As the Centre gears up to impose a ban on e-cigarettes, the Delhi government is facing questions from the High Court over what actions it is taking to regulate the devices. Terming the matter “an e-burning issue”, the two-justice bench of Chief Justice D. N. Patel and Justice C. Hari Shankar queried “are you doing …
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When it comes to encephalitis, the eyes of India have largely focused on Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district where more than 140 children are believed to have lost their lives to the condition. However, over the course of recent weeks, reports of potential outbreaks have poured in from other parts of Bihar – and from other states. …
After facing criticism for dismal health infrastructure in the state of Bihar the central government has informed the Supreme Court that it intends to fund a paediatric intensive care unit (ICU) in Muzaffarpur, the district at the centre of the state’s child death tragedy. More than 150 children have died in the state following an …
For Muzaffarpur, a boon from the Centre after child death tragedy Read More »
The Centre issued Rs 88.5 crore to the Bihar state government in the last fiscal year to strengthen its public health system. Astonishingly, the state government spent less than one-third of it. The news comes at a time when the public health infrastructure in the state is being heavily scrutinised and castigated in many quarters …
Public health is in crisis in Bihar. Why isn’t it spending health funds? Read More »
The outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district has raised eyebrows about the efficacy of healthcare infrastructure in the state. Now, one initiative aimed at combating malnutrition – implicated as a cause behind the crisis of encephalitis deaths among the district’s children – has come under scrutiny. The district ranked eighteenth out …
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The recent tragic deaths of over a hundred children in Bihar has put the spotlight on the ailing public health infrastructure – both in the state and in the country. The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Centre and state governments over what it has termed “deplorable public health infrastructure” and reminded …
Public health infrastructure in Bihar is in the ICU Read More »
“Basic education links the children, whether of cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in us.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi This sentiment – that being the centric role played by children in their country’s future – has been laid bare in the latest report released by Save the Children in …
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When it comes to helping deaf children live with their condition, devices such as cochlear implants are only the first step. According to experts, helping children with hearing impairment learn to live with their conditions and the effect of these implements is just as important. Exact figures as to the number of people living with …
In a hospital in Bengaluru, cases of a serious eye disease have increased by twenty percent in the last year. Keratoconus is an illness which causes the cornea to thin over time, usually affecting both eyes and causing a range of complications such as blurred vision and sensitivity to light. In the 2017-18 period, Dr …
Eye disease on the rise in Bengaluru. Is pollution to blame? Read More »
This August will mark the second anniversary of the Gorakhpur tragedy, where more than 325 children died in the space of a month at a government-run hospital in the Uttar Pradesh city. This included the deaths of thirty children in a 48-hour period at the beginning of the month. Now, one of the doctors who …
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