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    ‘Lactating mothers favour boys over girls’

    When it comes to breast-feeding, mothers favour boys and tend to neglect girls, a pattern particularly prevalent in slum...

    30 April 2016 9:38 PM

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    Doctors seek arms licences from Maharashtra government

    The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (Mard) on Friday wrote a letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis,...

    29 April 2016 8:35 PM

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    India Polio-free, but NPAFP looms

    Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared India a polio-free country, a similar condition termed...

    29 April 2016 8:04 PM

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    Roadblock for pharma exports worth billions

    Billions of rupees worth of pharmaceutical exports from India may hit a roadblock owing to the Pharmaceutical Export...

    27 April 2016 7:44 PM

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    Foreign embryos stuck in surrogacy freeze

    The fate of hundreds of eggs and sperm of foreigners lying in cold storage is in limbo as the Indian Council of Medical...

    25 April 2016 11:41 PM

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    Cases of kidney failure sees rapid rise in Maharashtra

    Kidney failure has become a major concern among the people of Maharashtra as the number of such cases has surged by 48...

    25 April 2016 8:09 PM

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    Chhagan Bhujbal now has a shrunken kidney

    After dealing with toothache, chest pain and high blood pressure, the former Maharashtra deputy chief minister and...

    24 April 2016 8:48 PM

    ‘BMC hospitals lack drug for infants’Metros
    ‘BMC hospitals lack drug for infants’

    A 32-year-old businessman, Ajay Kumar, has filed a complaint with National Consumer Forum against BMC hospitals for not...

    21 April 2016 8:32 PM

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    Medical officer suspended for helping ‘Ailing’ Bhujbal

    A medical officer from the Arthur Road Jail who allegedly created documentation to facilitate former deputy chief...

    21 April 2016 8:24 PM

    Blood banks ignore order about stock updateMetros
    Blood banks ignore order about stock update

    Though the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) has made it compulsory to update stock availability status online...

    20 April 2016 8:06 PM

    Only 5 per cent calls to 108 emergency service genuineMetros
    Only 5 per cent calls to 108 emergency service genuine

    Though Maharashtra Emergency Medical Service (MEMS) is counted as one of the largest free ambulance government services...

    17 April 2016 9:03 PM

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    Biometric attendance for ambulance staff on cards

    Every day, the brave hearts of the Maharashtra emergency medical services ambulances rescue hundreds of needy people but...

    16 April 2016 8:43 PM

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