Pritha Chatterjee is a journalist and research assistant in the department of social and behavioural sciences, at Harvard University.
January 21, 2011 00:43 IST
The National Accreditation Board of Hospitals has slammed Delhi government hospitals over consistent complacency in seeking the nodal agencys quality stamp.
Fri, Jan 21, 2011January 21, 2011 00:42 IST
India is set to have the first,government-run policy to provide health and life insurance covers for PLHIV.
Fri, Jan 21, 2011
January 13, 2011 00:52 IST
After the battling increasing number of cases of HIV,Tihar Jail authorities are bracing for a fight against Hepatitis C.
Thu, Jan 13, 2011January 11, 2011 02:32 IST
A 60-year-old Iraqi national who had lost sensation in his lower body after a prostate surgery and was later diagnosed with paraplegia,has been treated by Fortis Hospital using stem cell injection.
Tue, Jan 11, 2011January 10, 2011 02:38 IST
The countrys first government-run IVF facility at AIIMS will be celebrating its third birthday on February 5 in a unique way.
Mon, Jan 10, 2011
January 06, 2011 04:08 IST
After 17 long years,45-year-old Vijay Pal Tomar returned to the sports field in style.
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
January 05, 2011 05:14 IST
Bijay Kumar,Bed number 14,diagnosed with thermal burns at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital- just another file among dozens that pile up at any government hospitals burns ward every day.
Wed, Jan 05, 2011January 05, 2011 01:58 IST
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the first-ever guidelines for cancer treatment in the country.
Wed, Jan 05, 2011January 04, 2011 04:23 IST
The postmortem report of the baby who died after a routine immunisation process at Trinagar last month has failed to establish a conclusive cause of death.
Tue, Jan 04, 2011January 03, 2011 03:38 IST
Five-year-old Alika Parveen is assured that this would be her favourite new year.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011December 30, 2010 00:27 IST
As many as 850 new beds will be added to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) over the next four years.
Thu, Dec 30, 2010December 28, 2010 01:33 IST
More than a year after Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced the formation of Rogi Kalyan Samitis to improve facilities in government hospitals,an orientation programme was held for hospital officials and representatives.
Tue, Dec 28, 2010December 27, 2010 03:25 IST
Come New Year,and Delhi will get a first-of-its-kind,coloured,3D-mapping system representing the Delhi governments health centres and the different facilities available at them.
Mon, Dec 27, 2010
December 26, 2010 06:11 IST
It's been a busy week for Jeetu and Sagar Khan. The 15-year-old twins from a slum colony in Sangam Vihar,have been playing Santa Claus in the city.
Sun, Dec 26, 2010
December 26, 2010 03:52 IST
Chitralekha Gupta has just taken offence.
Sun, Dec 26, 2010
December 24, 2010 00:44 IST
Magud Das has not seen his family in 12 years. He fled from his hometown in Orissa after being diagnosed with leprosy in 1998,and since then,has been hopping in and out of the Home for Leprosy and Tuberculosis beggars in Tahirpur.
Fri, Dec 24, 2010
December 22, 2010 23:15 IST
The Delhi High Court sought responses from the Delhi government and the Centre earlier this month for the death of accident victim Ram Bhor,who succumbed to injuries after treatment was reportedly denied at three government hospitals.
Wed, Dec 22, 2010
December 18, 2010 01:36 IST
From minimal to zero scars experts say the merit of surgery is increasingly being defined in cosmetic terms.
Sat, Dec 18, 2010December 16, 2010 00:24 IST
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has set the ball rolling for its first ever mega-private public partnership venture in the health sector.
Thu, Dec 16, 2010December 14, 2010 02:49 IST
Studding in a leading private school,the eight-year-old threw a tantrum when his 11-year-old sister missed his birthday last year.
Tue, Dec 14, 2010December 13, 2010 03:18 IST
After a government-appointed committee said that the death of four girls in Andhra Pradesh was most probably unrelated to the use of the vaccine...
Mon, Dec 13, 2010December 12, 2010 02:50 IST
After missing two deadlines,the Delhi government has finally decided to test the waters for the national diabetes screening programme.
Sun, Dec 12, 2010December 10, 2010 02:01 IST
Plans to introduce a more accurate HIV-testing method at the blood banks of at least two leading Delhi government hospitals are stuck in limbo.
Fri, Dec 10, 2010
November 25, 2010 23:49 IST
The sixth floor at Cama and Albless Hospital that resembled a war zone on 26/11,is now completely revamped.
Fri, Nov 26, 2021November 24, 2010 03:44 IST
Mumbai District AIDS Control Societys plan to start a link ART centre in Arthur Road Jail has been scrapped.
Wed, Nov 24, 2010





