Healthcare

New Delhi: In a somewhat startling revelation, 70 per cent of the callers to Kiran, a mental health rehabilitation helpline launched, in September 2020 by the Social Justice and Empowerment...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government, which had put the proposed world class cancer hospital at Barang on fast track, has decided to shift it to Jatni near the capital city. According...

Bhubaneswar: After Puri and Rourkela, two urban primary health centres (UPHCs) in the city have been awarded ISO certification for quality management system. The two UPHCs that have been issued...

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide low-cost treatment to cancer patients, the Odisha government has decided to set up a radiotherapy unit each in 11 districts of the state by...

Nabarangpur: Deputy chairman of the State Planning Board Sanjay Kumar Das Burma, who faced a protest by farmers over paddy procurement at the RMC office during his visit to the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government received one more consignment of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines on Wednesday. Informing the media, Director, Health and Family Welfare Bijay Panigrahi said the state received 63,090 doses...

Bhubaneswar: Four health centres of Puri district have been awarded ISO certification in terms of quality standards. The four urban health centres are Urban Primary Health Centres at Chandanhajuri, Swargadwara,...

Bhubaneswar: The three-day pulse polio vaccination drive kicked-off across Odisha on Sunday. The government had halted the COVID-19 vaccination till February 3, when the polio drive ends. Talking to media,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday announced a hike in the monthly stipend of house surgeons at all government medical colleges and hospitals for a period of three years. In...

Bhubaneswar: For the first time in eastern India, AMRI Hospitals here has successfully conducted a knee replacement surgery on a 92-year-old man. According to Dr Basant Behera, Senior Consultant, Orthopaedics...