Pritha Chatterjee is a journalist and research assistant in the department of social and behavioural sciences, at Harvard University.
May 01, 2018 00:52 IST
Kerala’s policy linking vaccination to school admissions is shortsighted.
Tue, May 01, 2018October 09, 2017 00:15 IST
Eight years after it was launched, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana remains hamstrung by inflexible procedures and an inadequate coverage ceiling, finds new evaluation of its impact.
Mon, Oct 09, 2017August 18, 2017 00:13 IST
In UP and Bihar, epidemiological investigation has limped, preventive intervention has been inadequate, and the classic ‘control knobs’ of financing, payment, regulation and organisation have been ignored.
Fri, Aug 18, 2017April 03, 2017 00:28 IST
Medical practitioners in India must learn to communicate better with patients
Mon, Apr 03, 2017July 30, 2016 00:00 IST
For her, the story came first. The lymphoma that ate away at her couldn’t take that away.
Sat, Jul 30, 2016July 28, 2016 05:04 IST
In both wards where the women were taken after their delivery, the newborns were identified by their mothers. That apart, they came screaming into two entirely different worlds.
Thu, Jul 28, 2016June 27, 2016 03:48 IST
Health Minister Satyendar Jain added that longer training programmes may also be organised for hospital administrators after considering feedback from the first batch.
Mon, Jun 27, 2016June 23, 2016 04:33 IST
Started in 1962 in the middle of a dhobi ghaat, the burns department in Safdarjung is the oldest specialised emergency unit that still receives emergency cases from as far as Badaun, Bulandshahar, Jammu and Panipat.
Thu, Jun 23, 2016June 16, 2016 02:41 IST
The ‘triage system’ — implemented this year — is an attempt to streamline the provision of medical care.
Thu, Jun 16, 2016June 04, 2016 02:51 IST
Apollo Hospital has an independent transplant authorisation body with five members, including two external members, that is mandated by the Transplant of Human Organs Act.
Sat, Jun 04, 2016May 25, 2016 17:06 IST
So what is potassium bromate? It is recognised as a category 2B carcinogen since 1999 which means it is believed to be "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Wed, May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 03:47 IST
A resident of Patna, he had been put on the air ambulance earlier in the day from the Jagdish Memorial Hospital there to be treated for a neurological stroke.
Wed, May 25, 2016May 23, 2016 02:43 IST
Doctors said patients reporting to emergencies and OPDs with heat exhaustion were those who spent a considerable amount of time outdoors.
Mon, May 23, 2016May 23, 2016 02:36 IST
Temperature crossing 44-45 degrees Celsius in May is not new for Delhi, but such spikes are usually seen in the second half of the month. This summer, however, the rise was seen from the first week. Here is the lowdown on the effect of such energy-sapping heat and how people are coping.
Mon, May 23, 2016May 21, 2016 03:20 IST
The report shows Delhi boys had 551 reported cancers, which was 5.4 per cent of the total reported cancers, while girls with 309 cases had 3.2 per cent of the total cancer cases.
Sat, May 21, 2016May 18, 2016 02:59 IST
The facility, which is expected to be formally inaugurated by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will provide treatment in super-specialty departments such as cardiology, cardiac surgery and critical care.
Wed, May 18, 2016May 14, 2016 02:18 IST
The CPCB also pointed out that emission from different sources, apart from vehicular pollution, also varied, making it difficult to analyse the scientific benefits of the scheme.
Sat, May 14, 2016May 13, 2016 01:06 IST
Gwalior, among the top five cities globally in terms of PM 2.5 levels, recorded an annual average of 176 micrograms per cubic metre (ug/m3) and Allahabad 170.
Fri, May 13, 2016May 12, 2016 18:36 IST
According to a new WHO report, New Delhi was the 11th most-polluted city while Gwalior (2), Allahabad (3), Patna (6) and Raipur (7) figured in the top seven.
Fri, May 13, 2016May 11, 2016 03:33 IST
The post-mortem at AIIMS was carried out Monday on the court’s order on May 6, six days after the body was repatriated.
Wed, May 11, 2016May 10, 2016 04:28 IST
peaking to The Indian Express, Prof. Scott Ritchie from the James Cook University in Australia said fumigation does not work well, especially for the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which has a tendency to go indoors.
Tue, May 10, 2016May 04, 2016 03:04 IST
Friends and family members told The Indian Express that Tiwari was under severe stress due to an extortion case filed against her by the couple, who alleged that she had asked for a bribe to not publish the story.
Wed, May 04, 2016May 02, 2016 01:34 IST
On April 24, ozone levels hit 75 parts per billion or 150 µg/m³, the first sharp rise seen during the scheme, from around 62 parts per billion or 124 µg/m³ the preceding day.
Mon, May 02, 2016April 29, 2016 02:36 IST
This was the 972nd distress call the Delhi fire department received this month. In April last year, the number of such calls was 164, according Delhi Fire Services data.
Tue, Nov 21, 2017April 26, 2016 09:06 IST
If we compare the period April 15-25, the CPCB station at Punjabi Bagh recorded three "moderate days" last year and not a single moderate day this year
Tue, Apr 26, 2016