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Milk
(bank) of human kindness
The
milk bank at LTMG hospital in Mumbai that feeds more than
25 sick and premature babies daily is one of its kind in the
country, says Rita Dutta
NMHP
yet to be implemented in Orissa
National
Mental Health Programme (NMHP), launched around two decades
ago is yet to be implemented in Orissa where more than 30
lakh suffer from psychological and allied diseases every year.
The NMHP has been implemented by all the states except Madhya
Pradesh and Orissa.
Drager
India to gain from Siemens acquisition
Drager
India sees its customer base widening and expects to position
itself as a turnkey solution provider for large hospital projects
with Dragger AG of Germany and Siemens Medical Solutions Group
based in Germany merging their worldwide activities in acute-point-of-care
solutions into a joint venture.
Consultative
committee demands more institutions like AIIMS
Newly
appointed Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shatrughan
Sinha while addressing the Consultative Committee meeting
here yesterday said that the Central Government will have
to play a key role in augmenting public health investment
so as to improve the delivery of health services in the states.
Serum
Institute to launch BCG vaccine shortly
Serum
Institute of India is in the process of launching the Bacillus
Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine in India. The BCG vaccine is
in severe short supply as the lone manufacturer of the vaccine
in India - the Chennai-based BCG Vaccine Laboratory at Guindy
- is unable to meet the requirements, a senior Serum Institute
official told Express Pharma Pulse.
Rabies
vaccine launch by year-end
Serum Institute plans to launch modern tissue
culture rabies vaccine by the year end, marketing manager
Masood Ahmed told Express Pharma Pulse. The company plans
to produce 5 million doses of vaccine in the initial phase,
Masood added.
Bel
connects Chennai, Port Blair with telemedicine link
Bharat
Electronics Limited (BEL) has successfully connected the G
B Pant hospital, Port Blair and Sri Ramachandra Medical College
and Research Centre Hospital, Chennai through satellite.
Dhar
district hospital gets telemedicine services
Information
Technology has proved to be an effective tool to make available
advance diagonostic and treatment facilities in tribal dominated
Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.
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