The catastrophic cost of medical treatment is draining families’ resources and driving millions below the poverty line, reports G.S. Mudur
At one home, fruits turned into a rare luxury and then vanished. At another, where a family is struggling to repay medical debts, two siblings in their teens sometimes stagger dinners, eating at night only on alternate days.... |
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John Buchanan will be back in Calcutta for five days on Monday to spot
talents for the Kolkata
Knight Riders
Actress Nandita Das’s directorial debutFiraaq will premiere at the
Toronto international film festival beginning this Thursday
Sabyasachi Mukherjee will head to the New York Spring Fashion Week beginning on Friday with
his improved Sanctuary
collection
Is the water you are drinking safe? Most people would think so, especially if you have installed a special purifier. But research conducted by consumer rights organisations cl... |
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Familiarity, it is said, breeds contempt. When 53-year- old Sham Bir, a resident of Hurithal village in Haryana, visited his friend and doctor for treatment of his illness, th... |
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The family of a cancer patient at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, on Thursday. Picture by Prem Singh Pay and starve
"I assure you, gherao will never return to our state "
