Guardian Minister dedicates Rotary-OCHRI Skin Bank to nation
Nagpur. The much awaited India’s fourth Skin Bank; a joint project of Rotary Club of Nagpur and Orange City Hospital & Research Institute saw the light of day when Energy Minister and Guardian Minister of Nagpur Chandrashekhar Bawankule dedicated it to...
GMCH well equipped to handle swine-flu: Dean
Representational Pic Nagpur. The number of Swine Flu patients seem to be rising every day. The number of cases among the children and the aged too is rising. Till a few days back the ward allocated to host the swine-flu patients...
How do I increase my immunity to prevent swine flu?
Swine flu has managed to frighten the life out of us, many of us are searching for ways to increase our immunity to prevent this infection. Although there are many ways to prevent an infection, not all of them are...
Give Tamiflu thru’ NMC hospitals only
Nagpur: Taking serious cognisance of the increase in number of swine flu cases cases in the second capital, a team of the central government issued strict guidelines during its visit here recently. The central team directed the health officials here...
Swine Flu: Two infant among five more confirmed patients in Nagpur
Nagpur: Five patients, including two infants, undergoing treatment at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) were confirmed to be suffering from swine flu on Sunday. The H1N1 flu tests being conducted at the microbiology laboratory of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College...
Nagpur has 85 licensed chemists to sell swine flu medicines, says FDA chief
Harshadeep Kamble, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Maharashtra on Saturday, while talking to reporters after a meeting with the representatives of Associations of Wholesale & Retail Chemists, said that the chemists had been asked to keep swine flu medicines...
No need to panic says Health Minister Dr Sawant
Nagpur. Sena leader Dr Deepak Sawant, who is currently an MLC and been alloted Public Health and Family Welfare department, while addressing the press meet on Swine Flu gave the following figures: 1. The number of Swine Flu suspected in Maharashtra...
Mihan first choice for AIIMS
Nagpur: The 240-acre-land at Mihan proved to be the first choice for setting up of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Nagpur. A team of Union ministry of health and family welfare on Friday visited the site to...
Swine Flu: HC seeks response of district administration
Nagpur News:The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has given two weeks time to the district administration to provide present status about the swine flu disease on Wednesday. The government machinery has failed to counter the scourge of the...
With Swine Flu spreading, City admin gear up,Dial 108 for Ambulance 108
Nagpur: Swine Flu has claimed 38 lives in the State and around 193 samples have been confirmed positive. Almost 58 per cent of these patients are in Nagpur alone. The district surgeon has been appointed as nodal officer and the...
HC protects 50 addl MBBS seats of Mayo, slams MCI
Nagpur: The additional 50 MBBS seats in Indira Gandhi government medical college and hospital (Mayo Hospital) have been once again given protection by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court. In coming academic year, the court has directed Central government...
With rapid 12 deaths, Swine Flu becomes silent threat to Nagpur’s health
Nagpur. A significant rise in the number of patients reporting positive to swine flu and resultant deaths, have sent alarming signals to Nagpur health department who has now diverted all its attention towards containing the fast spreading infection. On Tuesday, another...
Installation of New Team of ENT Association of Vidarbha branch 2015
Nagpur. The new team of Association of Otolaryngologists of India, Vidarbha Branch for the year 2015 will be installed on Sunday 1st February 2015 at Saphire Hall, Hotel Centre Point, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur at 10.00am. Professor Dr Jeevan Vedi will be installed...
Welbeing India Health Card Launched
Nagpur: Welbeing India Health Loyalty Program is Central India’s 1st Health Card It was inaugurated here in Nagpur recently. The Welbeing India Health Loyalty Program is unique in its specialty of providing Discounts in Hospitals, Consultants, Pharmacy, Pathology, Imaging, Wellness Center,...
‘Don’t perform autopsies as a reflex but only when imperative’
Nagpur: A senior forensic expert from Maharashtra has sought to put an end to the 'abattoir-style' post-mortems carried out on police requests daily, saying autopsies need to be performed only when absolutely necessary. According to Indrajit Khandekar, in-charge of Forensic Medicine...
Vidarbha Arthroscopy Society & Orthopedic Society held “First Nagpur Shoulder Course”
Nagpur: Vidarbha Arthroscopy Society & Vidarbha Orthopedic Society had jointly helding “First Nagpur Shoulder Course – Redefine Shoulder Surgical skills” on Sunday 18th Jan.2015 , at Hotel Centre Point, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur. Prof. Dr. Jae Chul Yoo, (Chief Shoulder Surgeon), Samsung Medical...
First ever ‘custom’ knee replacement surgery performed in Vidarbha by Dr.H J Sangtani
Nagpur: Noted consultant orth-opaedic surgeon Dr H J Sangtani performed first ever 'custom' knee replacement surgery in Vidarbha at the Ortho Relief Hospital and Research Centre, Dhantoli in last week of December, 2014. The implant used was Johnson &Johnson's 'Attune'...
Onus is ours: Dean assures patient that onus of treatment will be on GMCH
Nagpur: After Nagpur Today put a news item in the web portal about the plight of a patient who had to undergo operation twice in Government Medical College and Hospital and had to suffer infection and to add to that...
‘He’s Crazy’ : GMCH patient set for psychiatric treatment for complaining against corruption
Patient alleges step motherly treatment and fleecing innocent patients Nagpur. Doctors are regarded as next to Gods since they have the knowledge to cure sick and ailing patients. However, there is always an exception that proves the assumptions wrong. A 50-year-old man...
‘Gastrocon-2015’ gets underway
Nagpur:The two-day 'Gastrocon-2015' conference got underway from Saturday on the theme disorders of stomach, intestine and liver. The conference is organised by Midas Medical Foundation and Research Institute,Nagpur at the Hotel Centre Point, Ramdaspeth. On the first day the conference saw...
Two- day Gastrocon-2015′ from Jan 10
Nagpur: Midas Medical Foundation and Research Institute,Nagpur has planned to hold a two-day conference 'Gastrocon-2015' from January 10 to 11, 2015 at the Hotel Centre Point,Ramdaspeth, informed director of institute Dr Shrikant Mukewar in a press conference in the city...
