Health

Patna, May 23 : A Muslim in Bihar chose humanity over religious customs, broke his Ramadan fast to donate blood to an eight-year-old Hindu thalassemic boy and saved his life.Jawed Alam on Tuesday donated blood to Rajesh Kumar in Gopalganj district, a…

Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 : Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja on Wednesday said that the outbreak of Nipah virus (NiP), which has claimed 10 lives, has been contained and there was no need to panic.Seventeen people are being treated at the Kozhik…

Hyderabad, May 23 : Former Union Minister and BJP parliamentarian Bandaru Dattatreya’s only son Bandaru Vaishnav, 21, died of a massive heart attack on Wednesday, family sources said.Vaishnav, a third year medical student, collapsed while having dinn…

New Delhi, May 22 : Fortis Healthcare will disclose the outcome of its Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Wednesday, a company spokesman said.The EGM, which was held on Tuesday, sought shareholders approval on a resolution filed by a minority sha…

Hyderabad, May 22 : Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd’s net profit during 2017-18 fell by 19 per cent over the previous year, at Rs 981 crore against Rs 1,204 crore during FY17.For the full year, the revenues stood at Rs 14,203 crore, up one …

New Delhi, May 22 : The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday approved increased incentives to ASHA workers by doubling the core incentive to Rs 3,000.The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, also doubled incentives payable in different ide…

New Delhi, May 22 : Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Tuesday said it had carried out the country’s first successful robotic surgery on a child to remove a tumour of from an adrenal gland that was causing very high blood pressure and other medical problems.”…

Ghaziabad, May 22 : Doctors at a Ghaziabad hospital have successfully performed laparoscopic spinal surgery on a 56-year-old woman, said a hospital official on Tuesday.S.V.Lakshmi had been in severe back pain for over six years due to overlapping of …

Kolkata, May 22 : A man, who underwent a heart transplant said to be the first such human-to-human surgery in eastern India, is stable, the hospital said on Tuesday.Dilchand Singh, 39, has been taken off assisted ventilation, said a medical bulletin….

New Delhi, May 22 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea challenging the National Green Tribunal’s order by which it has put on hold its earlier direction mandating all the manufacturers of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) pipes with lead conte…