Agartala, July 8 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday reiterated that the state government’s primary objective is to strengthen healthcare services within Tripura so that people can access quality and affordable treatment without having to travel outside the state and incur heavy medical expenses.Addressing the 69th edition of the “Mukhyamantri Samipesu” public outreach programme at his official residence, the Chief Minister said the government has been continuously upgrading th…
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Ambala, July 6 (IANS) Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday lauded Haryana’s “double-engine government” and appreciated the leadership of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, highlighting the state’s developmental achievements. Speaking after paying tributes to Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, on his 125th birth anniversary, Nadda said the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant in Yamunanagar, the Dwarka Expressway, the Rewari Bypass, expa…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, on Sunday declared the results of its massive faculty recruitment drive, filling over 460 vacant positions ranging from Assistant Professors to Professors across more than 50 disciplines. The selections cover AIIMS New Delhi and the newly established AIIMS-Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) campus at Maidan Garhi. The recruitment saw over 3,200 applicants competing for 265 posts …
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the construction of a 6-lane road tunnel for NH-148AE, connecting the Dwarka Expressway with Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj, in Delhi, with a total project length of 8.1 km and a total capital cost of Rs 6,969.67 crore on hybrid annuity mode (HAM).The project will provide faster connectivity between west and south Delhi, connecting the Dwarka Expressway with Vasant…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said on Tuesday that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has strengthened medical education by focusing on “hardware” and “software,” or infrastructure and an enabling ecosystem. Addressing the 10th Convocation of the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) in New Delhi, Nadda said that while the “hardware” comprises world-class infrastructure, medical institut…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s intense fight against drug trafficking, calling for a joint effort to build a ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat’. In a message on X, Nabin said, “On the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, let us reaffirm our collective resolve to build a drug-free, healthy and empowered India.”“Under the leadership of Honourable Prime Minist…
Jaipur, June 23 (IANS) Health authorities have suspended the use of 25 medicines and injections, including IV drips administered during Caesarean deliveries at Paota District Hospital in Jodhpur, after eight women developed serious complications following childbirth.Samples of all medicines and consumables used in the affected cases have been collected and sent for laboratory testing. Officials have directed that these products not be used until test reports are received.Preliminary findings ind…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The final deck slab of the delayed Barapullah Phase-III corridor was successfully cast on Monday, connecting both ends of the structure across the Yamuna River and bringing one of Delhi’s longest-pending infrastructure projects to the threshold of completion, an official said. For more than a decade, Barapullah Phase-III became synonymous with delays, missed deadlines and unanswered questions. What was originally expected to be completed in 2017 remained unfinished ye…
Jaipur, June 19 (IANS) Describing the deaths of postpartum women and the kidney failure suffered by several others in government hospitals in Kota and Bikaner as a shocking “institutional failure” of Rajasthan’s healthcare system, former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has demanded accountability at the highest level.In a strongly worded letter to Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Gehlot said poor women who entered government hospitals with faith in the public health system had paid a devastating pri…
Jaipur, June 18 (IANS) Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has strongly criticised the state government and the public healthcare system following the findings emerging from inquiry reports into the deaths of new mothers in Kota and serious medical complications reported in Bikaner.Referring to the inquiry report submitted in the Kota maternal deaths case, which reportedly found negligence in treatment to be the direct cause of the deaths of five women after childbirth, Gehlot said the …