In an effort to raise oral health awareness in India, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have collaborated to launch a digital program called ‘e-DantSeva’. The platform, in the form of a website and mobile app, will provide information concerning the government-run National Oral …
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called on citizens to come to the aid of those who have been involved in accidents, emphasising the importance of the ‘golden hour’ in emergency medicine, and announcing that costs of emergency care will be borne by the state government. Kejriwal was speaking at an event commemorating a government …
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Experts have called for Karnataka to formulate a new strategy in tackling Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) or ‘monkey fever’. The disease, which is endemic in south Asia, made headlines at the beginning of this year following an outbreak in the Shivamogga district. Between November 2018 and April 2019, 342 KFD infections were reported in the …
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The World Health Organization (WHO), in advance of World Mental Health Day on October 10th, has launched a campaign aimed at suicide prevention and awareness. It is entitled ‘Forty Seconds of Action’ – referencing the fact that, every forty seconds, a person commits suicide. “Put simply, this is an opportunity to show you care,” the …
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India is the capital of the world when it comes to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but awareness is low. COPD refers to a number of progressive lung diseases, hallmarked by worsening damage to the lungs over time. Cases of COPD have increased sharply in India in recent decades, increasing from 28.1 million cases in …
Chennai is on alert against quack doctors, whom officials say vex the city every year during its fever season. The news comes as a reminder of the epidemic of quackery in India: unqualified, unlicensed practitioners account for a staggering proportion of the country’s healthcare workforce. In the past decade, an estimated 1,500 quack doctors have …
Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, one of India’s most respected doctors in the field of transplant medicine, passed away on Wednesday aged 87 in Ahmedabad. Trivedi had been struggling with Parkinson’s disease for more than two years and had been treated for liver and neurological illnesses over a period of several months, two-and-a-half of which necessitated that …
India’s monsoon season officially ended on September 30th, but heavy rains continue to batter large portions of the country leaving death and destruction in their wake. Rainfall due to the extended monsoon season reached a 25-year high, with scores of people losing their lives. At the time of writing, heavy rains have killed 148 people …
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October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Telangana state capital Hyderabad commemorated the observance by illuminating monuments and other sites in pink – reflecting the colour of the ribbon which serves as the symbol for the event. “Breast Cancer Awareness Month…helps to increase attention and support for the awareness, early detection and treatment as well …
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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has spoken out on the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, raising some misgivings about the initiative and suggesting improvements. Perhaps the main criticism was the insurance-based model, with IMA national president Dr Santanu Sen questioning “why should it be done through insurance companies by paying fifteen percent to …
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