Tag: Hospital

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 […]

  Srinagar: A day after a tourist from Tamil Nadu died due to head injury suffered during stone-pelting here, Tourism department and stakeholders have expressed apprehensions that the incident may negatively impact the arrival of visitors to Kashmir. A 22-year-old tourist, R Thirumani, from Chennai was critically injured in a stone pelting incident at Narbal […]

  Chatra (Jharkhand): Fourteen persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape and killing of an 18-year-old woman by setting her on fire in Chatra district yesterday, a top district official said today. The victim, who suffered severe burn injuries in the incident, was declared “brought dead” by doctors when she was rushed […]

New Delhi: Rent paid by patients for hospital rooms will be exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the government said on Tuesday. Issuing clarifications on levy of GST on the tariff for various accommodation services, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) said the tax on rooms in the hotel, guest house […]

Bengaluru: Indian hospital chain Narayana Health yesterday announced that it has renewed its partnership with convergence solutions provider ICT Health to use the Health Information Management System (HINAI) cloud web system. “As of date, 38 of our hospitals are using the ICT Health Hospital Information system and 19 outpatient clinics are using the ICT Health […]

Kolkata: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped by two employees of a hospital here, police said today. Both atatckers were arrested. The incident happened on late Friday at RG Kar Hospital. The woman, a resident of Murshidabad district’s Bahrampur, came to the hospital to visit a relative admitted there when the two accused, employed […]