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Meghalaya uses fish to fight malaria
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With malaria being a perennial menace in the state, the Meghalaya government has turned to a fish variety to kill mosquito at larval stage.
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Senior citizen with TB unattended for a while
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An 82-year-old man with tuberculosis lying on a bed was left unattended for over four hours near the Guduvanchery railway station on Tuesday morning, before being hospitalised.
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Orissa doctors postpone mass resignation agitation
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The Orissa Medical Services Association (OMSA), an association of government doctors in the state today postponed its agitation by a month after Health Minister Prasanna Kumar Acharya assured to take action on their demands at the earliest.
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Kerala records 268 dengue cases in 2010
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Nearly 270 cases of dengue have been reported in Kerala this year, catching the authorities unaware as the mosquito-borne disease usually spreads during the monsoon.
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A new option for Indian women - the vaginal ring
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For women who often forget to take their oral contraceptives amid busy schedules, doctors say the vaginal ring should come in handy.
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Plan to add 695 MBBS seats
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The Bengal government today announced its intention to add 695 MBBS seats to nine state-run medical colleges.
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Doctors give up stir plan
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Government doctors in Nabarangpur district of Orissa decided to refrain from going on mass leave from Wednesday, as declared earlier.
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Nabarangpur doctors threaten to go on mass leave
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The government doctors in Nabarangpur district of Orissa have decided to go on mass leave from March 17 demanding arrest of an MLA of the ruling BJD who allegedly manhandled a doctor on duty.
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Incentives to doctors, nurses in remote PHCs to be doubled
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The Union Government will double the monthly incentives being given to doctors and nurses in primary health centres (PHCs) located at 'more remote' and 'most remote' areas under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), from 2010-11.
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Muffakham bats for poor at Nims
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Prince Muffakham Jah, scion of the Nizam family, has urged the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, to convene the governing council of the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (Nims) to discuss the alleged neglect of poor patients.
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IIM plans study to bring down infant mortality in state
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The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will soon take up an initiative to compare public health systems in rural Maharashtra and Gujarat with an aim to bring down the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in the state.
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State infant mortality rate now below national average
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In what can be considered good news in the field of child care in Assam, the State Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has come down to 48 per thousand from the 65 per thousand in the year 2005.
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Doctors stage novel protest
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The government doctors in Nabarangpur district started wearing black badges from Tuesday as a mark of protest.
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MKCG Medical College faces staff shortage
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Public ire is brewing against alleged government apathy towards the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in the city.
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Doctors up in arms against ruling party MLA
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Government doctors and an MLA of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are at loggerheads in Nabarangpur district of south Orissa.
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Women more willing to sacrifice kidneys
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Even as Mewavati Devangan, 59, was being wheeled in for surgery, her lips moved ceaselessly in prayer.
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Meningococcal disease claims 19 in Tripura
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At least 19 people died in Tripura due to meningococcal disease in the last one year, Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty said.
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Engineer develops cheap diagnostic tool
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A Bangalore-based engineer has claimed to have developed a technology providing inexpensive, fast, accurate diagnosis which doctors can use anywhere and that will enable people, especially in rural areas to have access to hi-tech medical tests.
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Nurses, pharmacists on the warpath
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Health sector may plunge into crisis next month with nurses and pharmacists deciding to go on mass leave from April 12 if their demands regarding service conditions were not met.
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Three generic medicine stores opened in State
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Jan Aushadhi, a campaign to provide quality generic medicines at affordable prices to all, was launched in the State with opening of three stores in and around the capital city on Saturday.
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Centre to launch urban health mission
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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi said the Central Government would initiate an urban health mission similar to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
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Sonia Gandhi inaugurates Shillong's NEIGRIHMS
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday inaugurated the 'North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Medical Sciences' (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong.
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19 dies of meningococcal disease in Tripura
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At least 19 people died in Tripura due to meningococcal disease in the last one year, state Health Minister Tapan Chakraborty today said.
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Move against free sale of ‘psycho-active drug’
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Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today admitted that while psycho-active drugs can be sold only on prescription, the glue or toluene derivatives like Dendrite are being sold freely in the State and the authorities have a lot to do to prevent sale of all such items.
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AMC move to set up paramedical institute at Graham Bazar opposed
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Advocate Lakhin Chetia, member of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), Sadiya, through a memorandum has appealed to Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of Health and Family Welfare to take immediate measures against the decision of Assam Medical College
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