On birthday, nothing sells like brand Madiba

Sunday 19 July '09

As he turned 91, Nelson Mandela or ‘Madiba’ as he is affectionately known, chose to stay indoors, safely tucked up in bed....

AIIMS students have to sign conduct code: won’t disrupt, won’t discriminate

Saturday 11 July '09

Students of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will now have to sign undertakings on stamp papers...

Jal Board pulled up for supplying dirty water

Thursday 9 July '09

Random checks carried out by municipal health inspectors have found that several pockets of Delhi are exposed to contaminated water, unfit for drinking.

Afghan blast victim gets a helping hand in Delhi

Tuesday 7 July '09

Not many people caught in a suicide bombing live to tell the tale. But Farid Ahammad is special.

Shot at by US soldiers, Iraqi returns from India with a new hip

Thursday 2 July '09

It was not my finest moment,” is how 27-year-old Firas Ahmed from Iraq remembers a day over three years ago, when he was pelting stones at American soldiers during a skirmish on Baghdad’s streets.

Month after first patient admitted in RML, how is Delhi fighting the flu?

Wednesday 1 July '09

The Delhi government has decided against sending samples of H1N1 influenza cases to the National Institute of Virology...

Casualty figure at Hindu Rao Hospital soars with mercury

Monday 29 June '09

Over the last 24-hours, 30 people died at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Bara Hindu Rao Hospital in East Delhi.

Bracing for swine flu, RML finds 255 oxygen cylinders missing

Saturday 27 June '09

The entire anaesthesia department at RML Hospital has come under the scanner after 255 oxygen cylinders went missing from the hospital recently, after it was declared a nodal centre for H1N1 influenza patients.

H1N1 flu: Private hospitals turn down govt plea for help

Monday 22 June '09

Hoping to find allies to fight the H1N1 influenza, the Delhi government recently met representatives from private hospitals, who promptly turned down its proposal to accommodate patients.

Two contract H1N1 infection locally, govt gets jittery

Friday 19 June '09

The H1N1 virus has started spreading locally in the Capital, with the virus moving from person to person.

5 more H1N1 cases suspected

Tuesday 16 June '09

Five persons — one of them a GMR employee working as ground staff in the airport — were admitted to hospitals on Monday, with symptoms similar to H1N1 influenza.

Swine flu: Walia pays surprise visit to RML over conflicting reports

Sunday 14 June '09

After conflicting reports about the number of swine flu patients admitted in the isolation ward of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital...

With ACs, clean sheets, RML’s flu ward gets overhaul in 12 hrs

Saturday 13 June '09

Air-conditioners were fitted, bed linen changed, bathrooms cleaned and water supply arranged — all in 12 hours at the isolation ward for H1N1 patients, admitted at the New Ward Block of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Boston teen, NY woman test positive for swine flu

Thursday 11 June '09

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases tested two cases of H1N1 influenza positive on Wednesday.

From Boston with swine flu suspicion, teen samples NICD, govt file-pushing

Wednesday 10 June '09

A 17-year-old who came here from Boston to attend a wedding and suspected to be suffering from symptoms similar to that of H1N1 influenza finally had his samples collected late Tuesday evening.

To maintain quality of medicines, IGI to get pharma zone

Monday 8 June '09

The Indira Gandhi International Airport will soon have a climate-controlled ‘pharma zone’ to ensure that the quality of imported and exported drugs is maintained.

Top babu takes hospital by surprise, finds it ailing

Sunday 7 June '09

When an unassuming man walked into the Sushruta Trauma Centre at 9.45 am on Friday, little did anyone expect that drastic changes would be set in motion.

Hospital botched up operation, says family of dead man

Saturday 6 June '09

The family of a man, who recently died of renal failure, has accused Max Healthcare of bungling up an operation on him this January.

Radiation officer on leave, hospital faces regulatory panel’s wrath

Wednesday 3 June '09

Fresh trouble seems to be brewing at the Lok Nayak Hospital. While radioactive material abandoned at the hospital’s gynaecological department has been bothering the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board...

I hope he earns a good name in this city: Azhagiri mother

Thursday 28 May '09

The fracture in her right hand does not concern Dayalu Ammal as much as the constant worry about how her son will survive in the power....

Blast in Lahore leaves hospital founder’s family in Delhi anxious

Thursday 28 May '09

As the death toll continued to mount after Wednesday’s blast in Lahore, one family here was particularly concerned about medical facilities available for the injured in the Pakistani city.

Kanimozhi says DMK not family-centric

Wednesday 27 May '09

On Tuesday, it was clear at the Tamil Nadu House that the party was facing a rift within.

Ahead of swearing-in, action at the Bhavans

Wednesday 27 May '09

With the Congress-led UPA government scheduled to get more ministers on board with the second phase of swearing-in on Thursday, Newsline looks at the two places in the Capital...

Nurses approach NHRC, Labour Ministry; Apollo says not fired yet

Wednesday 27 May '09

Asked to resign for speaking in their native language, two nurses of the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital have approached the National Human Rights Commission and the Labour Ministry.

Outbreaks up, Govt can now monitor drug firms’ produce

Wednesday 27 May '09

In a pioneering amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act..