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Diarrhoea outbreak spreads in Mohali; hits Phase 1 and Madanpur village
April 26, 2025 9:46 am
In order to curb the spread of vector-borne diseases and diarrhoea, Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal has ordered immediate, coordinated action across departments in Mohali.
CAG audit unveils systemic failures: Unspent budget, vacant posts, incomplete projects plague Maharashtra's healthcare
December 22, 2024 9:34 am
The report was tabled on the last day of the winter session of the Maharashtra Assembly on Saturday.
In a first, Maharashtra's public health dept conducts regular checkup of newly married couples
December 19, 2022 7:36 am
The health department volunteers check body mass index (BMI) and haemoglobin among other other health parameters of newly married couples from different districts, with an aim of early detection and intervention under the mother and children health programmes across the state.
Child dead, 22 taken ill as two Panchkula villages report diarrhoea outbreak
July 15, 2021 9:22 am
The victim was a nine-year-old boy, Arpit, who resided at Abheypur. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Mukta Kumar, said: "Cases started coming in in the afternoon. This particular child had been brought dead to the hospital. The child had been sick since previous night as per their family members."
As Chennai faces dengue outbreak, govt takes preventive steps to tackle threat
October 05, 2019 4:20 pm
The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has issued a circular to the public and hospitals regarding dengue fever and the measures to be taken to tackle a dengue outbreak.
Finally, state takes steps to fill over 1,000 vacant posts in health department
September 22, 2017 7:51 am
However, even in Pune, there are a large number of vacancies in the health department. According to Dr Sanjay Deshmukh, deputy director of health services, 58 posts are currently vacant in Pune Circle, which include Satara and Solapur. Of these, 20 are in Pune district, 12 in Solapur and 26 in Satara.
On repair work, class IV employee falls inside manhole, dies later
August 22, 2014 4:58 am
Satbir is survived by his wife Sunita (31), daughters Komal (14), Rajji (11), Ratni (6) and son Jeeva (9).
Five cases of typhoid confirmed, new pipes installed in MDC society
February 27, 2014 4:00 am
Meanwhile, construction work for the installation of new pipelines to residences, where individuals have taken ill has started in the society.
The ‘hybrid doctor’ debate
January 15, 2014 12:00 am
Of 8,847 posts of doctor under the public health department, 1,983 are currently vacant.
Proposed underbridge at Manimajra hits another roadblock: 8 pipelines
October 25, 2013 2:16 am
The proposed rail underbridge at Manimajra has hit another hurdle with a number of pipelines being present at the site.
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