Bihar Government has invited Mauritius Government to set up a medical college hospital at Mairwa in Siwan district. This was revealed by Sri Ashwini Kumar Chowbey, Minister of Health GOB. He had handed over aetter in this regard to Mauritius Art and Culture minister Mookhesswar Choonee during the three-day Global Bihar summit on resurgent Bihar The [...]
Bihar Health Department will computerise the record of medicines for distribution among patients turning up at the state-run hospitals, department’s Principal Secretary Amarjit Sinha said. Talking to reporters here, Sinha expressed concern over the reports of medicines getting expired and dumped into fields in Araria, Samastipur and Begusarai districts. “Now we have decided to computerise [...]
Ex- Patna SSP and currently SP of Araria, Shivdeep Lande has shown his efficient working ability by arresting 3 quacks performing illegal Tubectomy in Araria District. The Quacks (Fake Doctors )have been said to have performed the surgery of 61 women in 2 hours only. The tubectomy operations were carried out in a field and without [...]
With the inauguration of the Nation’s first online Braille library, Multilingual educational books are now a mere click of away to blind people. Union Social Justice Minister, Mukul Washnik launched it at the National Institute for Handicapped to commemorate the birth anniversary of Louis Braille. NIVH Director Anuradha Mohit said that nearly 12,000 books in [...]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be conferred with the first Gates Vaccine Innovation Award. This award would be given by Bill and Milinda Gates Foundation for his role in strengthening the Immunization Program in Bihar. Nitish Kumar had conceded to the request. The Foundation had taken the decision last year to bestow the award [...]
Bihar Government has signed an agreement with John Hopkins University USA for pre-service education in Nursing and Mid-Wifery. This would boost the manpower training in quality maternal and neonatal child health (MNCH) and family planning services at grass roots level. Jhpiego (an affiliate of John Hopkins University) is considered to be a pioneer in the [...]
Breast Cancer is a form of cancer originating at Breast Tissues. It accounts for 22.9% of total cancer among women. October is the breast cancer awareness month and is dedicated to increasing awareness about breast cancer issues, especially the importance of early detection. Commemorating the Breast Cancer Awareness month, Ms Suneeta Reddy, Joint Managing Director, [...]
Patna: Bihar is again on the national radar, this time for hosting the first ever national conference on Women Imaging, Infertility and Oncology organized by Federation of Women Imaging, Infertility and Oncology ( FWIIO). It will be attended by over 500 radiologists, oncologists and gynaecologists from India and abroad. The conference will be organized on [...]
Bihar has got rid of Polio cases as per the reports from the State Health Society.This is abig sign of development considering that Bihar had second highest number of Polio cases reported each year, next only to Uttar Pradesh. Talking to reporters Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Executive Director of State Health Society Bihar claimed that P1 [...]
Bihar govt has approved a 25 per cent non-practising allowance for the veterinary doctors of Bihar, Principal Secretary (Cabinet Coordination and Secretary) Ravikant said.The decision was taken a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he told reporters here.The RJD-led government had stopped a 10 per cent non-practising allowance to the veterinary doctors [...]
