Tag: Hospital

Berhampur/Bhubaneswar: Hours after ransomware cyber-attack was detected at the Berhampur City Hospital’s information management system, the attack was also reported today at the Purusottampur hospital with the affected computer screen showing the ‘WannaCry’ message. Though initially errors occurred in three computers at the office of the Purusottampur hospital, two could be restored after anti-virus software […]

Malkangiri: The gynaecologist at the district headquarters hospital, who was shifted two days ago to the CDMO office for allegedly taking bribe from a Bonda (tribal) woman, has returned the amount to the victim in presence of Chief District Medical Officer, relatives of the victim said today. “Doctor Nirmal Nayak had taken Rs 3500 from […]

Sambalpur: Two days after a newborn child was stolen from Sadar hospital here, two security guards were dismissed by the hospital authorities for negligence in duty. On the other hand the hospital authorities are still unable to know the whereabouts of the child. The movements of a suspected woman captured in the CCTV camera of […]

Vijayawada/Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, 11 passengers including 2 from Odisha were killed and more than 30 injured when Hyderabad bound private bus from Bhubaneswar, met with an accident at Mulapadu under Telugunchi panchayat near Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh on National Highway-16 in the wee hours today. While the bus driver and the helper among […]

Jeypore: One person was killed and 12 others were seriously injured in a bus accident at Jeypore in Koraput district on late last night. The injured passengers have been admitted at Jeypore Subdivisional hospital. According to sources, the bus was travelling from Visakhapatnam to Malkangiri, when suddenly the driver lost control of the bus and […]

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the repeated reports of dead body being carried on shoulder, the State government today issued strict guidelines barring the medical authorities to hand over the body to the kin without death certificate. The new rules issued by the commissioner-cum-secretary of Health department Pramod Meherda said the medical officer would apprise […]

Nayagarh: Three class-III students including a girl were injured after a mobile phone battery exploded while they were playing with it at Ladukeshwar upper primary school under Sarankula police station in Nayagarh district today. Two of the injured students have been admitted to Nayagarh district headquarters hospital while the girl has been treated at the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak today resigned in the wake of death of 23 people in a hospital fire tragedy, while opposition parties asked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to follow suit on moral grounds. “Mr Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak has sent me his letter of resignation. He has resigned on moral […]

Rayagada: In a tragic incident, three persons were killed and five injured after a Bolero jeep in which they were travelling in, hit a truck from rear on the State highway at Khaliguda under Chandil police station in the district today. One died on the spot while two others succumbed to injuries at Rayagada district […]

Sambalpur: The villagers of Themra under Maneswar block of the district on Thursday set the local community health centre (CHC) on fire after finding no doctors at the health centre to treat a severely injured biker. Sources said, the incident happened when the villagers didn’t find a doctor in the hospital to treat the biker […]

Puri: In a fresh development to the ransacking incident at the Puri District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here, four senior doctors of the Government-run hospital resigned from their job pointing at the lack of security at the hospital today. Following this, the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) called for an important meeting to discuss on the […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide emergency health service to accident victims, the State government has decided to open eight more trauma care centres at prominent hospitals in the State. Informing this to media, Chief secretary AP Padhi, who chaired a high level meeting which discussed steps to check the rising road mishaps in the […]

Kalna (West Bengal): A pall of gloom descended on Kalna as 18-year-old goalkeeper Ripon Mali died after collapsing on the field during a football match at Nischintapur village in East Burdwan district, locals said. Ripon Mali was trying to snatch the ball from the opposing team’s forward in the air when he collapsed on Sunday. […]

New Delhi: In a first, Cardiological Society of India — a non-profit organisation — on Saturday announced the launch of an app that can help people suffering from heart disease with rapid and accurate information about the nearest health care centres. The app — named “Heart Attack” — would guide patients with real time information […]

New Delhi: Doyen of Hindi poetry Gopal Das Neeraj passed away this evening at the AIIMS trauma centre here. He was 93. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Neeraj had suffered a head injury following a fall at his house in Agra and was undergoing treatment at a hospital there, Dr Rajesh Malhotra, chief of the AIIMS […]