Tag: Hospital

Malkangiri: A 10-year-old girl is now battling for life after she was allegedly raped by a youth in Malkangiri yesterday. As per the complaint filed by the family members, the youth raped the girl after taking her to his house. The matter came to light after the girl’s uncle found blood stains on her clothes. […]

Berhampur: Triggering concerns, the total number of patients suffering from dengue increased to ten at Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) Medical College & Hospital in Berhampur. Speaking to media, Chief District Medical Officer, Sadananda Mishra said “Though Ganjam is the native place of all the patients; they were working outside the State. However, after falling […]

Khurda: Tension prevailed at Thanapalli village under Bolgarh police limits after a woman died under mysterious circumstances Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Binati Behera. According to reports, Binati was rushed to the hospital by her husband Kalia after she fell sick yesterday. However, the doctors there declared her brought dead. “We were […]

Jharsuguda: A youth allegedly killed his father at Vedanta rehabilitation and resettlement (RR) colony over family feud on Saturday night. According to reports, the accused Bishikeshan Rohit Das stabbed his father Bhagban Rohit Das after an argument broke out between them yesterday. Though Bhagban was rushed to Jharsuguda district headquarters hospital following the incident, he […]

Rayagada: A youth diagnosed with dengue in Sulva village of Rayagada died at a hospital in Vishakhapatnam. The deceased identified as Mishal Rabi Kumar had been admitted to the hospital on Sunday and succumbed to the deadly disease after two days. Earlier, Kumar was undergoing treatment at the Rayagada district headquarters hospital but was shifted […]

Koraput: Despite tall claims of Odisha government about its efforts to provide basic healthcare facilities to tribals living in remote locations, patients continue to be shifted to hospitals in cots and slings in Koraput district. For the residents of Turli village under Narayanpatna block, such traditional methods are the only source to shift critical patients […]

  Angul: Still some people tend to choose superstition over medical science and no matter how surprising it may be in this age, such incidents keep on surfacing in Odisha. In one such incident, a man brought a black magician to the district headquarters hospital in Angul today to heal her wife’s snake-bite wound. The […]

Koraput: Staying true to the Hippocratic Oath in which a doctor pledges to uphold the highest ethical standards that their profession demands, Bhupati Bhusan Jena, a medicine specialist in Koraput District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) has set an example. According to reports, one Mani Golari (27) of Doraguda village of Boipariguda tehsil in the district was […]

  Rayagada: Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) officials on Tuesday stated that ‘outsiders’ are instigating locals and threatening their employees to join agitation at its plant in Therubali of Rayagada district. The plant employees and their families are now in a state of worry and scared as agitators have locked up the nearby […]

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Odia cine actress, producer and director Parbati Ghosh passed away after pro-longed illness here late last night. She was 85. A national award winning actress, Ghosh, who was ailing for some time and complained of uneasiness, was being rushed to a city based private hospital at around 12.30 am Sunday night when she […]

Keonjhar/Angul: Blame it on the crumbling public health infrastructure or lack of awareness, infants in Odisha continue to be at the receiving end of superstitious practices of getting branded with hot objects. In Keonjhar district, an eighteen day infant battled for his life but eventually succumbed to burn injuries at the hospital after he was […]

Kendrapara: Various awareness campaigns on protection of girl child seem to be futile as reports of newborn baby girls being abandoned are hugging headlines every other day. In yet another such incident, a newborn, believed by locals to be one or two-day old, was found abandoned at a temple near Chandapur in Kendrapara district today. […]

Dhenkanal: A 15-year-old class-X girl sustained critical head injuries after a ceiling fan fell on her in the classroom at Sulakhyana Devi Girls’ High School here in the town today. Critically injured Mili Sethy has been admitted to District Headquarters Hospital. “Soon after the prayer, students were waiting for the class teacher while the incident […]

Burla: Stalemate over the VIMSAR row continues as a meeting convened by Sambalpur legislator Raseswari Panigrahi and attended by all parties on Monday evening did not reach any conclusion. A unanimous decision could not be taken at the meeting attended by VIMSAR director Prof Ashwini Pujahari, superintendent, Sambalpur Collector, SP and representatives of medical students. […]

Kendrapara: Requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to facilitate sending a 108 vehicle to Kalamada Sasan village, Class X student Subhasis Mallick has sought the PM’s intervention to get his grandmother admitted to a hospital. In a letter to Modi, Subhasis mentioned that due to lack of road connectivity he could not avail the 108 free […]