Attendance of doctors, staff in secondary hospitals needs to improve, says A.P. Minister

Attendance of doctors, staff in secondary hospitals needs to improve, says A.P. Minister

Minister for Health and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav Noting that there is an improvement in the functioning of secondary hospitals in the State, Minister for Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yadav said there is still substantial scope for improving the attendance of doctors and administrative staff in the hospitals. After inaugurating … Read more

Heart surgeries performed on 15 children at Andhra Hospitals

Heart surgeries performed on 15 children at Andhra Hospitals

Mothers with their children who underwent heart surgeries at the cardiology and cardiac surgical camp organised at the Heart and Brain Institute, Andhra Hospitals in association with Healing Little hearts, UK, in Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit: RAO GN A team of paediatric cardiologists performed heart surgeries on 15 children at Heart and Brain Andhra Hospitals, said cardiac surgeon, Dr. Nageswara Rao. The surgeries were … Read more

Police Officer Killed in Hospital Shooting in York County, Pa., Officials Say

Police Officer Killed in Hospital Shooting in York County, Pa., Officials Say

A Pennsylvania police officer was killed while responding to a shooting on Saturday at a hospital in York County, Pa., in which the gunman, who held hospital staff members as hostages and restrained one with a zip tie, was killed by the police, the authorities said. The officer, Andrew Duarte, who served in the West … Read more

Health Ministry to set up 200 daycare cancer centres in district hospitals this year; starts survey to assess needs

Health Ministry to set up 200 daycare cancer centres in district hospitals this year; starts survey to assess needs

Data from the Health Ministry shows that India is experiencing a rapid rise in cancer cases, largely due to lifestyle changes, tobacco use, poor dietary habits, and inadequate physical activity. File Photo: Twitter/@MoHFW_INDIA The Health Ministry has begun a nationwide survey to assess the gaps in district hospitals which will now facilitate the upcoming daycare … Read more

Baby milk should have plain packaging in hospitals, CMA says

Baby milk should have plain packaging in hospitals, CMA says

Baby milk formula should have plain packaging in hospitals, the regulator has said following a probe into the market. Baby milk brands often provide hospitals with formula below cost, because once parents start using a brand, they tend to stick with it. In addition, parents should be allowed to buy baby milk formula using loyalty … Read more

Annamalai criticises DMK govt. over vacancies of doctors in T.N. hospitals

Annamalai criticises DMK govt. over vacancies of doctors in T.N. hospitals

K. Annamalai. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai on Friday (February 14, 2025) criticised the ruling DMK government for failing to take steps to fill vacancies of doctors in government medical college hospitals. In a social media post, Mr. Annamalai expressed shock over the death of a four-year-old … Read more

Hospitals awaiting rebuilds face sewage leaks and delayed ops

Hospitals awaiting rebuilds face sewage leaks and delayed ops

BBC Flooding in the basement is one of many incidents at the Princess Alexandra Hospital The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex has been plagued by problems with its ageing buildings and equipment in recent years. It has regular difficulties with floods and sewage leaks across its site, which dates back to the 1960s. There have … Read more