Healthcare

Bhubaneswar: As many as 9 districts of the total 30 districts in Odisha will be declared free of filariasis. The Health department, in a notification on Thursday, said it has...

Hyderabad: Here’s an alert: Excessive use of smartphone may lead to loss of vision. It actually happened with a 30-year-old woman, who developed vision impairment due to long-term use of...

Bhubaneswar: Sum Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) observed World Cancer Day by organising a patient engagement programme in the hospital premises here on Saturday. The event, named ‘Hope Springs Saga’ after the...

Bhubaneswar: Dr Dillip Kumar Parida, head of Radiation Oncology department, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, has assumed the additional charge of Medical Superintendent of the national institute. Dr Parida will be in-charge of the...

Bhubaneswar: In a rare cardiac surgery in Odisha, the doctors of KIMS in Bhubaneswar performed hybrid repair of aorta on a patient. The 50-year-old female patient had consulted the doctors...

Angul: JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), laid the foundation stone for a 100 bedded multispeciality hospital at Jindal Nagar, Angul, on Friday. JSP Chairman...

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha government insists on giving top priority to health services, the state remains far behind in the number of medical colleges for delayed initiative in this regard....

Bhubaneswar: The mascot and new logo for UNICEF-led ‘Youth4Water Plus’ campaign were unveiled at Olly’s Land in Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. The logo and mascot ‘Jolly’, which has been...

Cuttack: A young man, whose thumb was severed in an accident, got it replaced with one of his toes through a rare surgery at SCB Medical College and Hospital in...

Keonjhar: The district administration of Odisha's Keonjhar on Tuesday launched distribution of nutritional support via the food baskets at the doorsteps of TB patients in the district. The Chief District...