As part of the child health nutrient month (CHNM), the health department has decided to offer Vitamin A dose to 6.9 lakh children living in rural pockets of the district from December 2.

Says it will provide healing touch to the needy

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal launched the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna amid much fanfare at a state-level function here today. Balbir Singh of Katehra, the native village of Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani, was the first to be given a smart card under the scheme.

Nutritional support during treatment of pulmonary TB recommended

Severely undernourished tuberculosis (TB) patients in rural India have twice a higher risk of death, a scientific research study has concluded. The study conducted at Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS or Peoples’ Health Support Group), a non-profit voluntary organisation, suggests the need for nutritional support during treatment of pulmonary TB among these patients.

The state has shown a decline in the infant mortality in rural are a sover the past three years, but it has remained the same in the urban areas.

As you may be aware, in India, thousands of mothers and hundreds of accident victims die every year due to unavailability of timely blood transfusion. India has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world and thirty percent of these maternal deaths, mainly in rural areas, are due to haemorrhage in which timely blood transfusion was not available. India has highest number of road traffic accidents in the world, leading to more than 100,000 deaths yearly and many of these are due to lack of timely blood transfusion as most of these accidents occur on roads away from cities.

Union Minister launches seven healthcare schemes

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that Assam has emerged as role model in the health sector of the country by implementing the highest number of schemes under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

Taking seriously to the rising cases of dengue, the health department of the Delhi Government, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Directorate of Nation Vector Borne Disease Control Program

After successful implementation of a scheme for free supply of medicines in hospitals, the Rajasthan Government started the free diagnostic test facility at all primary health centres situated acro

ISLAMABAD: District Health Department has planned an extensive campaign against dengue in the rural areas of Islamabad from the first week of September and completed all necessary arrangements in t

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - Islamabad—District Health Department, Islamabad has planned extensive campaign against dengue in the rural areas of Islamabad from the first week of September and complet

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