Health

Balangir: At least 6 students of a primary school were hospitalised after a man in inebriated condition beat them up in Odisha’s Balangir district on Saturday. As per reports, the man under the influence of liquor entered the Government…
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New Delhi: The bottled water that most of us drink in the belief that it is a safe option, actually contains plastic fragments and perhaps does us more harm than good. A typical one-litre (33-ounce) bottle of water contains some 240,000…
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Cuttack: At least 15 persons of a village were hospitalised reportedly due to diarrhoea in the last two days in Odisha’s Cuttack district. According to sources, the residents of Mundia Sahi of Bishnupur village under Tigiria police…
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Bhubaneswar: In order to facilitate specialisation and super specialisation studies in homeopathy, Odisha government has simplified the provisions regarding sanction of study leave and payment of salary during the period for the doctors…
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London: The World Health Organization (WHO) is very concerned about the growing threat of infectious diseases in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. “As people continue to be massively displaced across the south of Gaza, with some families…
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New Delhi: India witnessed an increase of 628 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, contributing to a rise in the active caseload, which reached 4,054, as per the data provided by the Union Health Ministry. The total number of fatalities…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government’s flagship health programme Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) registered a record growth in terms of the number of the partner hospitals and the claims raised by those against treatment of the individual…
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Bengaluru: A rise in COVID-19 cases in Kerala and some other states/union territories (UTs), including detection of the first JN.1 sub-variant case, has compelled the Central government to take notice. Union Health Secretary Sudhansh…
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Rourkela: The toll in suspected diarrhoea outbreak in Odisha’s Rourkela city touched 8 on Monday with the death of a woman of of Naya Bazaar here. The deceased, Sarojini Khandayat (49), was admitted to Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here…
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New Delhi: An Indian doctor has a warning for people amid an undetermined pneumonia outbreak in China hitting children hard, with media reports describing overwhelmed children’s hospitals in multiple locations. Dr Ajay Shukla, Director…
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