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Treatment on so no more samples, please: NIV

Wednesday 12 August '09

With the H1N1 virus claiming five more lives today to take the death toll in the country to 12, the Centre asked states to take urgent steps to tackle the swine flu pandemic.
Swine flu work in process

Sunday 9 August '09

The “dirty room” has just enough room for three lab technicians. But it is here, in the small room—also known as the ‘clinical specimen handling room’...
In clinic where Reeda went on July 22, diagnosis was ‘septic tonsillitis’

Friday 7 August '09

At the clinic of Dr Mohan M Shah on Dr Saldanha Street in Pune Camp, it is just another day, but the one name on everyone’s lips is that of Reeda Shaikh...
Pune in panic, Govt to map each victim’s virus trail

Thursday 6 August '09

Two days after the death of Reeda Sheikh, Pune District Collector told doctors not to refer 'any and every case of seasonal flu' to the already over-stretched Naidu Hospital.
Testing times: Pune running out of options

Thursday 6 August '09

When 14-year-old Reeda Shaikh became the first swine flu patient to die of the infection, the brunt of the ‘blame’ fell on private hospitals and medical practitioners.
Victim went to clinic with cold, may have got virus there: Govt

Wednesday 5 August '09

Fourteen-year-old Reeda Shaikh, who on Monday became the country’s first H1N1 casualty, is suspected to have contracted swine flu at a clinic in Pune.
Day after, rush at Naidu Hospital; no need to panic, says NIV director

Wednesday 5 August '09

A day after Pune registered the first swine flu death in the country, there was panic in the air as people queued up for a medical check up at the corporation-run Naidu Hospital, all of them wearing masks.
Armed Forces expand HIV surveillance

Monday 3 August '09

Now, HIV-infected wives to get cocktail of drugs from sixth month of pregnancy....
Fight against rare disease gets a prop

Monday 3 August '09

The Department of Science and Technology has approved a project to establish a pre-natal diagnostic technique for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy...
To fight flu, facts not fear

Thursday 30 July '09

With 73 cases, 54 of them children, and its schools shut, Pune has been worst hit by H1N1. However, 15 days after the virus struck, the city is learning it can prevent and cure the swine flu without being paralysed by panic....
WHO norms in mind, Pune taluka starts malnutrition project

Monday 27 July '09

Even as the country is in the early stages of adopting the new set of criteria to assess a child’s growth laid down by the WHO recently, Purandar taluka in Pune...
Heat puzzle over the Antarctica

Sunday 26 July '09

Scientists from Pune have found that even sunlight and sea salts can disturb the ozone layer at one of the most pristine regions of the world....
Purandar taluka shows way in fighting malnutrition among kids

Friday 24 July '09

Even as the country is in the nascent stages of adopting the new set of criteria to assess a child's growth laid down by the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently...
School to close down as 14 test positive

Tuesday 21 July '09

As many as 14 students in just one city school have tested positive for swine flu in a span of five days.
Swine flu scare at school, class shut for a week

Thursday 16 July '09

Health officials went on an alert on Wednesday and decided to shut down a class at an English medium school in the city for a week after Naidu Hospital reported that two students, a boy and a girl, have tested positive for the H1N1 virus (swine flu).
Triple trouble: three types of dengue virus on the prowl

Wednesday 15 July '09

The National Institute of Virology has observed three types of dengue virus circulating in Pune and while this does not mean an increase in the severity of the disease...
AIDS: community care centres to get an upgrade

Saturday 11 July '09

Community care centres will be given a new role in the phase III of the National AIDS Control and Prevention programme...
Dengue fear looms amid scanty rain

Saturday 11 July '09

The practice of storing water in the summer months owing to water cut and absence of rainfall in June has led to a rise in number of dengue cases in the district this year.
Anganwadi kids to learn English, courtesy zilla parishad

Thursday 9 July '09

Now, anganwadi children aged three to six are set to learn English. Pune Zilla Parishad chief executive officer Dr Sanjeev Kumar, who incidentally used his medical background to introduce healthcare schemes like prevention of anaemia among girls...
Seasonal changes affect foetus’ birth weight: study

Thursday 9 July '09

The scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI ) and researchers of KEM hospital have found out in their study that seasonal energy stress among pregnant rural women has direct effect on the birth weight of their foetus.
Anti Retroviral Treatment centres to come up in jails

Wednesday 8 July '09

The government has plans to set up link Anti Retroviral Treatment centres in jails to ensure the easy availability of drugs for HIV positive prisoners.
Benefits of verdict: scientific & emotional

Saturday 4 July '09

With HIV prevalent among 15-17 per cent of the high-risk group of Men having Sex with Men (MSM) in Pune...
Happy and gay: community celebrates on road, online...

Friday 3 July '09

It’s party time for the gay community in the city. The Delhi High Court judgment that legalised homosexual acts among consenting adults has been termed as historic.
Time for patients to get more attention

Tuesday 30 June '09

Patients facing trouble to ensure timely medical aid or protesting against wrong treatment have reasons to cheer.
Priestly calling’s dropping volume has Church on a mission

Monday 29 June '09

When 22-year-old Samuel Luis turned down a Rs 94-lakh scholarship to study music in the US in order...
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