health care
- Kolkata
Howrah Bridge to remain closed overnight for comprehensive health check-up
Kolkata: The iconic Howrah Bridge will remain fully closed to vehicular movement from Saturday midnight until the early hours of Sunday for a comprehensive health check-up, its first such critical examination in…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad hospital conducts awareness walk on childhood cataract
Hyderabad: L V Prasad Eye Institute network, a city-based hospital conducted children’s eye care awareness walk on Sunday, November 10 as part of the eye care awareness week being observed between November…
- Hyderabad
Revanth advocates for women’s health in Hyderabad’s Pink Power Run
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday, September 29 said that women’s health is the foundation for the well-being of family and society. Reddy said that the state is prioritising…
- Health
Rise in nighttime warming impacting sleep quality, health in India: Analysis
New Delhi: With Mumbai seeing the highest changes in the nighttime temperatures, India continues to suffer a severe heatwave, a new analysis on Friday showed climate change added nearly 50 to 80…
- India
Rise in cases of black fever causes concern in West Bengal
Kolkata: The rise in the number of cases of visceral leishmaniasis, widely known as black fever, has emerged as a cause of concern in West Bengal, an official said, adding, the situation,…
- Health
Only 7% of new docs aware of advances in anti-smoking strategies: Study
New Delhi: A mere 7 per cent of doctors are aware of recent advances in anti-smoking strategies, posing a significant challenge to the nation’s efforts in combating tobacco addiction, according to a…
- Health
Massachusetts 2nd US state with child pneumonia outbreak
San Francisco: As the mysterious pneumonia cases in children rise across the world, Massachusetts has become the second US state to report a sudden surge in the number of pneumonia cases in…
- India
Karnataka govt’s pilot door-to-door health checks underway in Chikmagalur
Bengaluru: In a pioneering initiative under the state government’s prestigious ‘Griha Arogya Yojana’, a comprehensive plan has been devised to conduct household visits for blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer screenings. The pilot…
- Telangana
Telangana govt launches ‘Employee Health Care Trust’ for workers, pensioners
Hyderabad: Aiming at providing cashless, high-quality medical treatment to employees, pensioners, and their families, the Telangana government introduced the Employee Health Care Trust (EHCT). In an announcement made just before the Dasara…
- Hyderabad
Global Healthcare Exchange to expand its facility in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) will strengthen its engineering and operations teams with expansion of its Global Capability Center in Hyderabad. The healthcare firm is planning to triple its workforce in India…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: ECLAT Health Solutions to set up operations centre at Karimnagar
Hyderabad: ECLAT Health Solutions has decided to establish a dedicated operations centre in Karimnagar and will be employing about 100 people in the initial year of operations. The manpower would potentially be…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: HHF starts free palliative care for underprivileged
Hyderabad: Helping Hand Foundation (HHF), a public health care NGO in the city has started providing free palliative care services for patients suffering from end-of-life diseases, particularly for the underprivileged and vulnerable…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 60 cops felicitated for improving fitness with ‘Fitcop’
Hyderabad: Efforts of 60 policemen who showed improvement in their health standards since the initiation of Fitcop, were recognized by City Police Commissioner CV Anand on Sunday. As many as 16,000 policemen…
- India
India’s vision for healthcare is universal, says PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India’s vision for health was universal even when there were no global pandemics. While inaugurating virtually the 6th edition of Advantage Healthcare India…
- India
Centre directs state govts to carry out Aadhaar authentication for prisoners
New Delhi: The Centre has authorised state governments to carry out Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates on a voluntary basis so that they will be able to get health care, skilling, vocational…
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