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Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay dies

May 9, 2013
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay who was in a hospital here after being attacked in a Jammu jail last week died Thursday morning, doctors said. Ranjay, who was extremely critical for the last few days and had suffered renal …

‘Pakistani prisoner continues to be critically sick’

May 5, 2013
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay continued to be ‘critically sick’, doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) said on Saturday evening. ‘His neurological status continues to be …

Pakistani prisoner in coma, on ventilator support: PGIMER

May 4, 2013
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah, who was critically injured after being attacked by an Indian prisoner Friday in a Jammu jail, is in coma and on ventilator support, doctors at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and …

Health key to India’s future: President Mukherjee

March 16, 2013
Stressing the need for better healthcare, President Pranab Mukherjee said that progress in the health sector was the key to India's future prominence in the world. Addressing the 33rd convocation of the Post-Graduate Institute …

India needs more infectious disease experts: Indian-American doc

December 16, 2012
Despite infectious diseases claiming over 20 million lives a year, India has just a handful of specialists in the field for its 1.2 billion population, says an Indian American expert pushing for this country to set up a …

CBI busts doctor over medical entrance exam racket

November 26, 2012
A qualified doctor, who allegedly helps candidates cheat in post-graduate courses in medicine and surgery and uses the ill-gotten money to produce films in southern India – sounds like a script for a movie. Well, it’s …

PGIMER’s exam cancelled after paper leak

November 16, 2012
The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) here Thursday cancelled the entrance test held for admissions to post-graduate medical courses following the registration of a criminal case over a question …

12th five-year plan will give health sector a shot in the arm: Montek Singh Ahulawalia

July 8, 2012
Planning Commission’s deputy chairman, Montek Singh Ahulawalia said that the health sector would receive a tremendous shot in the arm in the 12th five-year plan. Ahluwalia, who was in Chandigarh to attend the golden jubilee …

Huge irregularities in the functioning of CDSCO

May 10, 2012
Huge irregularities have surfaced in the functioning of Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO), with a parliamentary panel pointing out that at least 33 drugs have been allowed to be sold in India without proper …

Why are there so few drug inspectors? Parliament standing committee asks the CDSCO

May 10, 2012
Recently we reported that Parliament Standing committee had spotted irregularities in the operations of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization. Turns out the CDSCO is facing a severe staff shortage and the headquarters …

Health Ministry approving drugs without clinical trials – are patients the new guinea pigs?

May 10, 2012
Things are getting worse and worse for union health ministry. According to a report tabled in parliament today by the standing committee, drug regulators have broken various laws approving drugs without clinical trials, at times …

Why are there so few medical institutions in north and central India?

May 1, 2012
Ghulam Nabi Azad expressed dismay at dearth of medical professionals in north, central and north-eastern India. The reason for this he said was that 80% of the country’s medical colleges are situated in the southern and western …

More medical research needed in the country: Azad

April 28, 2012
More medical research was needed in the country to position it among the global best, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Saturday and also asked doctors to put more service in rural areas. Delivering his address on the …