Friday 03 September 2010 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead

Health

"Plan panel working overtime on malnutrition"

The Planning Commission, is interacting with and getting suggestions from the ground-level health workers to frame policy for tackling malnutrition

Sickle cell anaemia plagues Chhattisgarh

It has sought financial assistance from the central government to battle the disease that has gripped a sizable population

India announces audit of maternal deaths

Accurate data on maternal mortality made available by the audit would help policy makers chalk out programme for effective implementation of schemes

India moves ahead with robotic surgery

With the robot for chest surgery, the doctors do not need to dissect the whole chest as is the norm in the traditional open chest surgery

India recognises Amchi treatment system

Amchi is considered as an effective treatment method in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Darjeeling, Lahaul and Spiti and Ladakh region

UAE opens global health mission for poor kids

In the first phase, the campaign would cover India, Pakistan, Egypt, Bosnia, Tanzania, Zanzibar and Lebanon

Govt to take over Bhopal Memorial Hospital

The hospital which provides free services to victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy would be upgraded and run as a super specialty and research hospital

e- Hospital kiosk for quick health tests

The electronic kiosk is a biometric data acquisition system that assesses a person's health and performs basic medical tests before hospitalisation

Orissa to set up 561 newborn care centres

The centres, to be set up by the end of this year, will provide immediate care to the babies after their birth and check infant mortality

Mizoram Drugs Control issues warning

Some Ayurvedic medicines have been found to contain allopathic drugs.
 
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