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.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’...Friday
7 August '09At 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...Thursday
6 August '09Two 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.Thursday
6 August '09When 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.Wednesday
5 August '09Fourteen-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.Wednesday
5 August '09A 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.Monday
3 August '09Now, HIV-infected wives to get cocktail of drugs from sixth month of pregnancy....Monday
3 August '09The Department of Science and Technology has approved a project to establish a pre-natal diagnostic technique for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy...Thursday
30 July '09With 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....Monday
27 July '09Even 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...Sunday
26 July '09Scientists 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....Friday
24 July '09Even 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...Tuesday
21 July '09As many as 14 students in just one city school have tested positive for swine flu in a span of five days.Thursday
16 July '09Health 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).Wednesday
15 July '09The 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...Saturday
11 July '09Community care centres will be given a new role in the phase III of the National AIDS Control and Prevention programme...Saturday
11 July '09The 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.Thursday
9 July '09Now, 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...Thursday
9 July '09The 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.Wednesday
8 July '09The government has plans to set up link Anti Retroviral Treatment centres in jails to ensure the easy availability of drugs for HIV positive prisoners.Saturday
4 July '09With HIV prevalent among 15-17 per cent of the high-risk group of Men having Sex with Men (MSM) in Pune...Friday
3 July '09It’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.Tuesday
30 June '09Patients facing trouble to ensure timely medical aid or protesting against wrong treatment have reasons to cheer.Monday
29 June '09When 22-year-old Samuel Luis turned down a Rs 94-lakh scholarship to study music in the US in order...
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