Health

29 Aug

‘Celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi with care’: Swine flu scare in Maharashtra; 2,337 cases till Aug 28

editorHealthMumbai

Maharashtra has recorded 2,337 swine flu active cases and 98 deaths between January 1 and August 28 this year, prompting the country fitness branch on Monday to enchantment people to exercise warning whilst taking part in Ganesh festivities. It said these cases have been recorded in 19 districts, led by Pune with 770 cases along with 33 deaths. Mumbai has accounted for 348 cases and three deaths, while the figures are 474 and 14 for neighboring Thane, respectively, an official said. Kolhapur recorded 159 cases and thirteen deaths during this period. “From January 1 to August 28 this year the…

28 Aug

Mann Ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi urges people to join fight against malnutrition

editorHealth, PoliticalPM Modi

PM Modi in the course of his Mann ki Baat radio programme Sunday insisted people to get together to combat against malnutrition and use social consciousness in their efforts to eradicate it. Modi said states like Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Assam have come up with special and various thoughts to handle the trouble of malnutrition. “Better use of science and public participation has also grown to be an vital section of ‘Poshan Abhiyan’. The Jal Jeevan mission is going to have a large have an effect on in making India malnutrition free,” stated Modi at some point of the 92nd…

26 Aug

Comedian Raju Srivastava Health Update: Minor improvement as comedian continues to be on ventilator

editorEntertainment, Health

As per contemporary reports, veteran comedian Raju Srivastava has proven minor imprivement. Although he continues to be on a ventilator, his condition is secure as he is recovering gradually in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. He got admitted to the health center on August 10 after he experienced chest pain and collapsed whilst working out at the gym.

24 Aug

PM Modi inaugurates Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in Mohali, Punjab

editorHealth, IndiaPM Modi, Punjab

PM Modi on Wednesday (August 24, 2022) dedicated the “Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre” to the country in Mohali, Punjab. The Hospital has been constructed at a value of over Rs 660 crore by Tata Memorial Centre, an aided institute beneath the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. It is a tertiary care health center with a 300-bed capability and is geared up with modern services to treat all types of cancers with the usage of each and every available therapy modality like Surgery, Radiotherapy and Medical Oncology – Chemotherapy, immunotherapy and Bone marrow transplant. After inaugurating…

22 Aug

Tomato fever is misleading name for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, say experts

editorHealthKerala Health Minister

A few days after a document in The Lancet issued an alert on the rising instances of tomato fever or tomato flu in India, docs and health experts have known as it a misleading colloquial name for Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD). Tomato fever is now not a scientific name. It has been loosely used to describe a common mild viral sickness referred to as Hand Foot and Mouth disease, as per the experts. “Unfortunately, a recent guide in The Lancet claims that the lesions gradually increase to the measurement of a tomato, which is absolutely wrong, deceptive and…

18 Aug

Comedian Raju Srivastava stable, wife Shikha Srivastava shares his health update and calls him ‘fighter’

editorEntertainment, Health

Raju Srivastava's condition is stable as he is on lifestyle support while fighting for his life at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. On Thursday evening, Raju's wife Shikha Srivastava shared an update about her husband's fitness. Shikha said, "Raju ji is a "warrior and will bounce back among all of us." The 58-year-old comic collapsed at a fitness center in New Delhi after suffering a coronary heart attack on August 10. He was admitted to the medical facility and underwent an angioplasty the same day. Raju Then put on ventilator. Shikha said her husband…

13 Aug

300+ Dengue Cases in Kolkata, 46 in Salt Lake

editorHealth, West BengalKolkata

Salt Lake and Kolkata - which are experiencing scattered rains for the rest of the fortnight - have reported an increase in dengue cases. According to Kolkata Municipal Corporation health officials, the number of cases crossed 300 on Friday. Civic sources said that until five days ago, the wide variety was limited to 250. Dengue cases from different parts of South Kolkata have increased and are widely pronounced. In Salt Lake, sixteen more dengue cases have been reported across Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) locations in the last one week, a BMC source said, taking the tally to 46. BMC authorities…

02 Aug

Kerala reports 5th Monkeypox case, patient had traveled to UAE

editorHealthKerala Health Minister

Kerala has mentioned its fifth Monkeypox case on Tuesday , August 2 as per an ANI report. The patient, aged 30 years, is currently undergoing remedy in Malappuram and had returned from United Arab Emirates on July 27 in accordance to a declaration with the aid of Kerala Health Minister Veena George. Those who had been in close contact with him, together with his parents, are being closely monitored. The first affected person was once discharged and the circumstance of others used to be stable, the minister added.

27 Jul

North East Digestive and Liver Foundation to organise awareness programs to create awareness of Hepatitis

editorAssam, Health

World Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, which causes inflammation of the liver that leads to severe diseases i.e. liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. On World Hepatitis Day 2022, Department of Gastroenterology, Gauhati Medical College and Indian Society of Gastroenterology, North East Chapter in collaboration with World Health Organization, North East Digestive and Liver Foundation are highlighting the need to bring hepatitis care closer to primary health. Facilities and communities so people have better access to treatment and care, regardless of the type of hepatitis they have. Sharing his thoughts on…

25 Jul

Monkeypox Case Confirmed in Delhi, patient has no foreign travel history

editorHealthDelhi

Delhi recorded its first monkeypox case, and India's fourth, on Sunday with a 34-year-old man checking out fine for the virus that is spreading across the world. The patient, a resident of west Delhi's Paschim Vihar has no history of travel to nations affected by using the disease, in contrast to the three cases pronounced from Kerala, officers said. The man had taken a holiday to Himachal Pradesh final month with male friends. Soon after, he developed fever but unnoticed the signs and symptoms at the beginning wondering it was triggered via seasonal changes, sources said. However, when the fever…