Deaths because of hepatitis were on the increase in the interiors of Sindh, said Sindh Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor Dr Abdul Qadir Mughal.

But the poor of the province were not aware of the killer disease, he said on Tuesday at the launching of a three-day campaign to diagnose hepatitis B and C, at the university dispensary.

High child mortality rates and resurgence of communicable diseases that were more or less eradicated, should be a matter of grave concern

The National Rural Health Mission, a scheme under the Union government to provide effective healthcare to the rural populace, is likely to get extended up to 2017, as certain programmes under the scheme were very well responded to in some parts of the country.

Despite efforts to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas, communicable diseases like meningitis, malaria and diarrhoea continue to haunt the tribal hamlets of Tripura.

Shimla: Himachal resident Dr D.S. Rana, chairman of department of nephrology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, has been awarded the Padmashri for his distinguished services in the field of medicine in the country and rural areas of Himachal Pradesh.

Ranchi: Specialised healthcare services will soon come within the reach of the residents of far-flung districts, courtesy Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro).

The space organisation will extend telemedicine network at all district hospitals of Jharkhand. Under this project, specialised doctors of reputable city hospitals will be able to treat patients residing in remote places.

Compulsory rural posting for doctors is welcome