The national capital has reported one death each due to dengue and malaria so far this year, a report released by the South Delhi civic body on Monday said The death due to malaria is also the first in the city in over six years, it said. The sole dengue victim this year was a […]

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The Nurses Union of Delhi AIIMS called off their strike on Tuesday night after a meeting with the hospital administration, hours after the Delhi High Court restrained it from continuing its agitation On Monday, around 5,000 nurses of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here went on a strike over their long-pending demands, […]

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Lack of voluntary donors due to Covid restrictions has hit the supply of blood for transfusion Last month, Mandeep (name changed) met with an accident — a bull gored him with its horns, severely injuring him. He was rushed to the Trauma Centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He required transfusion of […]

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BeatO for the diabetics, co-founded by Delhi’s Gautam Chopra, is the leading health management app for a chronic disease in the country Gautam Chopra, 37, is the co-founder of India’s biggest chronic disease management app. —BeatO. The making of BeatO has been a process of creating something novel and unique. The app has the potential […]

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The deaths of 20 kids due to diphtheria has exposed the holes in the universal immunisation programme. Stronger action needs to be taken to fix this health disaster “Initially, he was having difficulty in breathing and soreness of throat,” says Abid, father of Wasim, a six-year-old who lost his life to diphtheria at the Maharishi […]

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SHITANSHO: Doctors told me that I might be suffering from cancer but I had to undergo several tests to confirm that. . So, I went to St Stephen’s Hospital and showed them all my documents. But they said that it is a private hospital and they will charge for such tests. They said that if […]

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I was diagnosed with pneumonia first and after that I was afflicted by dengue, which has kept me bedridden since the last two years. Water has accumulated in my ribs and I am living off medicines. I can’t even go out and work. My father died a few years ago and presently I am staying […]

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