Health

Gwalior, May 30 : Three patients undergoing treatment at Gwalior’s biggest government hospital have died after the oxygen supply was cut off to its trauma centre due to disruption in electricity supply, their families alleged on Wednesday.On the othe…

Thiruvanathapuram, May 30 (IANS/Mongabay .com) The Nipah virus (NiV) infection has claimed 14 lives, from Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala in the month of May. Siblings Mohammed Sadik (26) and Mohammed Salih (28), died on May 5 and May 18 r…

Kolkata, May 30 : A soldier has died here of suspected Nipah virus infection, a Defence spokesman said here on Wednesday.Seenu Prasad, who hails from Kerala and posted at the Eastern Command headquarters Fort William, was admitted to the Command Hosp…

Mumbai, May 30 : An unholy row has erupted over the recent formation of the much-anticipated Maharashtra Acupuncture Council (MAC) — India’s first — with allegations of favouritism, nepotism, and flouting of norms.The MAC — a watchdog body on the …

New Delhi, May 30 : Indoor air pollution is very much real and it can be five times or more worse than outdoor air pollution. From everyday consumer products and household habits such as paints, pet allergens to cooking gas, can be an additional s…

Panaji, May 30 : A Kerala native, who was quarantined in an isolation ward of a Goa hospital after he developed symptoms similar to those affected by the Nipah virus, has been discharged after his test results proved negative.”He has been discharged …

Kolkata, May 29 : A 3.5-feet-long iron rod was successfully removed by doctors here from the skull of a youth, who suffered severe brain damage after the metal pierced through his forehead and the cranium in a car accident and the patient discharged …

Panaji, May 29 : The Congress’s Goa unit on Tuesday said that it will petition President Ram Nath Kovind to appoint a “full-fledged Chief Minister” in the absence of Manohar Parrikar, who is in the US for treatment of pancreatic cancer.Speaking to re…

Kozhikode (Kerala), May 29 : With the source of the Nipah virus outbreak that has caused 14 deaths in Kerala’s Kozhikode and Malappuram districts yet to be ascertained, a batch of fresh five samples from fruit bats will be sent on Wednesday to the Bh…

Shimla, May 29 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of four outpatient departments of the Composite Regional Centres for Persons with Disabilities in Sundernagar town.At the function where Union Minist…