Hedge will launch oral health programme
Commerce minister Ramakrishna Hegde will launch an oral health education programme called Smile For All National Oral Health Programme to generate awareness about oral health hygiene among primary schoolchildren here on Friday.According to the Indian Dental Association, more than five million school children in the age group of six to …
Apollo Hospital now at apollohospdelhi.com.in
The Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals is the first among private hospitals to have its own comprehensive website at www.apollohospdelhi.com.in. "The only other hospital to be on the Internet in India is the All India Institute of Medical Sciences," said Ms M. Kavita, public relations officer at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals.
Health problems more in girls
Adolescent girls in South Asia face greater health-related problems than boys, according to a United Nations Population Fund report which says national policies had failed to address the need and concerns of adolescents. New Delhi will host a three-day South Asia conference on adolescents beginning from July 21.
Electric cars available for rental in Japan
Japan's first car-rental agency to feature electric cars opened its doors in hopes of tapping into a fledging market for environmentally friendly transportation. The Kobe Eco Car Co. offers 24 electric cars and 4 gas-electric hybrid automobiles.
Cholera endemic but under full control
Duggal : The Muncipal Commissioner Mr. V. K. Duggal, said that cholera was endemic to Delhi and could not be eradicated totally. Making a statement before the Standing Committee of the Muncipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), he said several cases of cholera was being reported in the city daily, this …
Rajasthan NGO alleges anti-rural bias
A health and social sector NGO in Rajasthan has alleged a pronounced bias against rural areas in the budgetary allocations in medical and public health in the State. The NGO, Bal Rashsmi Society, after conducting a study into the annual financial statements of three years since 1993-94, has in its …
Child 'doctors' to provide health care in Mumbai streets
In a city which is home to one of the largest slums in the country, there may be a doctor for every 300 people, but there is almost neurotic fear of hospitals among those on the fringes of society. The launch of the 'Bal Doctor' programme in which street children …
QEII doctor's study aids transplants
A new drug significantly reduces the chances of kidney-transplant rejection, according to the findings of an international study led by a Halifax doctor. Dr. Allan MacDonald, director of the QEII Health Sciences Centre transplant unit, found the drug Rapamune reduced acute rejection by up to 60 per cent compared with …
Arthritic nation
The greying of Japan isn't a worry for the next millennium: It's already a problem. Japan isn't an old country yet. Only 16% of its people are over age 65, a proportion comparable to most European nations. But that's changing. The average Japanese women lives 83.6 years, and the average …
1st Viagra death recorded in Japan
A man in his 60s died hours after taking Viagra this month, becoming the first reported fatality in Japan linked to the hugely popular anti-impotence drug, the Health and Welfare Ministry announced Wednesday. The man also had been taking nitroglycerin for high blood pressure, diabetes and irregular pulse. U.S.-based manufacturers …
State releases Krishna water for Chennai
Andhra Pradesh has fulfilled its commitment to Tamil Nadu by releasing the Krishna water into the Telugu Ganga Project to mitigate the drinking water shortage in Chennai city for the third consecutive year this year.
AP killer virus
A rare viral disease-- enterovirus-- has claimed the lives of 41 children in Warangla district of Andhra Pradesh in the past one month, the Health Minister, Mr N Janardhana Reddy, said today.
Fourth case of bacterial illness
A 49-year-old woman was diagnosed with legionnaire's disease yesterday in what appears to be a fourth case arising from contaminated air conditioning systems near the Moonee Ponds shopping strip. Victoria's Chief Health Officer, Dr Graham Rouch, said the woman was admitted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with the disease. Two …
Haffkline to restart production of typhoid vaccine
Mumbai based Haffkline Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd (HBPCL), a government of Maharashtra undertaking, is set to restart the manufacture of the vital typhoid vaccine, after a gap of almost two years.
600,000 die from pregnancy-related causes each year
Nearly 600,000 women die of pregnancy-related causes each year and 99 per cent of these deaths occur in the developing world. According to the population reference bureau source, many of these deaths can be prevented by increasing awareness of the problem and by taking appropriate measures. A woman's lifetime risk …
'Healthy cities' by 2005, says Chua
The Malaysian Government plans to initiate WHO's Healthy Cities programme in 33 urban centres by 2005 to curb growing health and social problems. Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said the programme was essential to ensure that rapid urbanisation did not result in unsanitary living conditions or lead to the …
Pakistan surgeon wins Magasaysay award
A Pakistani surgeon who provided modern medical service to poor people for free was named winner on Tuesday of the 1998 Ramon Magasaysay award for government service. Mr Abdul Hasan Razvi, director of Karachi's Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, is the first of five winners to be named this …
Poor plan allocation may sound death knell
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture has wanred that the declining Plan allocation will force the government to wind up the Food Processing Ministry. The committee which tabled its Eleventh Report expressed serious concern about the continuous decline in percentage of allocation of annual Plan outlay from 0.091% in 1992-93 …
Polio eradication target may not be met
WHO : The year 2000 target for total eradication of poliomyelitis will not be met unless sufficient resources are mobilised on a timely basis, warn World Health Organisation(WHO) officials. "We badly need the second wind to finish on time. Only a handful of polio-endemic countries are left in the world," …
India to host global radiology meet
If the proliferation of MRI and CT scan are taken, Mumbai and New Delhi account for nearly 50 per cent of these expensive, hitech gadgets that were critical in providing quality medicare, Maj. Gen. S.K. Dhawan of the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association has said. The association is hosting the …
