Chennai, Jan 25 ( BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has said that the state government is implementing a Congenital heart defects(CHD) registry that would lead to strengthening newborn screening for heart issues. The minister was addressing a seminar of government doctors at Guindy near Chennai on Wednesday. He said that an amount of […]
Chennai, Jan 24 (BPNS) A Siddha doctor in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Sharmika who was accused of giving false medical advice to people have deposed before the investigation team of the Siddha government medical college at Arumbakkam, Chennai on Tuesday. According to the information available the lady doctor had given wrong advice to patients on the […]
Thiruvananthapuram, January 23, (BPNS) Kerala has made health cards mandatory for employees working in food processing units. The decision has come against the backdrop of a spat of food poisoning cases including some deaths. According to health minister Veena George, those units which were closed down over issues like being unhygienic will have to register […]
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) The opposition AIADMK has demanded the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, and Health minister, Ma Subramanian provide full details regarding the ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvum’ scheme of the state government which is taking essential health care to the doorsteps of people. The leader of the opposition and AIADMK interim general secretary, […]
Thiruvananthapuram, January 17 (BPNS) The first Health Working Group (HWG) meeting under the G20 India presidency will be held at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on Wednesday. The three-day event will be attended by representatives of G20 member countries, special invitee countries, and relevant international organizations. Briefing the media, Lav Agarwal, additional secretary, Union Ministry of Health […]
Chennai , Jan 2 (BPNS) The genome sequencing report of the six international passengers who had landed at various international airports in Tamil Nadu has reported no BF.7 variant of Omicron. The Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian said that the two China returned passengers who tested Covid -19 positive was affected by BA5.2. One […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) The Union Minister of State for Health, Dr. Bharati Pawar said that the government was taking initiatives for eliminating Tuberculosis from the country by 2025. The minister was speaking after inaugurating the medical records room of the department of Clinical Research at the ICMR- National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT). […]
Chennai, Dec 27 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister, Ma Subramanian has called upon the state government hospitals to ensure that they are prepared for any Covid -19 surge and to report on their preparedness to the state health department in 24 hours. The minister was speaking to media persons after inspecting the mock drill on […]
Dileep V. Kumar/ Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 25 Kerala is fearing ‘tripledemic’ as Christmas/New Year fever grips people. To tackle the same, the state is set to reintroduce non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) among its population. The ‘tripledemic’ scare, which includes, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] infections, and SARS-CoV-2 cases is being planned to tackle using NPIs like masking, […]
Chennai, Dec 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu state health department has said that the state has maximum XBB variants of Omicron and till now no variant of BF 7 which is causing the new wave of Covid -19 in many countries, has not been detected in the state. Dr.P. Sampath, Joint Director, Directorate of Public Health […]
