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Recycling plastic into diesel: A novel approach

Recycling is one of the main ways we are encouraged to limit our output of plastic waste. In Dehradun, the Council of Scientific Research’s Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) is taking a somewhat novel approach to the practice by converting plastic waste into diesel oil. A plant for this purpose has been established at the …

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Patient groups speak out on rare diseases policy

Patient groups are calling on the Union Health Ministry to make sure that those with rare diseases can avail treatment until a national rare diseases policy is in place.  The Organization for Rare Disease India (ORDI) and the Lysosomal Storage Disorder Support Society (LSDSS) have called on Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to implement …

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Achieving the ideal doctor-patient ratio

India could reach the doctor-patient ratio recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) within the next few years, a member of the Centre’s leading think tank Niti Aayog has said.  “With the efforts of the Government of India, the country would be able to achieve the WHO norm of one physician for 1,000 population before …

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Indian research into the spread of breast cancer

A collaborative research project is underway between the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati and Indian Institute of Science (IIS), Bangalore into the means by which breast cancer spreads throughout the bloodstream.   Research indicates that, by 2020, India could expect to see around 76,000 deaths due to breast cancer per year. These deaths could …

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Blood pressure and brain pathology: A worrying find for India’s elderly

High blood pressure, along with significant increases in blood pressure in midlife, may be associated with brain pathologies in later life, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Neurology journal. High blood pressure is becoming ever more prevalent in the country, which could place considerable burdens on India’s healthcare and elderly care services …

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Tip of the iceberg: What the AIIMS fire tells us about India’s hospitals

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi resumed services at the beginning of the week following the outbreak of a fire over the weekend. No fatalities or injuries were reported in the blaze, which reportedly originated due to a short circuit. According to reports, the fire broke out on the first and …

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Proposed law concerning violence against doctors

The Centre has drafted legislation to tackle violence against doctors, one of the main issues facing India’s healthcare professionals. Under the law, those who commit assault against doctors and other medical workers could face a prison sentence of between three and ten years and fined up to Rs 10 lakh. In addition, healthcare workers can …

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Calls for AYUSH centres in every state

One of India’s leading alternative medicine practitioners has called for AYUSH centres practising these systems to be established in every Indian state.  Dr V. B. Vijaykumar – vice president of the Central Council of Indian Medicine, a body under the Union Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) – issued the …

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Rabies vaccine shortage in Karnataka

Karnataka’s hospitals are grappling with a shortage of the rabies vaccine, with many forced to procure them from other sources.  Rabies is one of India’s most lethal diseases, killing every person it came into contact with in 2017. Since 2010, only six people have survived rabies infections despite the disease being entirely vaccine preventable. Rabies …

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A spike in monsoon flu cases in Lucknow

Doctors in Uttar Pradesh state capital Lucknow are warning of a spike in cases of flu amidst the monsoon season.  Since the onset of rains, cases have jumped by 600 percent with multiple hospitals reporting increased visitors of individuals with flu in their outpatient departments. At the King George’s Medical University, between fifty and sixty …

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