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Families feel the heat as prices go north

Friday 6 November '09

Suresh Sharma, 45, a shopowner residing in sector 7 Panchkula, would set side around Rs 5,000 from his monthly income for grocery in the beginning of this year.
Sorry, PM assures more sensitivity

Thursday 5 November '09

The wife of kidney patient Sumit Verma, who died on Tuesday after personnel deployed for the PM’s security delayed his entry to the emergency section of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Research....
Increase in open heart surgeries on newborns at PGI

Saturday 24 October '09

Just after they arrive in the world, lies their greatest ordeal-an open heart surgery. Newborns, as young as two- day-old, are regular patients at the PGI and their number is steadily rising.
When it comes to childbirth, most women refuse to skip the pain

Thursday 17 September '09

They were started around a decade ago, but painless deliveries still do not have many takers in Chandigarh.
H1N1 spreads locally, medicos early victims

Friday 4 September '09

Swine flu has not only been flown in by patients with a history of travel abroad, but the disease has also begun to spread locally in Chandigarh, with the most vulnerable targets being hospital staff who treat H1N1 patients.
‘Dengue cases now a regular post-monsoon phenomenon’

Thursday 27 August '09

Blame it on rapid urbanisation, inflow of migrants or construction work on the fringes, dengue cases in Chandigarh and adjoining areas are steadily increasing.
‘Don’t be negative, do what the doctor says’

Wednesday 19 August '09

On July 18, Dr Upinderjit Kaur, head of the Department of Economics at Panjab University, had tested positive for swine flu. A month later...
PGI says go to Delhi, but father helpless as son counts his days

Sunday 16 August '09

A few months ago, Avtar Singh came to the PGI with hope. His six-year-old son Honey was not well.
Drug addiction among adolescents on the rise

Sunday 16 August '09

The alarming trend of adolescents taking to drugs, including sniffing petroleum products, cigarettes, alcohol and even smack, has caught up across all economic strata in the city, doctors dealing with such cases say.
PGI says take son to Delhi, man helpless

Sunday 16 August '09

A few months ago, Avtar Singh came to PGI with hope. His six-year-old Honey was not well.
Tricolour sales touch a new high this I-Day

Saturday 15 August '09

With the country all set to mark its 63rd Independence Day on Saturday, the revamped Khadi Mandal in Sector 22 has a reason to cheer.
Waiting for NICD reports, over 50 swine flu suspects live in fear

Saturday 15 August '09

Do I or don’t I? For over 50 patients who are suspected to be suffering from swine flu, this is the question that torments them as they await their reports from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in New Delhi.
Soft Speak

Friday 12 June '09

Different generations have always dealt with relationships differently. Parents and children always have a different approach to love even though the intensity of the emotion is always the same.
Rotary Club comes to aid of Nepal girl

Monday 1 June '09

Fortunes changed for 17-year-old Nepali national Moti Kala in a day after Newsline highlighted her predicament in a news report on Sunday.
Penniless Nepal girl needs help for heart surgery at PGI

Sunday 31 May '09

Moti Kala, a 17-year-old patient of rheumatic heart disease, has put the PGI in a problem that the institute has never faced before.
Hair transplant has more takers in city now: Docs

Wednesday 20 May '09

Dermatologists estimate that about 30 per cent of the city’s male population is experiencing premature hair loss.
Asthmatic? Blame it on green and clean Chandigarh

Friday 8 May '09

Did you know the green surroundings and clean environs of the City Beautiful that you are so proud of could do any harm to your health? It can, if you are asthmatic.
Figure fixation in city teens puts anorexia on a new high

Friday 1 May '09

Two months before Shikha (name changed) a 15-year-old from Chandigarh, walked into the psychiatry ward of the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Sector 32...
Most schizophrenics seek medical help late: Docs

Thursday 19 February '09

With over a 100 new cases of schizophrenia reported in the last one year, the Department of Psychiatry of Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32 has undertaken a study on the treatment pattern of the patients.
‘Youth is no immunity from diabetes’

Monday 16 February '09

While diabetes has for long been seen as a disorder affecting the middle-aged, the young population in the city is slowly falling prey to this disease.
Another painful truth: Injections overused

Monday 16 February '09

A positive psychological effect on the patients and their expectation of a quicker relief can supersede the rational reasons for a doctor while prescribing injections, reveals a PGI survey.
Digital Dreams

Thursday 12 February '09

With over 500 foreign nationals having already visited the Centre and the visitors’ book full of raving reviews of the ambience and collection...
Patients’ expectations behind prescribing injections: Doctors

Wednesday 11 February '09

Psychological relief to the patients and their expectations of a faster relief can supersede the rational reasons for the doctor while prescribing injections.
PGI: OBC quota can be implemented by 2011

Tuesday 10 February '09

With a view to implement the 27 percent quota for OBC candidates, the PGI has its task cut out to incur an additional expenditure of Rs 350 crore for not only the upgrade of infrastructure, but also to hire additional faculty, nursing and paramedical staff.
Full OBC quota can be implemented by 2011: PGI

Tuesday 10 February '09

With a view to implement the 27 per cent quota for OBC candidates, the PGI has its task cut out to incur an additional expenditure of Rs 350 crore for not only upgrading the infrastructure...
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