Health

Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana will be implemented in Odisha by end of this fiscal 2024, informed Health & Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mukesh Mahaling. "An MoU will be signed for…
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha is witnessing a steady decline in the number of AIDS patients, with the state aiming for zero new infections by 2030, said Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling today on the occasion of World AIDS Day. Currently, around…
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Bhubaneswar: Niramaya medicine stores will remain open round-the-clock across Odisha for the convenience of patients. This was stated by Public Enterprise Minister Krushna Chandra Mohapatra, who conducted an extensive review of the Odisha…
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New Delhi: The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Saturday more or less decided to exempt the GST on term life insurance premiums and premiums paid by senior citizens for health cover. The GST exemption/reduction on life and health insurance is a…
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is going to implement the much-awaited Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the state by the end of the financial year, informed State Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling on Friday. …
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Bareilly: A 2kg hair bundle was removed from the stomach of a 31-year-old woman by doctors in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly. The woman had been suffering from a rare disorder causing her to compulsively eat hair for over 15 years, an India…
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New Delhi: The Indian Pharmacopeia Commission (IPC) has urged drug manufacturers to ‘sensitise’ paediatricians and other healthcare professionals about the importance of not prescribing painkiller and anti-fever medicine Nimesulide to…
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New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the first testing kit to diagnose Mpox under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL). Developed by Abbott Molecular Inc, the in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) Mpox testing is called Alinity m…
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Bhubaneswar: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda, along with the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav, virtually inaugurated the Tobacco Cessation Centre (TCC) at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on…
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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the strike of Odisha Nursing Employees’ Association on Wednesday, Director of Nursing has written to the heads of all the state-run healthcare facilities to take action against the nursing officers as Odisha Emergency…
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