The 104 helpline is no longer a free call. Calls to 104 service have come down drastically. The reason – service providers are charging for the calls made, as they are not been paid by the HMRI Management. The calls made through BSNL service is free. Only the 108 service is free. As per... »
“Easy Five” Vaccination against Hepatitis-B
The Central government has taken initiatives to protect children against Hepatitis B, HIB (haemophilus influenza type – B) and DPT (Diptheria, Pertusis and Tetanus). An advanced vaccine called “Easy- Five” will be given to children in 3 doses for free. The doses will be given after 6 months, second after 10 months and the... »
City attacked by Viral Diseases
Because of the dip in the temperature, due to continuous rains drenching the cities, cases of viral fevers, pneumonia, asthma attacks have increased. Malaria has also increased a lot during the past few days. According to the officials of fever hospital, around 1000 people are visiting the hospital with different problems like fever, runny... »
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