New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Two decades after it was set up to rush accident victims to hospital, the Centralized Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) doesn''t respond to a quarter of the calls due to shortages of ambulances, a study by the AIIMS has found.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:01:00 PM
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The sorry state of affairs in West Bengal''s government hospitals once again came to the fore when a eight-year-old boy was injected a cat-bite antidote instead of his mother at a medical facility here Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:35:29 PM
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Taking cognizance of deaths of new-born babies in various hospitals of West Bengal, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Tuesday said it has asked the state government to spell out, in detail, the steps taken to tackle the situation.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:38:18 PM
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) South Asian nations have resolved to tackle challenge of healthcare in the region collectively.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:20:19 PM
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) In existence for nearly two decades, India''s HIV-AIDS control mission has been the most successful global model to deal with the disease, the head of the country''s AIDS control panel said Monday.
Monday, February 06, 2012 5:14:41 PM
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Mohammed Wasim is a young helpline operator at India''s National Association for the Blind (NAB) who could only perceive brightness and lights, but the lack of ability to discern shapes meant living in a shapeless world where every small obstacle could prove a barrier.
Monday, February 06, 2012 11:03:33 AM
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) South Asian countries should together work for research on diseases affecting them and which are responsible for a high mortality rate, India''s Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Sunday.
Sunday, February 05, 2012 8:29:23 PM
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Providing a ray of hope for millions of deaf people in the country, Indian defence scientists have developed a low-cost cochlear implant that will enable them hear again, a doctor from a city hospital said here Sunday.
Sunday, February 05, 2012 5:36:53 PM
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Six months after his cardiac surgery, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi underwent a medical check-up here Saturday and was pronounced "fit and fine" by his doctors.
Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:23:26 PM
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Abandoned at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, two-year-old baby Falak is in stable condition after being taken off the ventilator but continues to be critical, doctors here said Saturday.
Saturday, February 04, 2012 5:52:04 PM
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