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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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Beyond the hype: Why the BJP is eyeing Tamil Nadu’s most prosperous region
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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: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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.
Tarun Kanti Bose
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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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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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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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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju drops to second after draw against Fabiano Caruana
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Endgame: Indian Grandmasters are daring to dream at the 2024 Candidates