Health
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Telangana launches deworming drive for 97 lakh children
Hyderabad: Telangana marked National Deworming Day on Monday, July 13, with Health Minister C Damodar Raja Narasimha urging parents across the state to ensure their children receive the recommended Albendazole tablet. The dose,…
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Healing beyond borders: A Hyderabad doctor’s Gaza mission
Hyderabad: Thousands of kilometres away from Hyderabad, amid the rubble of bombed hospitals and the cries of injured children, hope often arrives wearing a doctor’s coat. For Dr Yousufuddin Sheikh, an orthopedic…
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Telangana govt cancels license of two ‘unethical’ IVF centers
Hyderabad: Telangana government has cancelled license of two fertility centers and suspended licenses on nine others over alleged unethical practices. The action was taken after the Telangana health department inspected 464 private…
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Namma Clinic staff threaten shutdown over unpaid salaries
Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s ambitious Namma Clinic programme, launched to provide free primary healthcare services to economically weaker sections, is facing a major financial crisis with doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians alleging that they…
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On Doctors’ Day, Hyderabad’s medicos speak of fatigue, neglect
Hyderabad: As India marked the 35th National Doctors Day on Wednesday, July 1, medical practitioners in Hyderabad used the occasion not to celebrate but to sound an alarm over their safety, their pay…
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Nearly 1 in 6 resident doctors had self-harm thoughts: Survey
Hyderabad: Nearly one in six resident doctors in India has experienced thoughts of self-harm linked to work stress, according to a nationwide survey that paints a grim picture of the conditions in which…
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Siasat, Western Hospital give free healthcare cards to 160 Imams
Hyderabad: The Siasat Daily, in association with Western Hospital, Lakdikapul, distributed 160 AQZA Sehat Cards to imams and moazzins at a ceremony at the hospital on Friday, June 26. The card covers…
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Telangana administers polio drops to 95 pc children statewide
Hyderabad: On the first day of the pulse polio drive, Telangana achieved 95.1 pc coverage, administering the vaccine to 3,895,550 children across the state, Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha said on Sunday,…
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Pulse Polio immunisation drive kicks off across Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Raja Narsimha launched the pulse polio immunisation drive at Borbanda, Hyderabad, on Sunday, June 28, where children were administered the oral polio vaccine. Over 26 lakh…
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Telangana Medical Council raids three fake clinics in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) on Friday, June 26, raided several allopathic clinics in Saidabad and Singareni Colony and found practitioners providing medical services without permission or by displaying false qualifications.…
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Eggs off the plate, politics on the menu in Bengal govt schools
Kolkata: The battle over West Bengal’s political future may have ended, but one of the assembly poll campaign’s most emotive themes has resurfaced in school kitchens. The BJP government’s decision to engage…
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Hyderabad hospital offers robotic joint surgery at lower cost
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad hospital has begun offering robotic-assisted knee and hip replacement surgery at a lower premium than is typically charged for the technology, with over 100 patients having undergone the procedure…
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Hyderabad slum study: Iron-folic acid cuts child anaemia by 80 pc
Hyderabad: A study conducted among children living in urban slums of Hyderabad has found that early screening for anaemia followed by timely iron-folic acid supplementation can reduce childhood anaemia by nearly 80 per…
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There should be zero stigma around mental health: Sports Minister
New Delhi: Psychological screening to catch “shifting stress levels” has been made mandatory in a new Athlete Well-being Policy unveiled on Saturday, June 20, by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who asserted that…
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Doctor suspended after pregnant woman dies at Telangana hospital
Hyderabad: Taking a serious note of the death of a 20-year-old pregnant woman at the Gundala Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, Telangana government on Friday, June 19, suspended the…
