Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) A new investigation about the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taunsa city of Pakistan’s Punjab province has exposed many flaws in the healthcare system and the state’s utter disregard for the locals. An investigative documentary by BBC has exposed nurses injecting patients through their clothes, giving dirty syringes for re-use and unqualified workers injecting child after child from a blood-contaminated vial of liquid medicine in the hospital. “The scale of neglect le…
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Patna, Feb 4 (IANS) Panic gripped Madurna village under the Chainpur police station area of Bihar’s Kaimur district on Wednesday when eight children fell seriously ill after consuming the seeds of a diesel plant while playing. According to local sources, the children were playing near the eastern pond of the village when they plucked fruits from a diesel plant growing nearby and consumed the seeds. About an hour later, their health suddenly deteriorated, with symptoms including vomiting, dizzi…
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act into law, reversing long-standing school nutrition rules and restoring whole milk to cafeterias across the United States. Trump on Wednesday (local time) said it was the first bill signing of the new year. He said the law would ensure that “millions of school-aged children have access to high-quality milk.” He also said it would help dairy farmers who have pushed for the change for years.“As …
Gandhinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) The Gujarat government launched a statewide Type-1 Diabetes (Juvenile Diabetes) Treatment and Control Programme to ensure that not a single child suffering from the disease is deprived of treatment facilities.Launching the programme from Gandhinagar, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said the state aims to establish a comprehensive and inclusive treatment system so that children with Type-1 Diabetes receive uninterrupted care, even in remote and rural areas.He said treatm…