A six-month-old girl from Howrah and a 40-year-old woman from Kolkata died of dengue on Thursday. Moumita Mukherjee of Kayasthapara in Kasba was admitted to a nursing home in Jodhpur Park on Mon...

Nearly 300 new dengue cases were reported from across the state on Saturday and Kolkata was “one of the six districts” where the numbers are higher than the rest, a senior official of...

Many patients undergoing treatment at private hospitals in Kolkata and their relatives are facing an old problem again. They are having to pay more for procedures, diagnostic tests and doctors&r...

The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on AMRI Hospitals Salt Lake for delaying the treatment of a patient by a few hours. The commission also...

The old urban primary health centre housed in the first floor of the Utility Building in Action Area 1D will be scaled down and its instruments distributed to the new centres. “It was located in...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said healthcare and spirituality are closely linked in India and the country's COVID-19 vaccination drive got a big boost when religious leaders came forw...

The elderly and those with comorbidities are still turning critical after contracting Covid, although the number of daily new cases has come down significantly. Two Covid patients died at one pr...

Several nurses at the state government-run hospitals and healthcare centres have planned a rally in the city on Thursday demanding a salary commensurate with their qualifications.  Nurses with v...

Teetotallers can also suffer from fatty liver disease.  The popular perception is that alcohol consumption can lead to fatty liver. But research over the years has shown that non-alcoholic ...

Single-bed rooms, not beds in general wards, of private hospitals in Kolkata are in high demand because many patients are worried about catching an infection like Covid or influenza if they share room...