Wednesday 18 November '09
For treatment of cancer and parasitic diseases, scientists from India and Australia are zeroing in on the good old milk.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.Thursday
5 November '09The 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....Saturday
24 October '09Just 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.Thursday
17 September '09They were started around a decade ago, but painless deliveries still do not have many takers in Chandigarh.Friday
4 September '09Swine 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.Thursday
27 August '09Blame it on rapid urbanisation, inflow of migrants or construction work on the fringes, dengue cases in Chandigarh and adjoining areas are steadily increasing.Wednesday
19 August '09On July 18, Dr Upinderjit Kaur, head of the Department of Economics at Panjab University, had tested positive for swine flu. A month later...Sunday
16 August '09A few months ago, Avtar Singh came to the PGI with hope. His six-year-old son Honey was not well.Sunday
16 August '09The 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.Sunday
16 August '09A few months ago, Avtar Singh came to PGI with hope. His six-year-old Honey was not well.Saturday
15 August '09With the country all set to mark its 63rd Independence Day on Saturday, the revamped Khadi Mandal in Sector 22 has a reason to cheer.Saturday
15 August '09Do 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.Friday
12 June '09Different 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.Monday
1 June '09Fortunes changed for 17-year-old Nepali national Moti Kala in a day after Newsline highlighted her predicament in a news report on Sunday.Sunday
31 May '09Moti Kala, a 17-year-old patient of rheumatic heart disease, has put the PGI in a problem that the institute has never faced before.Wednesday
20 May '09Dermatologists estimate that about 30 per cent of the city’s male population is experiencing premature hair loss.Friday
8 May '09Did 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.Friday
1 May '09Two 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...Thursday
19 February '09With 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.Monday
16 February '09While 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.Monday
16 February '09A 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.Thursday
12 February '09With over 500 foreign nationals having already visited the Centre and the visitors’ book full of raving reviews of the ambience and collection...Wednesday
11 February '09Psychological relief to the patients and their expectations of a faster relief can supersede the rational reasons for the doctor while prescribing injections.Tuesday
10 February '09With 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.
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