Adil Akhzer

Doctors and cardiologists from the tertiary centres are connected through WhatsApp groups. And doctors posted at government health facilities in remote areas are advised on the line of treatment round the clock.

According to the UT health department, till April 2018, approximately 53,986 people were screened in the city and number of people diagnosed with hypertension was 12,782 (23.6 per cent) and diabetes was 8,909 (16.5 per cent).

The national prevalence of tobacco use, as per the survey, is 28.6 per cent. GATS 2, a household survey of persons aged 15 or above, was carried out in all the 30 states and two Union Territories of Chandigarh and Puducherry.

Currently, there are three aerobridges, but only two are operational. “The Chandigarh airport authority will install three more aerobridges.

The tunnel will be a game changer, as it will now allow the defence forces to send supplies to Ladakh throughout the year.

Around 3,000-3,500 packets of food are made daily by the Red Cross and then supplied to different parts of the city. Five vans are operating currently in the city to provide food, officials said.

Dr B S Chavan, Director Principal of GMCH-32, told Chandigarh Newsline on Saturday that the inspection of the university was required to send the proposal to the Medical Council of India (MCI), which has the authority to increase seats.

Three days to go, seats full for first Shimla-Chandigarh helicopter service

THE RISE in temperature has prompted the authorities of Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park, also known as Chhatbir Zoo, to launch mist fogging, a new initiative, to keep birds and animals comfortable in the sweltering heat.

The decision will help to keep tabs on the difference in prices of medicines sold by the chemists.

Three decades later, three neurosurgeons from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh have deciphered the biomechanics that enabled Jackson to perform a move that not many other dancers could be expected to match.

Tandon said he had asked for land to set up a tin shed where langar would be cooked and served. “The PGI authorities said that it would be difficult for them to provide us land because it can invite objections,” said Tandon.

There have been no flights on Sundays since last October after the watch hours were curtailed due to runway upgradation work. The Indian Air Force (IAF) which manages the runway has already communicated to airlines operators and CHIAL that starting from June 4, the runway watch hours will be changed.

About the killing of professor-turned-militant Mohammed Rafi Bhat in south Kashmir, the DGP said that he had a “background” of militancy.

Asked about the differences in the cost of medicines as highlighted by CNL earlier this week, PGI’s Deputy Director Administration (DDA) Amitabh Avasthi said on Friday that “the rates at which medicines are being sold at different prices is a cause of concern”.

At PGI, it is mandatory for chemists to offer 15 per cent discount. But the pharmacies are offering as much as 90 per cent discount, make enough profit to cover the rent and take home.

Now CNL found that a medicine of the same brand is being sold at PGIMER at a much higher price than at chemists outside. Here is the shocker: the difference in price is as high as Rs 1,000.

After a Chandigarh Newsline investigation showed the widely varying prices of the same drug at five different pharmacies at PGI, staff at chemist shops at the hospital said the MRP of medicines was printed by the manufacturer.

On Monday, Chandigarh Newsline highlighted how the cost of a medicine varies widely from pharmacy to pharmacy inside PGI. The investigation found that the two most expensive outlets are located at the Emergency and trauma centres.