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  • October 30, 2018
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Private Bus staff involved in Drug Smuggling

Srinagar Police recently busted a drug racket that made use of private bus staff members to transfer drugs from Jaipur to Srinagar. Police seized highly addictive narcotic pills that were…

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  • October 27, 2018
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Niger launches mass polio vaccination drive

Niamey: Niger has launched a mass polio vaccination campaign targeting more than three million children under five after new cases were detected, an official said Friday. The programme kicked off…

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  • October 22, 2018
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1 lakh benefitted under PMJAY in one month of its launch: Nadda

New Delhi: Nearly a month after the roll out of the Centre’s PMJAY health insurance scheme, one lakh people have availed the benefits of the ambitious programme, Union Health Minister…

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  • October 20, 2018
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Dissolve hospital panels which have less than 25 transplant cases: Bombay high court

MUMBAI: Hospital-based organ transplant authorisation committees that have conducted less than 25 such surgeries in the previous year will have to be dissolved, Bombay high court has ruled. A division…

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  • October 19, 2018
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Centre & Arvind Kejriwal government still stuck on name for Ayushman Bharat

Should ‘Ayushman Bharat’ be the suffix or the prefix of the name of the scheme in Delhi – that seems to be one of the issues stopping the rollout of…

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  • October 17, 2018
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New Amendments In D&C Act desired by Maha FDA

Drugs and Cosmetics Act need new amendments as per the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Maha FDA planned to write a proposal to the central government to make required…

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  • October 13, 2018
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Delhi first at hospital: HC nixes scheme

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday pulled the plug on a pilot project launched by AAP government extending preferential treatment to residents of the city at Guru Teg…

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  • October 4, 2018
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What the Doctor orders: Ground report on Ayushman Bharat from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

A day after launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana Abhiyan (PMJAY), Shiv Mangal and family of Ghasiyaripura line up to get ‘gold cards’ in a small room allotted…

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  • October 4, 2018
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IMA comes up with pointers clarifying patients’ obligations

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has come up with a charter of patients’ responsibility, pointers of which have been sent to the Union health ministry, to be included in the…

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  • October 3, 2018
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Blockchain Technology will help NITI Aayog, Oracle To Fight against Fake Drugs In India

NITI Aayog partnered with Oracle, Apollo Hospitals and Strides Pharma Sciences to run a real drug supply chain using blockchain decentralized ledger and IoT software. The Indian pharmaceutical industry is…