At least one hospital in Calcutta has seen a sharp rise in admissions of patients suffering from dengue, forcing it to form a separate ward for their treatment. Woodlands Hospital in Alipore had seve...

The state health department has sanctioned over Rs 21 crore for equipment  in government-run hospitals to treat children and adults  infected with Covid-19. “The state has allotted Rs...

Tourist hotspot Darjeeling will finally have a CT scan machine. Sources said the state government has floated a tender to select a private partner for the establishment, operation, maintenance and ma...

Bengal on Thursday reported 530 new Covid-19 infections, 601 recoveries and 10 deaths. The total number of active cases, or people being treated for Covid-19, fell by 81 to 7,576 on Mahanavami, the p...

Bengal on Wednesday reported 771 Covid-19 cases, 775 recoveries and 11 deaths. The total of active cases fell by 15 to 7,657. Out of the past 18 days, Bengal recorded a rise in the total active case...

The Union health ministry has asked every state, including Bengal, to send proposals for country-wide celebrations in “a big way” of the 100 crore landmark in the number of total Covid-19 ...

The number of active Covid-19 cases shot up again on Sunday with the state logging 760 new infections, 734 recoveries and 15 deaths. This is for the 11th day in the past 15 days that the number of pa...

Erroneous diagnoses can be fatal. India’s healthcare system has, for long, suffered from several ailments — poor accessibility and insufficient number of medical personnel are among them &...

Bengal’s active Covid-19 cases rose for the third day in the past six days as the state logged 708 infections, 694 recoveries and 13 deaths on Friday. The total of active cases climbed by one t...

Bengal on Tuesday recorded the second rise, in three days, in its active Covid-19 cases after a 97-day streak of fall ended on Sunday. The state’s total number of active cases rose by two to 7,...