Mid-day meal menu changed in Madhya PradeshNovember 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Hot pulao, puri and kheer will be on the menu of the mid-day meal at anganwadis (grassroots child and mother care centres) on Tuesdays as the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to provide better nutrition to children in the age group of three to six and pregnant women and lactating mothers, officials said Monday. The move will come into force from Tuesday, officials added.
Government system failure killing mothers in Madhya PradeshOctober 27th, 2009 BHOPAL - A complaint by a patient that a doctor in a government-run hospital left her unattended in the operation theatre has turned the spotlight on the role played -- or not played -- by these hospitals in reducing deaths at childbirth in Madhya Pradesh, a state with one of the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in India. Vidhya, wife of Anil Magarde, was admitted to the Betul district hospital Oct 3.
Madhya Pradesh raises nursing staffs' retirement ageOctober 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - The Madhya Pradesh government Friday raised the retirement age of nursing employees in the state to 65 years from the present 60 years, an official said. "A cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here decided to raise the retirement age of nursing employees/officers working under public health and family welfare department from 60 to 65 years", Madhya Pradesh Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya told reporters.
Mysterious viral fever grips Madhya PradeshOctober 22nd, 2009 BHOPAL - A mysterious viral fever which causes a drop in platelet counts and has dengue-like symptoms is baffling doctors in Madhya Pradesh, officials said Thursday. The spread of the mysterious disease has become a cause of concern for the medical fraternity and for citizens.
750,000 children need help in flood-hit Andhra, KarnatakaOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sending out a call for help, international NGO Save the Children estimates that around 750,000 children are in desperate need of clean water, medical care and food in the flood-hit districts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. If help doesn't reach fast, there is imminent threat of an outbreak of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases that will further risk the lives of millions of children and others, the NGO said.
Madhya Pradesh forms team to probe spread of dengueOctober 9th, 2009 BHOPAL - Alarmed over the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever in the state, the Madhya Pradesh government has set up a committee to investigate why the disease was spreading so fast, Health Minister Anoop Mishra said Friday. "An investigating committee has been constituted which will work under the supervision of Dr.
Madhya Pradesh forms team to tackle dengue spreadOctober 9th, 2009 BHOPAL - Alarmed at the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, Madhya Pradesh has constituted a committee to tour affected districts and give recommendations to control the dreaded disease which has claimed nine lives in the state so far. An investigating committee has been constituted which will work under the supervision of Sharad Tiwari, Dean, Sagar Medical College, and will after investigations give the recommendations to control the dreaded disease, said Health Minister Anoop Mishra.
Dengue cases on the rise in Madhya PradeshOctober 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - Mosquito-borne dengue fever is fast spreading in Madhya Pradesh with the disease having claimed at least nine lives in the past three months and affecting more than 300 people, health officials said Thursday. Though at least 192 cases of dengue have been confirmed by the Bhopal-based Gandhi Medical College alone, the District Malaria Officer Padmakar Tripathi last week put the figure at 103 confirmed cases.
Orissa launches health programme for studentsOctober 1st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa government Thursday launched a school health programme which is expected to benefit more than 580,000 students in the state. The scheme, launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Kandhamal, aims to provide health cards to more than 580,000 students in the 60,000 schools of the state.
Legumes can be 'protein powerhouse' for 800mn malnourished peopleSeptember 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Legumes could turn out to be a nutritional powerhouse to help overcome malnutrition among an estimated 800 million undernourished people in the developing world, says a report. Published in an upcoming issue of Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, the report points out that providing safe, nutritious and wholesome food for poor and undernourished populations has been an increasing challenge for the developing countries, where protein-energy malnutrition is among the most serious problems.
Indian pharma exports up by 29 percent in 2008-09September 25th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma today said that the exports of drugs, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals for the year 2008-09 stood at Rs.39,538 crore, registering a growth of about 29 per cent over the last year. Addressing the Indo-Africa Pharma Business meet here, Sharma said: "In recent times, the Indian pharmaceutical sector has emerged as one of the major contributors to Indian exports with export earnings rising from a negligible amount in early 1990s to Rs.29,139.57 crore by 2007-08.
16 swine flu deaths raise India's toll to 188September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Influenza A(H1N1) virus Sunday claimed 16 more lives, including five each from Gujarat and Karnataka, pushing the country's swine flu toll to 188, health authorities said. The H1N1 virus has thus killed 62 people in Karnataka and 17 in Gujarat.
Survey to check villagers' health, flagship scheme's impactSeptember 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A survey will be taken up in nine states to assess the health of rural population since the launch of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The annual health survey will be carried out in Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattishgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Assam by the health ministry, the home ministry and the Registrar General of India (RGI).
19-year-old dies of dengue in BhopalSeptember 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh recorded its ninth dengue death in a month after a 19-year-old girl died here, an official said Tuesday. Shweta Mishra was on the ventilator at a private hospital here for the last three days and died of dengue fever late Monday.
DC medical receptionist guilty in $2 million ID theft scheme that ensnared Fed's BernankeSeptember 8th, 2009 Woman guilty in ID theft that ensnared BernankeALEXANDRIA, Va. — A doctors' receptionist has admitted to stealing bank account information from patients as part of an identity theft ring that ensnared Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as a victim.
