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Anti-rabies vaccine shortages continue

Shortages of the anti-rabies vaccine and other essential medicines continue to plague public hospitals across the country, with states turning to one another for assistance. So far, the onus for supply has been on Tamil Nadu. Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Karnataka have also requested for supplies of essential medicines including the anti-rabies vaccine from the …

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Villagers boycott election over pollution

Amidst India going to the polls to determine the composition of the 17th Lok Sabha, by-elections took place in Tamil Nadu to fill eighteen constituencies in the state’s Legislative Assembly. And in one village, residents are refusing to participate. The reason? Pollution. A polling booth established in the village of Nagaraja Kandigai has not seen …

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Chennai suffers from water woes

Chennai – a city reeling under water scarcity – is now battling water contamination woes. The Tamil Nadu state capital is facing an acute water shortage as temperatures soar in the city. Depletion of water reserves in lakes, wells and reservoirs has led to water scarcity plaguing 9.8 million people. Many Chennaiites are reliant upon …

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India’s water woes are bigger than you think

It is not even summer season and great swathes of India’s land are suffering from drought, recently published data reveals. This is according to an IndiaSpend analysis of figures from the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), which contains dire implications for an enormous number of Indians and a sizeable proportion of the country’s land. At …

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Bad blood kills fifteen pregnant women in Tamil Nadu

A tragic oversight by doctors in Tamil Nadu has left fifteen pregnant women dead. The cause of the deaths was determined to be transfusions of blood later deemed to be stale. The deaths did not happen in a single, isolated incident. Rather, the deaths occurred at three government-run hospitals over a period of four months. …

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Tamil Nadu rocked by Gutkha scam. What you need to know

The gutkha scam has been making headlines in Tamil Nadu, where senior officials including the health minister have been implicated in a multi-crore corruption scandal involving bribes paid by chewing tobacco companies. Officials stand accused of accepting bribes paid by manufacturers of gutkha, a chewing tobacco mixture which has been banned in Tamil Nadu since …

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Pesticide poisoning kills first farmer in Maharashtra this year

Is lack of pesticide awareness killing our farmers? Vijay Sardar – a resident of Dahigaon in the Akola district of the state – was admitted to Government Medical College (GMC) in Akola on August 7th with contact pesticide poisoning. He died five days later, aged 32. As of August 17th, there have been an additional …

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Tamil Nadu movie star Vijay in legal storm over tobacco

Tamil Nadu film star Vijay has found himself in a spot of legal bother over tobacco. The 44-year-old actor tweeted a promo for his upcoming action thriller Sarkar earlier this year. The poster depicted him smoking a cigarette, a flaming lighter in hand.  The promo drew the ire of Tamil Nadu health officials. The Public …

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Free cosmetic surgery for the poor in Tamil Nadu

Cosmetic surgery is being offered free of charge in a government-run clinic in Tamil Nadu. Procedures offered include breast alterations, cleft lip repairs and hand transplants. The offer of breast surgery has been the focus of much of the media coverage surrounding the policy. The clinic already offers free reconstructive surgery for cancer survivors, but …

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