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Screen blood to avoid infections, HC tell Delhi government

May 9, 2013

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the city government on a PIL seeking direction for it to adopt blood screening methods that eliminate the possibility of infections through blood transfusion. A division bench …

Tags: Blood,Blood donation,Blood screening,Blood transfusion,Delhi High Court,Hepatitis B,Hepatitis C,HIV/AIDS

Should a potentially ‘unsafe’ vaccine be used to treat pneumonia?

October 18, 2012

Despite being attributed with the highest child mortality rate from pneumonia by WHO, India has only partially introduced one of two available vaccines in the market for children against pneumonia under a national programme. This …

Tags: Adverse effect following immunisation,AEFI,Child mortality ratte,DPT,Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation,Hepatitis B,Hib,National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation,Pentavalent haemophilus influenza type B vaccine,PIL,Pneumococcal vaccine,Pneumonia,Public Interest Litigation,UNICEF,Vaccine,WHO

Hepatitis B cases on a rise in Bhutan

October 1, 2012

Bhutan is facing a major health concern with the rising cases of Hepatitis B infection. Tucked in the eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, with a population of just over 650,000, is bordered to the west, south and east by India and in …

Tags: Blood transfusion,Cholera,Dengue,Hepatitis B,Hepatitis C,Malaria

Consumer court slaps Rs.50,000 penalty for medical negligence

September 28, 2012

The apex consumer court took a tough stand against medical negligence and slapped a Rs.50,000 penalty on the Delhi-based Fortis Escorts Heart Institute for an infected blood transfusion which left a patient afflicted with …

Tags: Blood bank,Blood transfusion,Bypass surgery,Consumer court,ELISA,Hepatitis B

Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac failure: Doctor

August 14, 2012

Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh died of cardiac failure, said renowned doctor Mohammed Rela of Chennai's Global Health City Tuesday even as he drew attention to the urgent need for organ donations. In a statement, Rela, …

Tags: Cardiac arrest,Cirrhosis,Global Super-Speciality Hospital,Hepatitis B,Kidney failure,Liver,Liver cancer,Liver transplant,Mumbai,Narendra Modi,Organ Harvesting,Rajendra Darda,Renal failure,Riteish Deshmukh,Vilasrao Deshmukh

Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away

August 14, 2012

Vilasrao Deshmukh, Union minister and former Maharastra chief minister passed away this afternoon. He was 67. The minister was battling liver cancer at a hospital in Chennai. Due to his critical condition he had been classified …

Tags: Abdominal pains,Chennai,Cirrhosis,Global Super-Speciality Hospital,Hepatitis B,Kidney failure,Liver,Liver cancer,Liver transplant,Mumbai,Narendra Modi,Organ Harvesting,Rajendra Darda,Renal failure,Riteish Deshmukh,Vilasrao Deshmukh

Organ donor dead, search for liver and kidney donor for Deshmukh continues

August 14, 2012

Doctors treating Vilasrao Deshmukh are again searching for a liver donor after the ‘brain dead’ man who was going to be operated upon died before docs could carry out a transplant on him. Asked whether they were desperately …

Tags: Abdominal pains,Chennai,Cirrhosis,Global Super-Speciality Hospital,Hepatitis B,Kidney failure,Liver,Liver cancer,Liver transplant,Mumbai,Narendra Modi,Organ Harvesting,Rajendra Darda,Renal failure,Riteish Deshmukh,Vilasrao Deshmukh

Vilasrao Deshmukh set to undergo kidney and liver transplant, after being put on the ‘super ultra-emergency’ list

August 14, 2012

Vilasrao Deshmukh is going to get his liver and kidney transplant soon. A 31 year-old driver who was declared brain dead after being hit by an ambulance on Saturday near Kovalam was going to be the unwitting donor. On the same …

Tags: Abdominal pains,Chennai,Cirrhosis,Global Super-Speciality Hospital,Hepatitis B,Kidney failure,Liver,Liver cancer,Liver transplant,Mumbai,Narendra Modi,Organ Harvesting,Rajendra Darda,Renal failure,Riteish Deshmukh,Vilasrao Deshmukh

Vilasrao Deshmukh suffering from Hepatitis B, liver cancer

August 10, 2012

According to the doctors treating him, Vilasrao Deshmukh’s condition is improving but he’s still critical. Deshmukh was admitted to Global Hospitals with a condition that’s now been diagnosed as liver cancer. The docs said …

Tags: Abdominal pains,Balasaheb Thorat,Breach Candy hospital,Chennai,Chhagan Bhujbal,Cirrhosis,Global Super-Speciality Hospital,Hepatitis B,K Ravindranath,Kidney failure,Liver,Liver cancer,Liver transplant,Mumbai,Nitin Raut,Rajendra Darda,Renal failure,Riteish Deshmukh,Vilasrao Deshmukh

Hepatitis B: All you need to know

October 3, 2012

Key Facts Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic disease. The virus is transmitted through contact with the blood or other body fluids of an infected person. Two billion …

Tags: Hepatitis,Hepatitis B,HIV+,Viral hepatitis,Viral Infection,WHO,World Hepatitis Day,World Hepatitis Day 2012

New approach could reverse liver failure

August 6, 2012

A new study has shown that liver failure can be reversed. A new approach being tried by researchers could reverse liver failure, characterised by sudden and massive death of the organ's cells, which could potentially end in …

Tags: Africa,Apoptosis,ARC,Asia,Europe,Germany,Hepatitis B,Liver disease,Liver failure,Poisonous mushroom,Tumour cells

Poor sleep reduces the efficacy of vaccine

August 2, 2012

A night of peaceful sleep is not only important for sound health but also for vaccines to work. "With the emergence of our 24-hour lifestyle, longer working hours, and the rise in the use of technology, chronic sleep deprivation …

Tags: Hepatitis B,Hepatitis B vaccine,Poor sleep,Vaccine

Four ways to reduce hepatitis among drug-users

October 3, 2012

WHO has identified four key actions countries can take to prevent viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs. Of the estimated 16 million people who inject drugs worldwide, it is estimated that 10 million are …

Tags: AIDS,Cirrhosis,Drug addiction,Hepatitis,Hepatitis A,Hepatitis B,Hepatitis C,Hepatitis D,HIV+,Intravenous drug users,Liver,Liver cancer,Viral hepatitis,WHO,World Hepatitis Day,World Hepatitis Day 2012

Hepatitis: It’s closer than you think

October 3, 2012

Under the World Hepatitis Day theme “It’s closer than you think”, WHO is urging governments to strengthen efforts to fight viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver that kills about one million people every year. In …

Tags: Cirrhosis,Hepatitis,Hepatitis A,Hepatitis B,Hepatitis C,Hepatitis D,Liver,Liver cancer,Viral hepatitis,WHO,World Hepatitis Day,World Hepatitis Day 2012

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