Too many patients, too few dialysis units in Visakhapatnam
VISAKHAPATNAM: The list of kidney patients waiting for dialysis is getting longer in the city. With a rise in renal failure cases, the number of patients requiring dialysis has increased, even going up...
View ArticleKolkata Municipal Corporation cracks whip on birth certificate racket
KOLKATA: Need a birth certificate for your child immediately? Don't rush with the formalities, lest you be handed a fake certificate. Acting on a tip off, a team of officials from the civic body's...
View ArticleNew Vizag beach to be the safest
Paving the way for the safest beach for citizens and tourists, work on the new beach at Lawson’s Bay will begin soon. The first step towards creation of the new beach is diversion of the MVP storm...
View ArticleWait for voter-ID cards gets longer as e-service hits snags
VISAKHAPATNAM: Complaints about names missing from the electoral rolls are common in the run-up to elections. However, in the City of Destiny if you don't get to exercise your franchise in the 2014...
View ArticleLawson's Bay beach to get a makeover
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) will renovate Lawson's Bay beach, which is considered the safest beachfront in the city, at a cost of Rs 13.6 crore, GVMC...
View ArticleGreater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation to crack the whip on hospitals...
VISAKHAPATNAM: In what promises to be a dose of bitter medicine for the scores of hospitals in the city, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has decided to crack the whip on...
View ArticleNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Is One of First Hospitals in U.S. to Offer...
(Source: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Is One of First Hospitals in U.S. to Offer Computer-Assisted Colonoscopy Remote-controlled system transmits less force on the...
View ArticleHospitals block patient complaints on legal grounds
Hospitals are routinely using the threat of legal action to block investigations into medical blunders, patient safety campaigners have claimed, as they threaten a legal challenge against the Health...
View ArticlePesticide gas is behind girl’s death
The Sharjah Police have confirmed that a toxic pesticide was behind the death of a child and the illness of two families living in separate flats on different floors of a building here. The police...
View ArticleAccess to road register can be a tool for better footpaths
Residents can use the data in some of the 21 registers maintained at each ward office by the junior engineers of Chennai Corporation to work towards restoring footpaths. However, visits to a number of...
View ArticleCerner® Research Shows How APACHE® Outcomes Properly Analyzes ICU...
(Source: Cerner Corporation) Cerner® Research Shows How APACHE® Outcomes Properly Analyzes ICU Performance for Benchmarking July 02, 2013 Study reveals perils of comparison without adjusting for...
View ArticleGMC residents may be exposed to other specialties too
NAGPUR: In an effort to improve the patient care system at both Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and Super Specialty Hospital (SSH), the resident doctors being trained in four super...
View ArticleAccess to road register can be a tool to better footpaths
Residents can use the data in some of the 21 registers maintained at each ward office by the junior engineers of Chennai Corporation to work towards restoring footpaths. However, visits to a number of...
View ArticleBuilding plans to be displayed outside project site: Ahmedabad Municipal...
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has made it compulsory for all upcoming building projects to display in detail the project...
View ArticleAward for doctors though medical college in limbo
NEW DELHI: North Delhi Municipal Corporation's ambitious medical college has still not opened its door to students but Delhi Medical Association just awarded the doctors who ideated and implemented...
View ArticleHigh court seeks names of people putting up illegal hoardings
NAGPUR: Cracking down on the ever-present menace of illegal hoardings, posters and banners, Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Monday asked NMC to inspect the city and provide names of those...
View ArticleWashington Hospital Launches “WeCare,” a Comprehensive Electronic Health...
Tweet Send to a Friend Single patient record now seamlessly connects patient’s health records with each part of Washington Hospital Healthcare System that they encounter FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS...
View ArticleDengue, monsoon-related diseases on the rise in city
AURANGABAD: Five suspected dengue patients from Bajajnagar in Waluj were admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital (GMCH) on Tuesday. Their blood samples have been sent for investigation....
View ArticleDrains blocked, JMC ill-prepared for monsoon woes
JAIPUR: At a time when the city needs a clean drainage system, construction of the Metro at many places has blocked up the drains leaving several areas prone to waterlogging. After a recent joint team...
View ArticleSiddhartha Garden elephants to be shifted to Visakhapatnam
AURANGABAD: Two female elephants at the city-based Siddhartha Garden and Zoo will be shifted to the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam, following recent instructions from the Central Zoo...
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