Health

New Delhi: The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the potential of becoming a global pandemic. Experts have warned that it could be ‘100 times worse than COVID and could lead to fatalities in up to half of those infected. In a recent briefing…
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Bhubaneswar: After a long wait of over a decade, SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) at Cuttack conducted liver transplantation on a patient with end-stage liver disease and became the first government hospital in Odisha to perform…
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Cuttack: In a significant development, the highly complicated liver transplant process has commenced at the SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCB MCH) in Odisha’s Cuttack city on Wednesday. As per information, the advance treatment…
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New Delhi: Ramanan Laxminarayan, Economist, Epidemiologist, Founder & Director, One Health Trust, said that while antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the third leading cause of death in the world, India has the highest number of…
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Keonjhar: In a shocking incident, family members of a dead girl child branded her body with hot metal with the hope that she would be alive again in a village of Keonjhar district. According to reports, two daughters of Tankadhar…
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Bhubaneswar: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has conferred All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar with the Asia Safe Surgical Implant Consortium QIP Award 2023. The institute was selected from among 28 well-known…
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Bhubaneswar: Continuing to dispense largesse ahead of the twin elections in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a hike in the monthly remuneration of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) from Rs 4,500 to Rs…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) Nabin Card for people living in villages across the state. All people living in villages, except regular government employees…
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Bhubaneswar: The newly established Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) celebrated its First Foundation Day today on its university campus at Sishu Bhawan Square here. Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena graced the occasion as the…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated teaching hospitals in five government medical colleges to further strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in the state. The Chief Minister also laid the…
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