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First pacemaker implanted in new unit of Tripura's prime hospital
Tripura healthcare is gradually reaching new heights and building faith among the common people. Now, pacemaker implantation is possible in the state's prime referral health facility- Agartala ...
Article about 2 years ago
Assam allows mobile theatres, new SOP released
An SOP was issued by the Assam State Government on the grounds of resumption of the mobile theatres in Assam. According to the new guidelines, the mobile theatres will be allowed to perform in such ...
Article about 2 years ago
Assam receives revised set of Covid SOP, cinema hall allowed to open
Taking into account the improving Covid situation in the state, the Assam Government has issued a set of fresh SOPs. This revised SOP was announced by the state health minister Keshab Mahanta on ...
Article about 2 years ago
Rare surgery performed in Tripura's prime referral hospital
As Tripura Government is working with a special focus on improving the healthcare services, Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) and GBP hospital, the prime referral health unit of the state, is ...
Article about 2 years ago
Health and Wellness News Headlines Today
2791 people die of cholera in Nigeria.MSD Pharmaceuticals rolls out India's first gender-neutral Human Papillomavirus vaccine.India and US need to work jointly in reforming global health ...
Article about 2 years ago
Ayushman Bharat: A boon to the economically weaker section in Tripura
Ayushman Bharat has emerged as a boon to the people belonging to the low-income groups in Tripura, in terms of providing affordable healthcare.As per an official report, this healthcare scheme is ...
Article about 2 years ago
New SOP issued regarding the start of offline classes
As per data by the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Assam and National Health Mission, a total of 321 new Covid-19 cases were detected on September 5, 2021. The positivity rate has ...
Article about 2 years ago
Schools shut down after a week of reopening
The Sikkim Government has decided to close all schools in the state once again as positive cases of COVID-19 were reported amongst students.G P Upadhaya, Secretary, Education Department said that ...
Article about 2 years ago
Academic and Research Wing inaugurated at Marwari Hospital in Guwahati
An 'Academic and Research Wing' was inaugurated at the Marwari Hospital on September 7, 2021. Sri Shankar Lal Goenka, who has donated this to the hospital, inaugurated the wing in the presence of ...
Article about 2 years ago
More than 58.76 crore vaccine doses provided to States and UTs
More than 58.76 crore (58,76,56,410) vaccine doses have been provided to States and Union Territories so far by the Government of India (free of cost channel) through direct state procurement ...
Article about 2 years ago
India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 57.22 Cr
With the administration of 54,71,282 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed the cumulative figure of 57.22 Cr (57,22,81,488) as per provisional ...
Article about 2 years ago
Fit Northeast to continue Covid Vac Camp at Durga Mandir venue today
On successful completion of the Covid-19 vaccination camp at Dakshin Barsajai Maidam Durga Mandir in Lalmati area in Guwahati yesterday, Fit Northeast is again being entrusted with the responsibility ...
Article about 2 years ago
More than 53.24 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced ...
Article about 2 years ago
More than 50.37 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
In its commitment to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, the Union Government has ramped up the vaccination drive through availability of more ...
Article about 2 years ago
Government Issues New SOP, Introduced from Today
The Assam Government has issued a new set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for both rural and urban areas in Assam, which has already come in force from 5 AM of July 28 until further order.As ...
Article about 2 years ago
Covid Vaccine: More than 45.37 Crore doses provided to States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerate the pace and expand the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from ...
Article about 2 years ago
More than 43.25 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
In order to ensure 100% vaccination of the total population of India, the Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace along with expanding the scope of Covid-19 vaccination throughout the ...
Article about 2 years ago
New SOP in force in Assam from 20 July
The Assam Government has issues new SOP for both urban and rural areas which will remain in force from 5 AM of 20 July 2021 until further order. 24 hours curfew has been imposed in Golaghat, Jorhat, ...
Article about 2 years ago
Assam Government Allows to Conduct Recruitment and Entrance Examination for Higher Education
After requests received from various departments, organizations and agencies the Government has decided to conduct recruitment examinations for higher education with certain directives issued on July ...
Article about 2 years ago
Ever thought about what Public Health is? Read here
When we speak about health, we generally have the habit of talking about it on a personal level. But we should be mindful of the fact that there is something called PUBLIC HEALTH, which makes a ...
Article about 2 years ago
Assam Government issues new SOP
The Assam Government has issued a new SOP regarding Covid-19. As informed by the Government of Assam on June 13, the number of Covid cases has declined in many districts of Assam. Those districts ...
Article about 2 years ago
Assam gets a new Covid Care Hospital
The Assam Chief Minister, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, in the presence of other dignitaries, today inaugurated a Covid Care Hospital at Surusajai.This hospital is built in association with DRDO, Government ...
Article about 2 years ago
Lack of essential commodities in Nagaland posing an enormous threat to its citizens
With the rise in the prices of essential commodities, such as rice, cooking oil, vegetables, fruits, etc., in Nagaland, the economically weaker section of society comprising 65-70% is being thrown ...
Article about 2 years ago
Assam Government informs about new guidelines and new curfew timings.
Assam, on Thursday, reported over 4,309 new Covid 19 cases and 46 deaths as per the health department date.In order to improvise the current Covid situation in Assam, the Assam Government on Friday ...
Article about 2 years ago
Government approves to include feminine essentials in flood relief kit
The rainy season from May to August causes a very devastating situation in the rural and urban areas of Assam. The flood situation causes loss to lives and property.Last year, a flood in Assam ...
Article about 2 years ago
Walk-in vaccination programme for media persons
In order to control the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, the Delhi government has started a walk-in-vaccination drive for the media persons. Along with the media persons, their family members will ...
Article about 2 years ago
Serum Institute of India To Make 10 cr Covishield Available by Next Month
Replying to all the complaints by other states regarding scarcity or lack of vaccines, the Serum Institute of India has informed the Indian Government that it will be able to manufacture and supply ...
Article about 2 years ago
The importance of post-vaccination care
The rapid increase of Covid-19 cases in India has been a principal cause of concern for everyone. People from every sector, coupled with the government, are putting their complete efforts into getting ...
Article about 2 years ago
How does the novel Coronavirus affects human lungs: Here are the details
The entire world is grappling with the Covid-19. pandemic. The combined efforts of the government, health care workers and people from other sectors have helped to maintain several restrictions ...
Article about 2 years ago
Covid-19: Assam Government introduces new SOP for vaccination
The Assam Government has issued new guidelines regarding the pre-vaccination process.As per the SOP, it is mandatory for the person to undergo a Covid test prior to the vaccination. Anyone who ...
Article about 2 years ago
Black Fungus brings more worries for Tripura
Tripura has reported its first case of Black Fungus infection on Friday, adding more worries to the health authorities while the state is already battling with the massive spike in Covid 2.0.Tripura ...
Article about 2 years ago
Tripura sets up Covid war room to fight the pandemic
Tripura Government has decided to set up COVID War Rooms in every district of the state, which is manned only by the teachers to maintain the database of COVID patients, their treatment follow-ups ...
Article about 2 years ago
Covid-19 catastrophe: Tripura records good recovery rate
While the Tripura government has laid emphasis on vaccination of a maximum number of people at the shortest possible time, the entry of Double Mutant (Indian variant), UK and South African strains ...
Article about 2 years ago
Tripura CM Biplab Deb reviews the state's Covid-19 situation, here are the steps taken by govt
While Covid 2.0 surge continues to spread its roots in Tripura, the government is gearing up with all-out preparedness to deal with any eventuality by building necessary infrastructures. Be it ...
Article about 2 years ago
Micromanagement formula gets priority in curbing spread of Covid-19 in Tripura
When the deadly Coronavirus is taking its toll high in the tiny northeastern state of Tripura, the government is trying to contain the spread of the virus through micromanagement by imposing Corona ...
Article about 2 years ago
Meghalaya: 40-year-old female doctor drive 10k km covering 14 states to promote rural tourism
When the adventure is on wheels, nothing stops the enthusiasm.40-year-old Mitra Satheesh, an Associate professor at the Government Ayurvedic College in Kochi, undertook a journey on March 17 to ...
Article about 2 years ago
Covid-19: Centre allocates Remdesivir supply to 19 states with high Covid burden
Addressing shortages of Remdesivir in certain regions of the country, the Central government on Wednesday made an interim allocation of the key anti-viral drug for 19 states/Union Territories for the ...
Article about 2 years ago
Covid-19: Over 1.2K people died in Delhi in the last week
While the streets of the national capital wore a deserted look on the first day of the six-day lockdown on Monday, sounds of ambulance siren echoed in the city roads, especially in the areas having ...
Article about 2 years ago
Let it be a spring of health and wellness
The first stirrings of spring are visible and it should augur positive and fresh beginnings in health and wellness too. Well for starters, as we all know the Union Budget has just been announced. We ...
Article about 2 years ago
First child empowerment centre in the country opened at Sikkim
A first of it's kind 'Child Empowerment Centre' has been opened at Denchung of Sikkim. This centre has been set up by the social justice and welfare department under the Integrated Child Protection ...
Article about 2 years ago
Women in Sikkim are smiling …and not without reason
Sikkim, a small and beautiful state situated in the Himalayan region shares international borders with Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal in the north east, south east and west (respectively) and with the ...
Article about 2 years ago
IT age has no scope for British era porters
With Chinook heavy lift helicopters engaged to airdrop ration rice to all air fed stations, like Damin, Lada, Pipsorang, Chambang, Taksing, Sarli, Parsiparlo and other remote places where roads are ...
Article about 2 years ago
Vaccination in Sikkim at a glance
Like in the rest of the country, the vaccination programme that kick started in Sikkim on Saturday was supported by the CoWIN app that facilitates online entry of the beneficiaries, individualized ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim successfully conducts dry run on COVID vaccination
At the start of this year, Sikkim conducted the dry run on COVID 19 vaccination at the Urban Public Health Centre at Gangtok per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Health. According to Dr P ...
Article about 2 years ago
Carpet weaving in Sikkim has been contributing towards the state's wellness
Like other oriental carpets, Sikkimese carpets are also hand knotted and woven in fixed vertical looms which are kept standing with the support of a wall. This art requires a high degree of ...
Article about 2 years ago
Now students are getting back to offline classes
The ongoing COVID 19 pandemic has made a lot of things uncertain, complex and fragile and the education sector is perhaps the sector that has had the hardest time while coming to terms with the new ...
Article about 3 years ago
COVID situation in Tripura is improving with a decreased caseload
While the deadly coronavirus had multifarious impacts on life in Tripura, now with the development of an 'antibody'' against COVID 19 coupled with a proper handling of the situation the north ...
Article about 3 years ago
Sikkim Tourism is now back on track after a loss of Rs 500 crores incurred in the pandemic
The ubiquitous coronavirus that has wreaked havoc across the world and India, taking lives at will and locking up millions within the confines of the four walls, could not breach the fortress of the ...
Article about 3 years ago
Meghalaya fights Corona with customs and stricter adherence to norms
Compared to many other states of India, Meghalaya has put up a stronger fight in terms of containing the spread of novel coronavirus. So what were the factors that fortified the fight? Overall there ...
Article about 3 years ago
A pressing need for doctors in Tripura is hampering the fight against COVID
The state of Tripura is reeling under huge shortage of doctors in terms of maintaining the COVID 19 situation. Moreover despite vacancies for 844 doctors and hundreds of unemployed doctors there has ...
Article about 3 years ago
Will buses in Tripura hasten the spread of coronavirus now?
While the deadly corona virus continues to spread its tentacles, the Tripura Government is moving like a headless chicken. It seems completely directionless and rudderless in controlling the spread of ...
Article about 3 years ago
Pregnant women have to walk to health care centres in rural Meghalaya
The health care facilities of Meghalaya continue to remain inaccessible to the people hailing from the remote and rural areas of the state. And a large part of this problem can be squarely attributed ...
Article about 3 years ago
Improvisation and cooperation works
After the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, the economic and social ecosystem of nations across the globe came to a grinding halt. The people of Nagaland, along with the rest of the Indian ...
Article about 3 years ago
Let us seriously get talking on health now
In my editorial capacity, I hope that our selection of stories last week ranging from an in-depth feature on suicide rates in the north eastern region, an expert analysis on the changing faces of ...
Article about 3 years ago
Now Tripura Government's 'Action taken report' awaited
When the law takes its own course, it goes long. The High Court of Tripura on Sept 11 directed the state government to submit an affidavit within September 18 providing detailed information on the ...
Article about 3 years ago
Is there a flip side to the special benefit offered to MBBS graduates serving at COVID Counselling Centres?
Under the aegis of Assam's current health minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, the healthcare ecosystem of the state has undeniably witnessed several path breaking initiatives and made progress. One such ...
Article about 3 years ago
COVID really needs to be flushed out ...but alas!
A recent study on COVID 19 by Chinese researchers has found that the virus spreads fastest among people who use common toilets. According to the findings, particles of COVID 19 can rise upto two feet ...
Article about 3 years ago
Recovery rates of COVID patients in Assam hover around the 70% mark
Last week, Assam's COVID-19 recovery rate had zoomed past the 75%-mark and the total number of recoveries had surpassed the number of active cases by almost triple. However, during the last couple of ...
Article about 3 years ago
Assam Government takes a decision to reopen schools and colleges by 1st September
Assam is all set to open schools and colleges from 1st September as declared by the state health minister Himanta Biswa Sharma. There will be no schools for students upto class IV. The teachers and ...
Article about 3 years ago
