Ahmedabad, July 20 (IANS) A joint team of surgeons from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and the U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre has successfully performed a rare and highly complex eight-hour operation to remove kidney cancer that had spread into a patient’s heart, saving the life of a 50-year-old woman. The patient, identified as Hansaben, was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma in her left kidney.Further examinations revealed that the cancer had formed a tumour thrombus, a mass…
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Gandhinagar, July 17 (IANS) The Gujarat Health Department has conducted over 94 lakh malaria tests this year as it intensifies surveillance and preventive measures against mosquito-borne diseases during the monsoon, with more than 19,500 health teams covering 6.51 crore people across the state through house-to-house visits.According to the state government, the campaign is being carried out under the ‘National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme’ under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra…
Ahmedabad, July 14 (IANS) The Indian Grey Hornbill, locally known as the Chilotro and absent from Gujarat’s Gir forests for nearly six decades, has successfully re-established itself in the landscape following a state-led reintroduction programme, with a new scientific study confirming that the birds have settled, nested and begun breeding in the wild.The findings, published in the international peer-reviewed journal ‘Birds’ under the title ‘Reintroduction of Indian Grey Hornbills in Gir, India:…
Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) The Gujarat government has stepped up surveillance, treatment and vector-control measures to contain the Chandipura virus after confirming seven positive cases from 19 laboratory-tested samples and reporting three child deaths linked to the infection this year. The state government’s response was reviewed at a high-level meeting chaired by Health Minister Praful Pansheriya at the Secretariat in Gandhinagar on Monday.Senior officials reviewed the current situation and …
Gandhinagar, July 13 (IANS) Gujarat has trained over 4,000 young volunteers under the first phase of the ‘Yuva Aapda Mitra’ Scheme, moving towards its target of creating a trained community-based disaster response force across 17 districts, with women expected to account for half of all participants.According to the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA), the scheme aims to strengthen the state’s capacity to respond to natural and human-made disasters by preparing local volunteers t…
Ahmedabad, July 11 (IANS) Large stretches of barren and saline land across Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar districts are being restored and converted into green spaces under a large-scale afforestation programme that aims to plant 1.25 crore trees across the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency this year. The initiative, being undertaken under Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar Green Lok Sabha Project, includes the restoration of degraded land and the plantation of predominantly native tree spe…
Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Friday decided to provide government land free of cost for five years to nine newly formed municipal corporations to help them develop essential civic infrastructure during their transition from municipalities to municipal corporations. The decision, taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, applies to the municipal corporations of Mehsana, Nadiad, Anand, Navsari, Vapi, Morbi, Gandhidham, Surendranagar and Porbandar.The government said the mea…
Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) Gujarat will expand its indigenous ‘Van Kavach’ afforestation model to cover 1,100 hectares during 2026-27, with more than half of the new plantations concentrated in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency as part of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Green Lok Sabha initiative, according to the state Forest Department. The programme includes the development of Gujarat’s largest “Maha Van Kavach,” spanning over 100 hectares in Godhavi village near Ahmedabad.Under the wid…
Gandhinagar, July 8 (IANS) Gujarat has completed the transparent recruitment of 54,509 police personnel across various ranks during the past 10 years, Director General of Police (DGP) G.S. Malik said while addressing newly recruited Police Sub-Inspectors (PSI) at an appointment ceremony in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. Speaking after 449 newly recruited unarmed Police Sub-Inspectors received their appointment letters by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Malik added that the large-scale recruitment had…
Gandhinagar, July 8 (IANS) The Gujarat government has removed the 20-metre length restriction for mechanised fishing boats to avail of VAT relief on diesel, extending the benefit to all eligible mechanised fishing vessels, including deep-sea boats, in a move expected to benefit more than 18,000 registered boats across the state.The decision was taken at the State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday.Announcing the decision, government spokesperson and Minister J…