Health
CHANDIGARH NEWS: AFT Says No To Medical Cost
CHANDIGARH: The Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) dismissed a serving colonel’s petition for reimbursement of Apollo Hospital’s bills for treatment of his wife on the grounds that faculties were available in the Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantonment, for her treatment. The judgment clarified that “facilities which are not available, or in... »
ROHTAK NEWS: CWG – Special Teams To Provide Healthcare
ROHTAK: Health Minister Geeta Bhukkal has said special teams were being constituted to provide better healthcare in the National Capital Region (NCR) falling in Haryana in view of the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi in October. Talking to mediapersons after listening to the grievances of people at Jhajjar on Sunday, Bhukkal said... »
CHANDIGARH NEWS: Refer Only If Must – PGI To Hospitals
CHANDIGARH: The Emergency of postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh is working at more than 300 percent of its approved capacity. Struggling to cope with the pressure, the primer health institute on Wednesday issued an appeal to various hospitals and health care facilites o Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to refer... »
CHANDIGARH NEWS: Patients Change Names To Trick Funding Agencies
CHANDIGARH: They are dealing in huge money. It’s prone to pilfering and yet the agencies funding treatment of poor patients have no mechanism in place to check it. HT has come across several instances of fraud in relief fund money released by the Prime Minister’s Office and state governments for poor patients. As per... »
PHAGWARA NEWS: Bowled Over By Hospitality In Food-Basket State
PHAGWARA: The Gandhian couple has made its peace with Punjab. After five months of layoff since an accident in the state in March, the husband-wife team is back there on bicycles during its resumed journey from Madurai in Tamil Nadu to the Pakistan border “in Attari. M. Karuppiah and his wife, K. Chitra, have... »
LUDHIANA NEWS: Wonder Yeast By PAU To Fizz-Up Kitchen Shelf
LUDHIANA: A new innovation by Punjab Agricultural University makes producing low alcohol, self-carbonated beverages at home as simple as, say, setting curd. Add some PAU yeast to your beverage, wait 24 hours and what have you: a sparkling, tangy effervescent, beverage with a use-by date of at least three months. The International Food Research... »
JALANDHAR NEWS: Cancer Patient Needs Rs 20 Lakh
JALANDHAR: A 39-year-old woman from Bhogpur suffering from colorectal cancer, a rare disorder, needs Rs 35 lakh for her surgery in Germany. While her husband has arranged Rs 15 lakh through donations, the couple is still short of Rs 20 lakh. Aruna Sharma, who is living in Mumbai with her husband and two children,... »
SHIMLA NEWS: Doctor Booked For Negligence
SHIMLA: The police on Tuesday booked a doctor for negligence in the Rampur subdivision as a newborn died hours after birth. The doctor is posted at the Zonal Hospital, Khanri, near Rampur. Police said Dinesh Sharma was booked under Section 304-A of the lPC, accusing him of negligence in giving proper medical care to... »
PATIALA NEWS: Rs 244 Cr For 3 Hospitals – Sud
PATIALA: With a purpose to provide better medical facilities, the state government has decided to spend Rs 244 crore on the renovation of three government hospitals in Faridkot, Patiala and Amritsar, which are attached with government run medical colleges. Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Tikshan Sud said this during the inauguration of recently-renovated... »
CHANDIGARH NEWS: HC Orders Raids On Rehab Centres
CHANDIGARH: The High Court, on Monday, directed the Director, Health Services, to immediately conduct raids at various privately managed de addiction centres in the state and submit a report on whether these centres were’ being run in an authorized manner. The director was also asked to check whether proper treatment was being provided to... »
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