Chennai, Mar 16 (BPNS) Senior Congress leader and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Erode East constituency EVKS Elangovan was admitted to a private hospital following breathlessness on Wednesday late night in a private hospital at Porur , Chennai. A senior leader of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee told BPNS that the condition of Elangovan […]
Chennai , Mar 12(BPNS) Tamil Nadu recorded its first Covid 19 death after November 2022 in Tiruchi on Saturday. A 27 year old man who was admitted to a private hospital in Tiruchi passed away due to Covid related illness. The man identified as Chinthamani who is a native of Tiruchi and employed in Bengaluru […]
Chennai, Mar 10 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has urged people to wear face masks and to maintain social distancing and adhere to Covid -19 protocols as there was a slight increase in Covid cases. He was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the 1000 fever clinics in the state at Saidapet on […]
Chennai, Mar 6 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Public Health department will soon be conducting whole genomic sequencing as the number of active Covid cases in the state has touched 100. While the department said that there was no need for any panic, the whole genomic sequencing is being done as per the standard Covid protocol […]
Chennai, Feb 26 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is on alert after a slight increase in Covid cases in the state. On Saturday, 14 new Covid cases were reported with a Test positivity rate (TPR) of 0.3% when 3840 samples were tested. Of the 14 cases, Coimbatore reported 4 cases, 2 cases in Chennai […]
Chennai, Feb 26 (BPNS) The Kerala Water Authority after testing the water sample of Kasargode government college in North Kerala has confirmed the presence of E- Coli bacteria in the drinking water specimen. The test was conducted on Sunday after students complained of impure drinking water in the college. According to KWA authorities, the E-coli […]
Chennai, Feb 21 (BPNS) At the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine Conference (IAPSMCON) 2023, doctors and top public health experts sounded a clarion call for joint and accelerated action to counter the dangers of uncontrolled hypertension. Calling it the topmost risk factor for sudden and premature deaths if […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 12 (BPNS) Veteran Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Kerala, Oomen Chandy who has been ailing for a few months were airlifted to Bengaluru on Sunday. His wife, Mariamma Oomen, son Chandy Oomen and daughters Maria and Achu accompanied him on the special chartered flight. Chandy who had undergone laser surgery for a […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31, (BPNS ) The state government has decided to postpone its mandate on health cards. Earlier, it was directed that the food processing units will have to ensure health cards to their employees by February 1st. But considering the request from various quarters, the deadline has been extended to February 16. “That means, the […]
Chennai, Jan 28( BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Doctors Association for Social Equality (DASE) has demanded the state government not recruit doctors on a contract basis. The association general secretary, Dr. G.S. Raveendranath in a statement said that the government must withdraw its decision to recruit doctors, nurses, dentists, dental technicians, medical technicians, and others through […]
