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Provide safety to doctors, demands MARD

Around 4,500 resident doctors in the state participated in the protest Friday.

15 Jun 2019 2:37 AM

5-day-old boy’s kidnapper held

Boy rescued in less than seven hours; accused claimed she had delivered him.

15 Jun 2019 2:31 AM

The 5-day-old-boy who was kidnapped on Thursday.

5-day-old boy kidnapped from city’s Nair Hospital

In an incident that occured on October 24 2012, a one-day-old baby boy was kidnapped from city’s Wadia hospital.

14 Jun 2019 4:48 AM

A drug controller of the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has filed a complaint at the Kamothe police station in Pen, Raigad district on Monday, with regards to the online sale of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) and sleeping pills. (Photo: AFP) (Photo: Representational)

Case filed on illegal drug sale

When he received the pills, he informed the FDA about it and made them aware of how easy it was to procure such drugs online.

11 Jun 2019 3:41 AM

A pathologists’ association has alleged that the state’s municipal corporations failed to conduct surveys in order to determine the number of bogus pathology laboratories despite the state medical education department asking them to so. A pathologists’ association has alleged that the state’s municipal corporations failed to conduct surveys in order to determine the number of bogus pathology laboratories despite the state medical education department asking them to so. (Photo: AFP)

Fake pathology labs being ignored: Body

The presence of such labs can be detrimental to patients because wrong reports lead to wrong diagnoses, the association said.

10 Jun 2019 6:00 AM

The state’s communicable disease department has sent a letter to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to procure two new anti-viral drugs, Pelamivir and Baloxavir, which the UK and Japan have introduced for treating swine flu i.e. the H1N1 virus.

State seeks acquiring two new h1n1 drugs

Patients with high viral load and who are not responding to Oseltamivir can benefit from these drugs.

09 Jun 2019 7:22 AM

IMD to install rain observatory units across 80 city sites

IMD officials said that this will help give updates on the monsoon.

08 Jun 2019 1:55 AM

Tribal committee to meet govt officials in Tadvi suicide case

A NCST official said that the team is already in Mumbai and the chairman will reach Thursday.

07 Jun 2019 7:16 AM

City reels under heat, faces surge in ailment cases

Doctors have advised citizens to keep themselves hydrated by drinking plenty of water.

05 Jun 2019 5:49 AM

Raigad man held, 3 snakes seized

Sakpal has a collection of snakes which he transports for illegal activities like snake shows and venom extraction etc.

04 Jun 2019 2:36 AM

In cases where the donated blood is found to be HIV positive, it’s the duty of the blood banks to notify the donors that they are HIV positive.

SBTC asks blood banks to follow rules

The letter stated that the blood banks need to send a blood donor to integrated counselling and testing centres if their blood is detected with HIV.

03 Jun 2019 4:20 AM

School/college authorities will have to follow the same to ensure the availability of wholesome, nutritious, safe and hygienic food to their students.

Food guidelines given for college, school canteens

The FDA has put in place the norm based on guidelines prepared by an expert group constituted by the FSSAI.

01 Jun 2019 2:23 AM

Dr Tadvi’s parents who staged a protest outside the civic-run hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: ASIAN AGE)

Payal Tadvi may have been killed by accused, says her spouse

Salman, a doctor himself, said that there was a possibility that the three female doctors murdered Dr Tadvi.

29 May 2019 3:35 AM

Members of Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi protest against Nair Hospital’s management. They sought immediate arrest of culprits responsible for death of Payal Tadvi at Nair Hospital Gate in Mumbai Central. (Photo: Debasish Dey)

Tribal student’s suicide sparks outrage

The Democratic Youth Federation of India, among other organisations, has called for a stir on Tuesday from the hospital to the police station.

28 May 2019 2:49 AM

Doctor ends life, 3 seniors booked

26-year-old was harassed by senior colleagues with casteist remarks.

25 May 2019 2:32 AM

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar

No point in blaming EVMs, says Sharad Pawar

On his grand-nephew Parth Pawar's defeat in the Maval constituency, he said it was a difficult seat for the party to win.

24 May 2019 3:54 AM

The picture shared by Vivek Oberoi on Twitter.

Vivek Oberoi gets notice for meme on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

The meme was a take on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the results of which will be declared Thursday.

21 May 2019 4:53 AM

A DHS official stated that the cost also would be capped, as private lab testing cannot charge exorbitant rates, so the poor can also detect the H1N1 virus in time.

State health department allows private labs to run H1N1 tests

The NIV will approve the quality norms of private laboratories for testing swaps after every 6 months, whereas earlier it was done in every quarterly.

20 May 2019 5:54 AM

There has been a rise in misinformation and “fake news” spreading through the Internet regarding unproven and unconventional treatments for cancer patients, claims the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH). (Photo: Representational Image)

Viral cancer cure message fake: Tata Memorial hospital

For instance, a social media message claiming that hot coconut water is the solution to cancer has gone viral over the last few days.

18 May 2019 4:08 AM

People shield themselves from scorching heat at Dadar East. (Photo: DEBASISH DEY)

Rising mercury causes rise in UTI, stomach infections

Many people are complaining of loose motions, vomiting and stomach cramps.

15 May 2019 3:16 AM

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