ADHD: Woman’s private diagnosis led to ‘life-changing’ medication

ADHD: Woman’s private diagnosis led to ‘life-changing’ medication

Aileen Moynagh BBC News NI health reporter BBC Jennifer Cousins said she “never felt settled” before her diagnosis A woman who was privately diagnosed with ADHD said the first time she took medication for it was “life-changing”. Jennifer Cousins said it was “unfair” that there are no commissioned services for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) … Read more

Panel to ensure smooth implementation of free education for poor children in private schools

Panel to ensure smooth implementation of free education for poor children in private schools

The School Education Department has constituted a State-level committee for determining the ‘per-child’ expenditure to be met by the government for students admitted to private schools under the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.  | Photo Credit: VENKATACHALAPATHY_C The School Education Department has constituted a State-level committee for … Read more

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private, Covid inquiry rules

Michelle Mone-linked PPE firm evidence to be heard in private, Covid inquiry rules

Getty Images Doug Barrowman, who led PPE Medpro, pictured alongside his wife Baroness Michelle Mone. The chair of the Covid inquiry has ruled that evidence related to PPE Medpro, the firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, will be heard in a closed, private session next month. On 3 March, the … Read more

CBI books Konkan Railway Chief Engineer, private company, and its directors on graft charge

CBI books Konkan Railway Chief Engineer, private company, and its directors on graft charge

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against a Chief Engineer of the Konkan Railway Corporation Limited and a private company, along with its directors, on bribery charge. The accused persons have been identified as Sumeet Khajuria, a 2005-batch Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer posted as a Chief Engineer … Read more

Sexual assault of nine-year-old girl at Manapparai private school triggers tension

Sexual assault of nine-year-old girl at Manapparai private school triggers tension

Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi An alleged sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl studying in a private CBSE school near Manapparai in Tiruchi district sparked protests in the late hours on Thursday (February 6, 2025) with a group of people vandalising a nearby matriculation school belonging to the same management and … Read more

19 private RO plants in Pune found supplying contaminated water amid GBS outbreak

19 private RO plants in Pune found supplying contaminated water amid GBS outbreak

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has identified 14 of 30 private reverse osmosis (RO) water plants supplying cans of contaminated water in the city. This comes as the city is witnessing a surge in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a rare nerve disorder. During a recent water quality inspection in the Kirkatwadi, Nanded, and Nandoshi … Read more

Private hospitals resume Aarogyasri services following Minister’s assurances

Private hospitals resume Aarogyasri services following Minister’s assurances

Minister for Health C. Damodar Raja Narasimha and Health Secretary Christina Z. Chongthu along with members of the Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association during a meeting on January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) has ended its 10-day strike, which saw the suspension of Aarogyasri admissions in … Read more

Gynaecology patients going private to escape NHS waiting lists

Gynaecology patients going private to escape NHS waiting lists

PA Some women have described waiting in “agony” for gynaecological treatment When the BBC reported that waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK had more than doubled since February 2020, many women shared their experiences of how they feel forced to turn to private care. Women waiting in agony for vital gynaecological treatment are … Read more

Police recover ₹1.14 crore from private school in Ranchi

Police recover ₹1.14 crore from private school in Ranchi

Acting on a tip-off, the Ranchi Police on Wednesday recovered ₹1.14 crore in cash stashed at the G.D. Goenka school allegedly for the purpose of ongoing Assembly elections. The money was seized from the private school located in the Namkum area of the State capital. A police team conducted the raids at the school in … Read more