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An 11-day-old girl was severely injured after her bed caught fire from cow dung cakes her mother had burnt to ward off mosquitoes, officials said on Tuesday. (Representational Image)

To ward off mosquitoes, mother’s idea lands 11-day-old infant in Noida's hospital

On reports that family tried to burn child, circle officer said police have questioned the family and found such insinuations baseless.

24 Jul 2019 10:02 AM

Commenting on the incident, Jhansi's Chief Medical Superintendent Dr BK Gupta said that an investigation will be done to ascertain more facts about the development. (Photo: ANI)

Jhansi: Patients' health deteriorate after getting injection, inquiry ordered

Patients claimed that soon after they were given injection by hospital staff, they felt feverish and chilly and began sweating profusely.

15 Jul 2019 1:38 PM

Chief Medical officer (CMO) Baleswar, Dr Prapt Singh, said, ‘Yesterday, Dr Sunil Bisht visited the community centre in the morning. He found a person holding a syringe.’ (Photo: ANI)

Autorickshaw driver caught administering injection to pregnant woman, runs away

While inpection, Deputy Director of Health Department, Dr Bisht, spotted a person administering injection to pregnant woman in women's ward.

12 Jul 2019 5:02 PM

The District Magistrate, however has denied any such incident. (Photo: ANI)

Journalists purportedly locked up as UP CM visits hospital, officials deny reports

Half-an-hour after the Chief Minister left, Singh allegedly came and unlocked the gate, holding the journalists.

01 Jul 2019 1:51 PM

The nurses are seen singing, dancing and frolicking inside the SNCU in the video in their official uniforms. The hospital beds and patients were seen in the video. Even a child is seen in the video. (Photo: Twitter | @anwar0262)

Watch: Nurses record TikTok videos in Odisha hospital with new born

The nurses were sent a show-cause notice by the chief district medical officer (CDMO).

27 Jun 2019 1:44 PM

A case was registered by Sion police under IPC section 376 after an attendant of a patient admitted in the hospital alleged of being raped in the hospital premises. (Photo: Representational)

In pretext of getting concession form filled, woman raped in Mumbai hospital

The police arrested the accused with the help of a CCTV footage.

14 May 2019 3:30 PM

Three labourers died of suffocation while cleaning the sewage treatment plant (STP) of a housing complex here shortly after midnight Friday, civic officials said. (Representational Image)

3 workers die of suffocation while cleaning sewage plant in Thane

The Kapurbawdi police have registered a case of accidental death and sent the bodies for a post-mortem, civic officials said.

10 May 2019 10:50 AM

Udhampur Deputy Superintendent of Police Rohit Chadgal. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

2 J&K youth drown while saving companion, probe initiated

The deceased were identified as Rohit Kumar and Suraj Kumar, both residents of Adarsh Colony in Udhampur.

10 May 2019 10:15 AM

The accused has been identified as Mariamma, a resident of Udmalpet. (Photo: ANI)

50-yr-old woman held for lifting 5-day-old infant from Pollachi hospital

According to the police, the infant belongs to a tribal couple who lives in Narikalpathi village near Annamalai.

09 May 2019 2:00 PM

The Dalai Lama told his followers on Friday to 'feel at ease' as he was discharged from a New Delhi hospital three days after being admitted with a chest infection. (Photo: File)

Day after discharge from Delhi hospital Dalai Lama says, ‘feel at ease’

The Buddhist monk, global celebrity and thorn in China's side was admitted to the Max hospital in Delhi on Tuesday.

13 Apr 2019 1:48 PM

Police on Thursday raided a hospital run by Dr Puneet Gupta, son-in-law of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh. (Photo: File)

Ex-C’garh CM Raman Singh’s son-in-law hospital raided

Raman Singh, meanwhile, claimed that the police’s action was politically motivated, and the case would not stand in the court.

29 Mar 2019 9:02 AM

The breach was first discovered in December after an employee noticed a large number of spam emails sent from their account.

Vermont Hospital email hack: 72,000+ accounts exposed

Affected patients received letters from the hospital earlier this week.

22 Mar 2019 10:32 AM

Police said she vomited in the classroom after drinking from the water bottle. She was rushed to a hospital but died while she was being treated, a senior police officer said. (Representational Image)

Delhi: 11-year-old girl drinks ‘acid-like substance’ from classmate's bottle, dies

The water bottle in question has been seized and will be sent for forensic examination to find the cause of the girl's death, police said.

07 Mar 2019 10:28 AM

The commands have been designed in such a manner that patient’s requests through Alexa are routed to the mobile phone of the relevant caregiver. (Photo: ANI)

This hospital pilots Alexa-enabled smart patient rooms

The platform allows patients to control their entertainment and interact hands-free with nurses.

27 Feb 2019 11:44 AM

By day 21, almost all curtains exceeded 2.5 colony-forming unit per centimetre (Photo: Pixabay)

Hospital privacy curtains may harbour resistant bacteria dangerous for patients

In contrast, control curtains that were not placed in patient rooms stayed clean the entire 21 days, it found.

28 Sep 2018 8:20 PM

When people use a jet-air dryer, the microbes get blown off and spread around the toilet room. (Photo: Pixabay)

Air hand dryers spread 5 times more germs than paper towels

Researchers found high levels of dangerous bacteria that cause blood poisoning, pneumonia and gastroenteritis when dryers were used.

07 Sep 2018 12:33 PM

The 40-second video showed the man, without gloves, sewing up a wound on the woman's nose as she screams in pain. (Representational Image | AFP)

‘Untrained’ hospital worker stitches TN woman’s wounds; caught on camera

According to a report, the state health department has ordered probe after the disturbing video was circulated on social media.

31 Aug 2018 8:36 PM

But on Tuesday he fell ill and he died on the way to Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital. (photo: Representational)

Man killed at de-addiction centre in Murshidabad

Suman’s mother and wife lodged an FIR at the Berhampore police station.

23 Aug 2018 6:28 AM

JJ Hospital still to get alarm system, guards

esident doctors dema-nded these measures after two of their colleagues were allegedly assaulted.

23 Jun 2018 3:47 AM

The link between financial literacy and hospitalisation risk was mainly related to knowledge of financial concepts, inability to calculate. (Photo: Pixabay)

Financial literacy can keep you out of hospital

How does financial literacy affect hospitalisation risk? The study couldn't draw any conclusions.

15 Jun 2018 4:09 PM

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