Public Healthcare
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K Sujatha Rao interview: India must learn from Covid-19, boost public healthcare and surveillance
‘We wasted two months in March and April because we did not have coronavirus testing kits and laboratories’, says former Union health secretary.
Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com
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Gujarat: At least 522 infants died between October and December in two civil hospitals
Between the months of October and December, a total of 269 children died in the hospital in Rajkot while 253 infants died in the Ahmedabad facility.
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Gujarat: CM Rupani ignores query about deaths of over 200 infants in Rajkot hospital since October
News reports claimed that as many as 1,235 infants died in the Rajkot civil hospital last year – the highest, 134, in December alone.
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Trending
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I was on the WHO team that went to Wuhan to study the origins of coronavirus. Here’s what we found
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Bengal is seeing a Sushant Rajput-style moral panic over BJP leader’s arrest with cocaine
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Why are Indians so preoccupied with what Nagas eat, whether it is dogs, bats or falcons?
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Motera: Time-lapse video shows construction of world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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Bihar AES deaths: Nitish Kumar says ‘expressing grief not enough, matter is very serious’
The chief minister told the state Assembly that experts and doctors had been unable to reach a consensus on the possible reason for the disease.
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Bihar: One more child dies due to encephalitis in Muzaffarpur, toll goes up to 154
The state health department’s data showed that 23 out of 40 districts were affected due to the outbreak.
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Growing fear about vaccination (including in India) is bringing back eradicated diseases
India commissioned a study on vaccine hesitancy after diseases long prevented by vaccines, such as diphtheria, resurfaced in parts of the country.
Madhurima Shukla
Video
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Watch: Korean band BTS performs ‘Life Goes On’ on television show
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Watch: Jordan resident turns his car into coffee-shop-on-wheels
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Watch: Leaving in a helicopter after the wedding is catching on among the newly married in Rajasthan
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Watch: Meet 81-year-old fitness influencer Erika Rischko from Germany
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Watch: Actor Ayushmann Khurrana’s fans crashed his hotel. He interrupted his meal to meet them
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Cabinet approves proposal for three new AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat
In Jammu and Kashmir, the facilities will be set up in Samba and Pulwama, while in Gujarat, the centres will be set up in Rajkot.
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Chhattisgarh: Woman whose infant fell into hospital dustbin and died gets compensation of Rs 1 lakh
The National Human Rights Commission had ordered the state government to give her the compensation. The incident took place in March 2016.
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Chhattisgarh: NHRC orders compensation to mother whose infant fell into a hospital dustbin and died
An organisation that had filed a complaint with the human rights panel has welcomed the order asking for a Rs 1-lakh compensation from the state government.
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The Reel
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Watch: Animated film ‘What Is Your Brown Number?’ satirises our obsession with fair skin
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‘Time to Dance’ trailer: Starring Sooraj Pancholi and Isabelle Kaif
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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‘Pagglait’ teaser: Sanya Malhotra-led drama will be streamed on Netflix on March 26
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‘Dealer’ trailer: Two filmmakers dodge bullets to shoot a video for a rapper
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Health insurance scheme will be launched on September 25, announces Prime Minister Narendra Modi
It will be driven by technology that will be tested in different parts of the country for the next five to six weeks, he said.
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WHO’s essential diagnostics list could change the way patients think of access to treatment
So far, the availability of essential tests and diagnostics have widely been considered as facilities that patients and their families have to pay for.
Leena Menghaney
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Tamil Nadu experiment to strengthen health centres has lessons for Modi government
Catastrophic expenditure on health remains one of the major contributors to poverty in India.
Adithyan GS & Nafis Faizi
The Field
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India vs England, 3rd Test, Day 2 Live: Can Rohit Sharma and Co help hosts push ahead?
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Football: Megan Rapinoe scores brace as US rout Argentina 6-0 to retain SheBelieves Cup
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Vijay Hazare Trophy: Prithvi Shaw smashes 227, Suryakumar Yadav hits 58-ball 133 in Mumbai’s 457/4
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They looked at five or six different angles when England batted, says Zak Crawley on umpiring issues
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Europa League: Dele Alli stars as Spurs rout Wolfsberger and ease into the last 16