Tag: Aiims

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister L.P. Shahi died early on Saturday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in here. He was 98. “He was shifted to AIIMS on Thursday after he complained of chest pain,” Shahi’s daughter-in-law, Veena Shahi, told IANS from Patna. “He passed away around 3 […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved a plan to set up 20 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country, six of which have already been established, and to upgrade 73 medical colleges. The decisions are part of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), […]

New Delhi: Convicted RJD chief Lalu Prasad was on Monday shifted to a Ranchi hospital for follow-up treatment — after he met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi at AIIMS where he was undergoing treatment for heart and kidney related ailments. The decision by AIIMS authorities sparked off an angry reaction from Lalu Prasad, who asked doctors […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday called on RJD leader Lalu Prasad at the AIIMS where the former Bihar Chief Minister was admitted last month for treatment of ailments related to heart and kidney. In their half hour meeting, Gandhi discussed his health condition, Congress sources said. Lalu Prasad was admitted to the […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who has been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for kidney transplant, was kept under observation on Saturday and the surgery may be done either on Sunday or Monday, hospital officials said. “He was kept under observation today (Saturday). The kidney transplant may be carried […]

New Delhi: Five people were injured after an elevator crashed from the second floor of a building at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said the accident at the Medical Support Office took place at around 11 a.m. The injured persons’ condition […]

New Delhi: Two months after conjoined twins from Odisha, Jaga and Kalia, were separated through a surgery at AIIMS, Director Randeep Guleria on Saturday said the twins will take another eight to nine months to get discharged as the vital reconstructive surgeries of their skull is yet to be done. Guleria said that while the […]

New Delhi: Backing the protest by doctors in Rajasthan for higher pay, promotion and changes in shifts, the doctors’ body at AIIMS on Saturday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “live” a government doctor’s life for a day to understand their stress and helplessness and also take note of the “dying healthcare system”. In a […]

New Delhi: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu underwent a successful angioplasty procedure at AIIMS and was discharged from the hospital on Saturday. Naidu, 68, was admitted at the All India Institute Of Medical Science on Friday after his sugar and blood pressure were high along with some cardiac issues. He went through a check up […]

New Delhi: AIIMS Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) President Harjit Singh Bhatti has alleged receiving life threat calls, more than a month after he wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath seeking better health services. According to Bhatti, who has filed a complaint at Hauz Khas police […]

New Delhi: Union Minister of Steel Chaudhary Birender Singh has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Friday for problems related to prostate. “He was admitted today morning. Once his tests are done, he will undergo surgery,” a doctor told IANS.

New Delhi: With one third of heart failure patients dying within six months of diagnosis, cardiologists have said that heart failure in India occurs a decade earlier than elsewhere in the world, where the average age is 59. On the eve of World Heart Day, AIIMS cardiologist Sundeep Mishra cautioned citizens against early cardiac issues as […]

Shimla: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of an AIIMS in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur town on October 3, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said on Sunday. AIIMS Bilaspur is another milestone in the list of achievements of the NDA government in the health sector, an official statement quoting Nadda said. The minister said […]

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kamrup district of Assam at a cost of Rs 1,123 crore. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The new hospital will be […]