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  Modi for more accountability for doctors

  National | January 09, 2015 19:11 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday instructed the health ministry to set up mechanisms for ensuring more accountability for doctors and health officials in the public sector.“In order to achieve the desired goal of

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  India will meet under-five mortality rate target of 2015: Govt

  National | December 28, 2014 13:05 IST

  New Delhi: Belying concerns raised by several quarters, the government asserted that the country is well on course to meet the Millennium Development Goals of achieving the under-five mortality rate of 42 per 1,000 live

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  Cancer survivor writes to PM Modi for ban on loose cigarettes

  India | December 04, 2014 20:20 IST

  New Delhi:  A former Customs Commissioner, who lost his speech due to throat cancer after prolonged tobacco use, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to reconsider the proposal to ban sale of

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  Concern in RS over rise in prices of essential medicines

  National | November 26, 2014 13:28 IST

  New Delhi: The rise in prices of essential medicines, including those used for treatment of tuberculosis, AIDS and diabetes, resulting from price decontrol of 108 drugs was today raised in Rajya Sabha with entire Opposition

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  Health Ministry accepts proposal to ban sale of loose cigarettes

  India | November 26, 2014 8:40 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has accepted a proposal to ban the sale of loose cigarettes in the country.According to Health Minister JP Nadda, the Ministry, besides accepting a proposal seeking banning the sale

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  Health Ministry presented facts contrary to own records: Sanjiv Chaturvedi

  India | September 28, 2014 17:43 IST

  New Delhi: Removed as Chief Vigilance Officer of AIIMS, Sanjiv Chaturvedi, an Indian Forest Service officer, has charged the Health Ministry with presenting facts “contrary” to its own records saying they have cast aspersions on

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  'Kerala's achievements in health sector model for country': Harsh Vardhan

  National | September 21, 2014 9:00 IST

  Perinthalmanna (Kerala): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan hailed Kerala's achievements in the health sector as a ‘model for the country' and said the state was maintaining quality from Primary Health Centres to the medical college

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  NPPA caps prices of 36 more drugs to improve access

  September 20, 2014 7:54 IST

  New Delhi: In its latest move to make essential medicines more affordable to all, the national drug pricing regulator, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), on Friday announced to cap the prices of 36 drugs including

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  Centre sends specialist doctors to flood-hit J&K

  India | September 18, 2014 9:38 IST

  New Delhi: In an effort to speed up the relief and rehabilitation work in Jammu and Kashmir, the Central government has dispatched a group of 20 specialist doctors from the Delhi Medical Association to serve

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  Health Ministry sends over 100 tonnes of medicines to J&K

  India | September 13, 2014 9:42 IST

  New Delhi: The Health Ministry has sent over 100 tonnes of medicines and other supplies besides teams of doctors and experts to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir.A 20-member clinical team comprising physicians, paediatricians and reproductive health

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  Nigerian national tests inconclusive for Ebola; sample sent to Pune

  India | August 17, 2014 23:48 IST

  New Delhi: A Nigerian national has been kept under observation at a city hospital after his ELISA blood test for Ebola virus done at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) here was stated to

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  Cabinet Secretary holds review meeting on Ebola Virus Disease

  India | August 13, 2014 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: The Central government reviewed the preparedness for tackling the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) disease which has claimed hundreds of lives in Western Africa.Union Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth on Tuesday held a review

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  Government to declare 'National Hypertension Day' soon: Health Minister

  India | August 10, 2014 8:08 IST

  New Delhi: Union Health Ministry has conceptualized dedicating a particular day of each year for highlighting the dangers of Hypertension.Speaking at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Hypertension Society of India (HSICON), Health Minister Harsh

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  Government sets up control room, helpline for Ebola virus surveillance

  India | August 09, 2014 22:55 IST

  New Delhi: The government today set up a control room and launched helpline numbers to maintain an intensive surveillance to prevent the spread of dreaded Ebola virus in the country and provide information about it

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  PETA urges health ministry to ban sale of animal-tested products

  India | April 18, 2014 11:59 IST

  New Delhi: Animal rights group PETA has urged India's health ministry to ban the marketing and sale of animal-tested cosmetics and household products.A statement issued by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said

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  Post stringent norms, clinical trials in India plummet

  India | April 21, 2013 16:33 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 21: Clinical trials of drugs in India have seen a drastic fall this year after toughened norms were introduced following Supreme Court directives.Not only have the number of trial approvals in the

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  Health ministry promoting special courses on family medicine

  India | April 20, 2013 19:55 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 20: In an effort to bridge the gap between the need and availability of doctors, the health ministry is promoting courses in family medicine for medical practitioners, an official said."There is a

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  Health ministry pushes for generic medicines

  India | October 01, 2012 17:40 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 1: In a bid to reduce healthcare costs, the union health ministry plans to bring in a legislation to make it mandatory for doctors to prescribe generic medicines.Sources from the ministry say