Chennai, June 9 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation (TNMSC) has blacklisted pharmaceutical company Abbot healthcare for five years. This is due to the fact that it had hidden the fact that it was banned by the Director-General of Health Services (DGHS) and Employees State Insurance Corporation. The TN Medical service corporation received a complaint […]

Dileep V. Kumar/Thiruvananthapuram, June 8(BPNS) For the state which is dealing with a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, the rise in dengue and leptospirosis cases has come as a double whammy. To handle the same, the state health department is planning to bring in school children to spread awareness against the diseases. For that, it […]

Puducherry, June 8 (BPNS) The Union Territory of Puducherry has joined hands with Vitamin Angels India, a charitable organization to prevent malnutrition and child mortality. Office of the Chief Minister of Puducherry in a statement said that the NGO Vitamin Angels will extend technical assistance to frontline health workers of the territory and provide uninterrupted […]

Dileep V Kumar, Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 The Air India Express plane crash in Kozhikode on August 7, 2020, which resulted in the death of 21 persons including the two pilots, has come up for discussion again. This time, the conversation has been triggered by a Twitterati who highlighted an unusual factor that resulted in the […]

Chennai, June 6(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is on high alert over the rising Covid 19 cases in the state and has directed all the district collectors to press for Covid protocols in their respective districts. The state health secretary has already communicated to the district collectors in this regard. Meanwhile the state health minister […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (BPNS) Two Lower Primary school students in Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram have tested positive for the Norovirus. The samples of 42 students who were admitted to the hospital here were tested after they complained of diarrhea and vomiting and two samples tested positive for Norovirus. All the 42 students whose samples were tested are […]

Chennai, June 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu health department has commenced preemptive action on the rising Covid -19 cases after the Union Healthy ministry sent a letter to the state health department to take guard in the matter. It is to be noted that the number of Covid -19 positive cases are witnessing a steady increase […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (BPNS) Three separate incidents of suspected food poisoning among children have been reported in the state in the last two days. The incidents were reported from educational institutions at Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, and Alappuzha. Springing into action state education minister V Sivankutty and state health minister Veena George ordered separate probes. While the […]

Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (BPNS) For the fifth straight day, Kerala reported more than 1000 new cases of Covid-19. With the active caseload breaching the 7,000 mark, state health minister Veena George calls for strict adherence to Covid appropriate behavior. Meanwhile, the minister also added that the situation is not alarming and the health infrastructure of […]

New Delhi, Jun 4  India logged a single-day rise of 3,962 coronavirus infections and 26 fatalities, pushing the overall tally to 4,31,72,547 cases and 5,24,677 deaths, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The data updated at 8 am also stated that the number of active cases in the country increased by 1,239 […]