Healthcare
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36Saitual becomes first Mizoram district to achieve ‘Surakshit’ HIV status
Saitual has become the first district in Mizoram to achieve “Surakshit” status under the National AIDS Control Organisation’s Mobilisation AIDS Suraksha campaign...
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95Inside the mortuary, Kashmir’s medical negligence cases hit a wall
Investigators say they can trace almost every stalled medical negligence case in Kashmir back to one moment: a family saying no to...
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485Two years after fatal surgery, Kashmir family still seeks answers
Gulzar Ahmad died during bypass surgery in Srinagar two years ago. His family says an inquiry into his death was never completed,...
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296NMC proposes unique ID for doctors to allow practice across India without fresh registration
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has proposed introducing a centrally generated Unique Identification (UID) number for every registered medical practitioner,...
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461In Kashmir’s forgotten villages, parents carry children with disabilities across broken roads in search of healthcare
For many families living with disabilities in remote villages of Kashmir, the greatest obstacle is not the condition itself; it is the...
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305Nine-year-old referred to Srinagar after GMC Anantnag ambulance fails to arrive
Anantnag: A nine-year-old boy referred from Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag to Srinagar was reportedly forced to travel in a private vehicle...
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280Medicine begins with knowledge but healing begins with humanity
A surgeon reflects on illness, anxiety and the enduring value of compassion in medical care Every year around Doctors’ Day, I receive...
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143SKIMS performs first matched unrelated donor stem cell transplant
Srinagar: The Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has successfully performed its first Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in...
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214Civil society groups call for seasonal health services for nomadic communities
Groups seek mobile health centres for pastoralists in J&K highlands Srinagar: Three civil society organisations have urged the Jammu and Kashmir government...
