-The Times of India CHENNAI: When Professor Russel Walker Strong set out to perform the world's first partial liver transplant from a live donor in Brisbane in 1989, the Australian media went berserk. "I was accused of using babies as guinea pigs. Headlines identified me as the surgeon who was running amok," said Prof Strong. More than two decades later, he stood before an audience in Tamil Nadu, a state, that...
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Public’s health is at peril, warns National Health Profile
A day before the Prime Minister of India left for a two-nation tour to Ireland and the United States this September, the National Health Profile 2015 was released by the Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri JP Nadda. The report, which has presented a dismal picture of the state of public health, shows that cases of cancer is expected to rise in India by almost 15 percent from 11.5...
More »National Health Profile 2015: Suicides on a rise, cancer cases may grow by 15 per cent in five years -Karnika Bahuguna
-Down to Earth India’s public spending on health is among the lowest in South East Asia and BRIC countries The burden of aspirations and expectations seems to be taking a toll on young India, especially males who succumb to suicidal deaths more than their female counterparts, according to the data published by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI). The data showed that over 67 per cent cases of suicidal deaths in...
More »Delhi: 5,151 Dengue Cases Reported in September
-Outlook New Delhi: Nearly 2,200 fresh cases of dengue have been reported in the last one week, taking the seasons total to around a whopping 6,000 as Hospitals across the city continued to be flooded with patients affected by the mosquito-borne fever in which 33 people have died so far. According to official figure released today, at least 5,151 patients were found to be down with dengue between September 1-26, making it...
More »With 9 tonnes of e-waste daily, Moradabad turning into a dump -Nazar Abbas
-The Times of India MORADABAD: The western UP district of Moradabad has for some time now been getting 50% of all printed circuit boards in India. No wonder then that it generates a staggering 9 tonnes of hazardous waste daily, with officials saying close to 50,000 people are involved in it. Most of the recycling is illegal and residents have now begun to panic. Confirming their worst fears, latest research by...
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