NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday unveiled a series of health sector projects worth approximately Rs 12,850 crore at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) on the occasion of the 9th Ayurveda Day, aiming to expand healthcare services and infrastructure across the country.Key initiatives launched include the expansion of Ayushman Bharat coverage…
Bihar‘s renowned singer Sharda Sinha has been admitted to the ICU at AIIMS, Delhi, where she is undergoing treatment for critical health issues. The 72-year-old Padma Bhushan awardee has been battling multiple myeloma, a type of cancer affecting the bone marrow, since her diagnosis in 2017. Her condition reportedly worsened following the death of her…
NEW DELHI: Putting the onus of deciding whether life support should be withdrawn from a terminally ill patient or not would impose undue stress on doctors, Indian Medical Association has said.According to Dr R V Asokan, IMA’s national president, such clinical decisions have always been taken in good faith by doctors. “Our job is to…
NEW DELHI: The general secretary of CPM, Sitaram Yechury is currently in critical condition and receiving respiratory support at AIIMS in New Delhi, according to a statement released by his party on Tuesday. The 72-year-old leader is undergoing treatment for an acute respiratory tract infection in the hospital’s ICU.The party further stated that Yechury’s condition…
NEW DELHI: Faculty association of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (FAIM) announced on Friday that its OPD and OT services would remain suspended on August 17. This came in solidarity with the Indian Medical Association on Thursday declaring a nationwide strike on the same day after the rape and murder of a doctor in…
The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) has decided to resume their strike in the wake of vandalism incident at the crime scene of brutal rape-murder at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.The doctors association had called off the strike on Tuesday after the association received assurances from Union health minister JP Nadda during…
NEW DELHI: Former deputy Prime Minister and veteran BJP leader LK Advani on Tuesday was admitted to a hospital in Delhi. Advani was admitted to the Apollo hospital and his condition is now stable, news agency PTI reported.Last month, the 96-year-old was also admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. He was…
NEW DELHI: In a press conference on Monday, Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of misleading the court regarding Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s insulin requirements. Kejriwal, who has diabetes, had filed a fresh plea on Friday requesting daily 15-minute consultations with his physician and insulin administration while in jail.Atishi said, “The ED…
