Aizawl: At least 71 people have died out of 1,087 tuberculosis cases detected in Mizoram since Jan this year, officials of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) said on Thursday.The officials made the statement during the state TB forum meeting held at the office of the mission director of the National Health Mission (NHM) in…
Ranchi: A team of the Ranchi district administration sealed an ultrasound centre allegedly operating illegally in city’s Kantatoli area.The team of police, a magistrate, and Ranchi civil surgeon Prabhat Kumar, after acting on a tip-off, raided the ultrasound centre situated on the first floor of Galaxy Complex.“We received information about the centre being run by…
Ranchi: As many as 262 newly recruited state govt officials received their appointment letters from chief minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday.The new recruits include 56 food safety officers selected by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission, 151 contractual specialist medical officers under the National Health Mission, 29 senior hospital managers and 26 finance managers, officials said.Addressing…
A senior official said some top posts, like that of additional chief secretary for housing and urban development (UD-1) were yet to be filled Mumbai: The state govt on Tuesday transferred several senior IAS officers in key departments, including BMC, MMRDA and Cidco. Around a dozen babus were transferred on Tuesday after the state cabinet…
Lucknow: Under the National Health Mission, 14 urban primary health centres (UPHCs) in the city have been upgraded to polyclinics to provide specialist healthcare services closer to residents.Earlier, these centres offered only basic outpatient care and lacked specialist doctors, advanced diagnostic facilities, and referral support for complex cases, officials said.The upgraded polyclinics will now offer…
Pic for representation purpose only Patna: All district hospitals where ICUs are currently non-functional have been instructed to operationalise a minimum four-bed ICU or HDU for treating critical cases and emergencies such as cardiac arrest, snake bites, and dog bites.These directions were issued by health secretary Kumar Ravi during a review of various health programmes,…
Varanasi: In accordance with directives issued by the National Health Mission and the Family Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, a district-wide Vitamin-A Supplementation Campaign will commence on Wednesday. Under the campaign, the Health Department has set a target of administering Vitamin-A doses to 3,92,921 children in the age group of 9 months to 5 years. Iron…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand govt is planning to upgrade 188 community health centres (CHCs) to first referral units (FRUs) in order to strengthen healthcare facilities and emergency services at the block level. The state has a total of 194 CHCs.In the first phase, 20 CHCs will be developed as FRUs. Specialist doctors and healthcare staff would…
32.9% of births in urban areas were through C-section, data revealed Ranchi: High-risk pregnancies among expectant women, particularly in rural areas, and a growing preference among urban couples to schedule childbirth have pushed up caesarean section deliveries in the state, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6).NFHS-6 data for 2023-24 shows 15.7% of births…
Officers at the clinic in Pandra Ranchi: Three persons were arrested on Sunday for allegedly running an ultrasound centre for sex determination in city’s Pandra area, officers said. The accused have been identified as Suranjan Kumar, Akash Kumar and Shila Kumari.The accused were arrested for violating the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) Act. A…
