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January 18, 2018 03:48 IST
The governing body has also approved the request of grant of ex-India (extraordinary) leave for two years from January 2018 or from the actual date of his relieving date to join as Consultant General and Leproscopic Surgery at Asgar Ali Hospital Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Professor T D Yadav, Department of General Surgery, PGI.
Thu, Jan 18, 2018
January 18, 2018 03:05 IST
The Chandigarh health department is also approaching the UT police so that one constable accompanies every team during the vaccination drive. According to the department, 97,780 children are expected to be vaccinated this month.
Thu, Jan 18, 2018
January 16, 2018 09:01 IST
A group of senior doctors has been asked to teach the residents how to deal with patients properly and also come up with guidelines to improve the behaviour of doctors while dealing with patients at PGIMER Chandigarh.
Tue, Jan 16, 2018
January 13, 2018 08:23 IST
Chandigarh International Airport Cheif Executive Officer (CEO) Sunil Dutt told Chandigarh Newsline that the present traffic of passengers at the airport is approximately 2,800 per day.
Sat, Jan 13, 2018
January 12, 2018 09:50 IST
The report puts the prevalence of anaemia among children aged 6-59 months at 73 per cent against the national prevalence of 58.4 per cent for this category. The report states that Delhi had 59.7 per cent, while Haryana had 71.7 per cent prevalence. Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and other states recorded a lower level of prevalence than Chandigarh.
Fri, Jan 12, 2018
January 11, 2018 09:05 IST
PGI sources said they have not received any communication from the UT Administration regarding the proposal and PGI Director Professor Jagat Ram was likely to meet the Governor soon regarding the project.
Thu, Jan 11, 2018
January 08, 2018 09:14 IST
Whig is among 14,796 people with different disabilities (census 2011) in Chandigarh — the country’s first planned city post-Independence — but clearly not at all planned for this section of the population.
Mon, Jan 08, 2018
January 07, 2018 04:36 IST
Officials of airlines operating at Chandigarh airport also believe that traffic will increase.
Sun, Jan 07, 2018
January 06, 2018 06:30 IST
GMCH is the first government hospital in the city to set up such a facility. The prayer room is located in the C block where more than 10 operation theatres are also situated.
Sat, Jan 06, 2018
January 03, 2018 08:28 IST
About the work assessment, sources said that doctors would be assessed on their performance, including the number of anti-neonatal registrations and number of locals availing the service of the particular dispensary.
Wed, Jan 03, 2018
December 27, 2017 08:56 IST
The biomedical waste is piling up at the institute as no firm has been coming forward to lift it for the last six months despite the institute floating multiple tenders.
Wed, Dec 27, 2017
December 23, 2017 03:55 IST
A senior health official said once the health department prepares the draft and sends it to the Chandigarh Administration, it would be forwarded to the Government of India for approval, before being implemented in the city.
Sat, Dec 23, 2017
December 22, 2017 03:03 IST
Biochemical oxygen demand found to be very high at several points in 2016 in Sukhna, Dhanas, Sector 42 lake
Fri, Dec 22, 2017
December 20, 2017 02:49 IST
UT Administration has already allotted land for setting up the 300-bedded facility
Wed, Dec 20, 2017
December 20, 2017 02:09 IST
Director Principal of GMCH A K Janmeja told Chandigarh Newsline that the GMCH is the first hospital apparently in the region which will have a separate department with faculty specialised in dealing with the emergency cases
Wed, Dec 20, 2017
December 18, 2017 07:32 IST
According to health officials, presence of new and multiple strains makes management of the diseases more difficult.
Mon, Dec 18, 2017
December 13, 2017 04:37 IST
“Some employees are also using these social media platforms to create disharmony among various cadres or employees. This is an unhealthy practice for the progress of the institute,” the institute director said in the advisory.
Wed, Dec 13, 2017
December 10, 2017 09:58 IST
The 18 selected faculties in various departments also include Dr Parul Chawla, daughter of former PGI director Yogesh Chawla
Sun, Dec 10, 2017
December 08, 2017 13:27 IST
The 300-bed Sarai, coming up at a cost of nearly Rs 12 crore, would be equipped with modern facilities, including air-conditioned rooms, waiting lounge, a cloak room, kitchen and dining areas.
Fri, Dec 08, 2017
December 08, 2017 05:53 IST
The Indian Express Monday visited the Dera headquarters and found that while the Dera is no longer the hive of activity that it used to be before the conviction of its head.
Fri, Dec 08, 2017
December 02, 2017 07:58 IST
Padmavati row: "This [ban] is happening in BJP-ruled states and all these activities are happening in view of Gujarat elections. It looks that polarisation politics is being done through this movie," Swami Agnivesh said.
Sat, Dec 02, 2017
December 02, 2017 07:05 IST
UT spells out cost of 50-acre land; institute approaches health ministry
Sat, Dec 02, 2017
November 27, 2017 01:39 IST
It began as a giant swirl over Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the last week of October, grounding aircraft and halting the war against the IS — and was then propelled eastward by a set of peculiar atmospheric conditions, covering all towns and cities in its path by a choking, blinding haze.
Mon, Nov 27, 2017
November 26, 2017 08:28 IST
Police officials on Saturday said they could not establish the role of Sonu, who according to his cousin Jagdeep Malik - the main accused - had killed the kids at Sonu’s behest. Sonu is the father of the three children.
Sun, Nov 26, 2017
November 24, 2017 05:10 IST
Jagdeep had earlier claimed in police custody that he had killed the three children at the behest of Sonu Malik, their father and his cousin.
Fri, Nov 24, 2017




