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Venugopal sacking illegal, says apex court (Lead)

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Terming his ouster illegal, the Supreme Court Thursday ordered the government to reinstate eminent cardiologist P. Venugopal as director of
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Do not ignore pain, warns doctor

Ghaziabad, May 8 (IANS) Ignoring persistent pain in any part of the body can lead to serious problems, says Arvinder Singh, a US-based pain management ...
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Jubilant scenes at AIIMS as Venugopal reinstated

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) There were jubilant scenes at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Thursday after the Supreme Court reinstated ...
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Supreme Court reinstates Venugopal as AIIMS director

New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday ordered the government to reinstate eminent cardiologist P. Venugopal as director of the All India Institute ...
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Red Ribbon Express hits the right track on AIDS(Feature)

Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), May 8 (IANS) Blazing a crimson trail as it criss-crosses through India, the Red Ribbon Express (RRE) is grabbing attention among the ...
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Campaign to reduce malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh kids

Bhopal, May 7 (IANS) A campaign aimed at reducing malnutrition among children would be conducted across Madhya Pradesh from May 15, an official said. Chief Secretary ...
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Doctors' body defends juice brand endorsement, NGO slams it (Lead)

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Wednesday defended its decision to endorse Pepsico's brand of fruit juice, saying people will avoid ...
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NGO slams medical body for endorsing juice brand

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) It was 'very wrong' for the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to have endorsed a particular brand of fruit juice, director ...
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Court notices to five doctors for patient's death

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) A city court Tuesday issued notices to five doctors and the administration staff of Sunder Lal Jain Hospital for alleged ...
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AIIMS officer sacked by Ramadoss wins job back

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) In a snub to Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Tuesday reinstated Rashmi Jain, who was sacked ...
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Tamil Nadu gets 108 as new emergency helpline

Chennai, May 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Tuesday signed an agreement with the Hyderabad-based Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI) to provide free emergency assistance to people ...
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Walk held to mark World Asthma Day

Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (IANS) A three-km long walk was organised Tuesday here to mark World Asthma Day. Hundreds of people participated in the walk that was ...
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Andhra Pradesh to get 150 more ambulances

Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) The Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI), a non-profit organization founded and funded by Satyam Computers' chairman B. Ramalinga Raju Tuesday entered ...
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Sweepers not working as paramedics, says AIIMS

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Tuesday rubbished a news report which claimed that sweepers were working as ...
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Defence experts researching ways to check malaria in northeast

Agartala, May 6 (IANS) Defence experts and union health ministry officials are conducting separate studies on the spread of malaria in the northeast, officials said ...
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Cipla, Medi-Surge hold camp on World Asthma Day

Ahmedabad, May 6 (IANS) HCG Medi-Surge Multi Super Speciality Hospital and pharma major Cipla is starting a three-day medical camp on the occasion of World ...
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Intas Biopharma joins hands with Canadian firm

Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) City-based Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (IBPL) has inked a pact with Canada's Apotex Inc for co-development and supply of its filgrastim brand, ...
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Bhopal kids drinking poison water: Dominique Lapierre

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, French author and activist Dominique Lapierre has said the ...
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Only 1.7 percent insured Indians get medical reimbursement

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) While health insurance is picking up in India, only 17 out of 1,000 people hospitalised are getting reimbursement, a report ...
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Chhattisgarh reports 60 percent drop in malaria cases

Raipur, May 5 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has 145,949 malaria patients, mostly in the state's rural belt, nearly a 60 percent drop in cases since 2000, state ...
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10-month-old boy is second polio victim in Delhi

New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Despite being vaccinated, a 10-month-old boy in Delhi was Sunday found to have contracted polio, nearly two months after the ...
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When laughter resounded on Bhopal streets

Bhopal, May 4 (IANS) Laughter of every kind could be heard - the silent laugh, karate laugh and even the cell phone laugh - as ...
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Top Oriya film star suffers from blood cancer

Bhubaneswar, May 4 (IANS) Well-known Oriya film actor Hara Patnaik is suffering from blood cancer and undergoing treatment in a hospital at Vellore in Andhra ...
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Bachchan takes on Ramadoss: bring law to stop alcohol scenes

New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has appealed to Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss to enact a law that would ban alcohol drinking ...
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Tamil Nadu gets Rs.1 bn to step up HIV/AIDS prevention

Chennai, May 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has been given Rs.1 billion ($25 million) from the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) as its share to step ...
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