Healthcare
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UP: Medical college head denies reports of children getting HIV, hepatitis after blood transfusion
Earlier this week, a report had claimed that 14 children tested positive for the infections at Kanpur’s Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital.
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Indian Medical Association extends support to protest against Rajasthan’s Right to Health Act
The law states that public and private hospitals must offer emergency treatment to patients without any prepayment when required.
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Why India must urgently tackle the challenge of multidrug resistant pathogens
Poor nutrition and the overuse of antibiotics are among the factors to blame for this situation. Patient education is crucial.
Sreeparna Chattopadhyay & V Srinidhi
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Bihar has six hospital beds per 1 lakh population, lowest in the country, shows Niti Aayog report
According to the Indian Public Health Standards’ 2012 guidelines, district hospitals should have at least 22 beds per 1 lakh population.
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Risk to children from contaminated oral polio vaccine found in India is ‘minimal’, says WHO
Government officials confirmed that some children in Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh were administered the contaminated vaccine.
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Health ministry orders investigation after some batches of oral polio vaccine found contaminated
Traces of polio type II virus, which has been eradicated worldwide, were found in some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a company in Ghaziabad.
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Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Health ministry releases draft rules to regulate online sale of medicines
Online pharmacies will have to register with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, according to the draft rules.
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UP’s Musahars face such intense discrimination that even healthcare is denied to them
Untouchability was outlawed in 1950, but discrimination and segregation of the scheduled caste remains pervasive.
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Global organisation The Elders praises Delhi government’s health initiatives
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the organisation’s head, said a delegation will visit India in September.
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The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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Delhi: Hospitals must not hold patients’ bodies hostage just for bills, suggests draft policy
This doesn’t mean the bills will be waived, the proposal said, adding that hospitals can take legal action against patients’ kin if they do not pay up later.
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There may be five types of diabetes that need different forms of treatment, suggests Lancet study
According to WHO, India has about 70 million diabetics and may soon become the diabetes capital of the world.
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Bhupendra Singh, chairperson of drug price regulator, transferred
Under him, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority had highlighted how private hospitals made huge profits by inflating bills for medicines.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final