The private hospitals have alleged that many of the rates offered under the scheme are unviable. Association of Hospitals of Eastern India, the body of private hospitals, has formally written to the s...

Separate vaccination centres on school premises will be established in keeping with all safety norms to cover children under the inoculation drive...

Deaths because of Covid-19 in Odisha remain a cause of concern even though the number of positive cases has come down. In the last seven days, more than 20 people have succumbed to the virus almost d...

GPS system will be installed in each bike ambulance so that monitoring can be done from the district headquarter level. An additional logbook will also be maintained by the ambulance driver. “T...

The Jharkhand health department has directed district magistrates to ensure mock drills on health preparedness to tackle a mass influx of patients with over 3,700 new Covid cases on Thursday. The let...

The Bengal health department has dropped the monoclonal antibody therapy and the anti-viral drug molnupiravir from its Covid treatment guideline. The monoclonal antibody cocktails are the most sought...

The Jharkhand health department has directed deputy commissioners of all the districts to implement stricter Covid-19 management and control measures, including RT-PCR tests of all travellers, in view...

A 7-year-old boy who arrived in Malda from Abu Dhabi, via Hyderabad, has tested positive for Omicron, the first recorded case in Bengal of the coronavirus variant that is spreading fast in many countr...

The Malda district health department will soon introduce “Vaccine Express”, a van that will run across the district to expedite Covid-19 vaccination process, especially among those who are...

The state health department will soon launch an integrated cancer treatment facility at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) and is working on the plan to set up a state-of-the-art ca...