Spooked by the GST transition, drug retailers shrink stocks to minimise losses

This could lead to a shortage of some medicines for a few weeks.

Priyanka Vora

· Jun 19, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Zika has been found here but these Ahmedabad localities are already chikungunya and malaria hotspots

Ahmedabad has witnessed a 34% rise in mosquito-borne ailments with doctors expecting a further rise in chikungunya, dengue and malaria with the monsoons

Priyanka Vora

· Jun 09, 2017 · 02:30 pm

In Gujarat, government tested blood samples for Zika virus but told patients it was for malaria

Public health experts slammed the govt for keeping community in the dark about Zika virus detection and for testing them without their consent

Priyanka Vora

· Jun 02, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Zika in Ahmedabad: ‘This is not a public health crisis,’ claims Gujarat health commissioner

It is the government’s decision to test blood samples for Zika. Patients and health staff have nothing to do with it: JP Gupta

Priyanka Vora

· May 30, 2017 · 06:30 am

Changing patterns of this year’s swine flu outbreak has Indian health authorities flummoxed

This year pregnant women and children continue to be H1N1 victims, but even healthy people are suddenly dying.

Priyanka Vora

· May 29, 2017 · 02:30 pm

‘They don’t count us as humans’: In Ahmedabad slum where Zika was detected, anger and resignation

Central authorities say they mounted a surveillance drive but residents of Bapunagar claim they saw no evidence of this.

Priyanka Vora

· May 29, 2017 · 09:02 am

For over four months, health authorities have taken no action on Zika infection cases in India

Doctors in Ahmedabad learnt about three Zika cases from the city on May 26 from WHO, which was informed on May 15. The first case was detected on January 4.

Priyanka Vora

· May 27, 2017 · 09:48 pm

GST does not do enough to discourage tobacco use, say doctors

The GST rate of 28% on cigarettes allows the effective tax rate on the product to remain unchanged.

Priyanka Vora

· May 23, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Clinical trial or therapy? India does not have any rules for uterus transplants yet

Uterus transplants are not necessary life-saving surgeries and the medical community advises caution before proceeding.

Priyanka Vora

· May 18, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Uterus transplants are experimental and risky but Indian women are already lining up for them

A hospital in Pune will perform the first uterine transplant in India this week, a procedure that has been done fewer than 20 times globally.

Priyanka Vora

· May 17, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Long queues, snags as government offices and hospitals in Mumbai link attendance, salary to Aadhaar

A solely Aadhaar-enabled attendance system essentially makes it mandatory for workers to get the unique number.

Priyanka Vora

· May 14, 2017 · 10:30 am

Committee investigating Sangli abortion death is reopening old inquiries related to four doctors

The high-level committee has found that an inquiry last year failed to find evidence against the doctor arrested for a woman’s death in Maharashtra.

Priyanka Vora

· May 10, 2017 · 09:45 am