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Indian Traditional Medicine sector gets a boost
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal announced major initiatives to boost the traditional medicinal practice including Sowa Rigpa, Ayurveda and Naturopathy in ...
Article about 1 year ago
Sensitization programme on Tuberculosis held in Sikkim
Te State TB Cell, Sikkim (NTEP) organized a sensitization programme on Tuberculosis for the Elected Members of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly at Gangtok.The programme was attended by state Chief ...
Article about 2 years ago
2-day situational and GAP Analysis workshop concludes
A situational and GAP Analysis workshop programme for the implementation of Ujjyalo "Disability Inclusive Universal Eye Health Programme In Sikkim" concluded recently. The 2 -days workshop was ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim Chief Minister Tamang hails ASHA workers
ASHA Sammelan 2021, organised by All Sikkim ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) Welfare Association in collaboration with Health and Family Welfare Department was held at Manan Kendra recently. ...
Article about 2 years ago
Northeast experiences higher burden of cancers: ICMR
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the Northeast has been experiencing a higher burden of cancers in both men and women.ICMR said that a total of 1.39 million was estimated to ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim Manipal University to host 21st Convocation on October 23
The 21st Convocation ceremony of Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) will be held virtually on October 23. The varsity authorities decided to hold the event virtually the keeping in mind the safety of ...
Article about 2 years ago
21 meritorious students of Sikkim Manipal University get scholarships
In consonance with its heritage, legacy and ethos of the Manipal Education & Medical Group (MEMG) to provide socially relevant and affordable services to the students & citizens in the keys ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim: Over 30 volunteers donate blood on ex-SMU Pro VC's birthday
On the auspicious occasion of the 86th birthday of the founding Pro-Chancellor of Sikkim Manipal University (SMU), Dr. Ramdas M Pai, a blood donation camp was organized recently at Central Referral ...
Article about 2 years ago
Covid-19: Sikkim hospital gets PSA Oxygen Plant
Sikkim Roads and Bridges minister Samdup Lepcha recently launched a PSA Oxygen Plant, which was provided by the Centre under PM Cares Fund at the at District Hospital at Megan. Addressing ...
Article about 2 years ago
Covid scare: Schools shut after a week of reopening in Sikkim
The Sikkim government has decided to close all schools in the state once again as positive cases of COVID-19 were reported amongst students. GP Upadhaya, Secretary of the Education Department has said ...
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
Sikkim all set to roll out Su-Swastha Yojana from 1st October
Su-Swastha Yojana, the landmark health service scheme initiated by the Government of Sikkim is set to roll out from the 1st of October, 2021. Regular Government employees of the State including ...
Article about 2 years ago
NMC approves commencement of MD Anaesthesiology & MS Orthopedics courses from 2021 at SMU
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted permission to the Department of Anaesthesiology and Orthopedics of Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS) under Sikkim Manipal ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim undertakes capacity building training programmes to combat Covid crisis in rural areas
State Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Rural Development Department of Sikkim has been undertaking extensive capacity-building training program virtually with the help of the experts ...
Article about 2 years ago
Daily Covid-19 positive cases drop by 26% in Sikkim
Sikkim is in the midst of a runaway second wave of Covid-19 infections and the effects of the partial lockdown in slowing down transmission will still take some more days to reflect in the ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim gets the first batch of central assistance to counter Covid-19 surge
Sikkim on Sunday received 60 Oxygen concentrators from the central government which was transported by Sikkim Nationalised Transport (SNT), said health secretary Dr. Pempa Bhutia.He further informs ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim witnesses five more COVID-19 deaths, total cases rise to 9,651
Sikkim on Saturday reported 200 new COVID-19 cases taking caseload in the picturesque state to 9,651. The fatalities increased to 165 as five more people succumbed to the infection on ...
Article about 2 years ago
Anokha Northeast India waiting for khul ja sim sim mantra
Arunachal boasts of cancer medicine Mishmi TeetaNorth-East India, based around the Himalayan landscape is historically, culturally and environmentally, distinct from the rest of India. Each of the ...
Article about 2 years ago
Sikkim: Free health check-up camp for underprivileged children
This Saturday was special for the children of Kalyan Ashram, Ranipool, Child Care Institute, Bojoghari. As part of the commitment of Central Referral Hospital (CRH), under Sikkim Manipal University ...
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
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
Was there adequate sensitization before embarking on vaccination?
A media and health officials sensitization workshop on the COVID 19 vaccination, had been organised by the department of health and family welfare, Government of Sikkim in collaboration with UNICEF ...
Article about 2 years ago
District Government Hospital successfully operates cancerous tumor
A first ever hugely complicated case of parotid cancerous tumor (also entailing a difficult airway) was successfully operated at the Namchi District Hospital of Sikkim, last week. Incidentally, had ...
Article about 2 years ago
So what's in store this week?
We (as a human race) have entered 2021 after beating and triumphing against a slew of odds unleashed by the pandemic in 2020. Therefore the week starts with an article that celebrates this collective ...
Article about 2 years ago
A complex neurological surgery successfully performed at Central Referral Hospital
Amidst the chaos of the COVID 19 pandemic, a middle aged lady underwent a complex neurological surgery in Central Referral Hospital (CRH) under Sikkim Manipal University recently. The patient was ...
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
Webinar on mental health of frontline health workers
Sikkim Manipal College of Nursing (SMCON) has recently conducted a national level webinar focusing on impacts of stress during COVID times. One of the most under rated and under discussed aspects ...
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 3 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
SMIT student sets record by completing 267 courses
While the world is reeling under the dark shadow of the ongoing pandemic, many people have risen above this adversity and set an inspiring example for others. Shivam Kashyap who has recently completed ...
Article about 3 years ago
First State Steering Committee Meeting for COVID 19 vaccine introduction held at Sikkim
The Government of India has begun its preparedness for possible introduction of Covid 19 vaccine and a National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid 19 (NEGVAC) has been formed as the apex ...
Article about 3 years ago
Governor e-inaugurates Molecular Laboratory dedicated to the people of Sikkim
Ganga Prasad, Governor of Sikkim and Chancellor, SMU inaugurated the 'state of the art' Molecular Laboratory at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS), under Sikkim Manipal University ...
Article about 3 years ago
The changing paradigm of health communication
Health communication is of relevance in every aspect of today's health environment, be it disease prevention or treatment. A noticeable paradigm shift in health communication has been the impact of ...
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
We get you thinking on health yet again
Ever wondered where all the medical waste goes to? Is there a proper disposable system that facilitates biodegradation? Concerns related to medical waste have magnified in this COVID era. With this ...
Article about 3 years ago
Shift to organic farming is the healthy need of the hour
The most unique feature of Mother Earth is existence of life and the most extraordinary feature of life is it's diversity, which is termed as biodiversity. Sikkim is a small hilly mountainous state ...
Article about 3 years ago
A fit and agile body is possible at every age
A grandmother of three, 82 year old Dukmit Lepcha has just become the oldest paraglider in Sikkim. The oldest paraglider registered by Sikkim Paragliding Association before Dukmit Lepcha was a 68 year ...
Article about 3 years ago
There is always a lot more to health
The definition and parameters of good health are constantly expanding and evolving. So what are the things that facilitate good health? We at Fit Northeast believe in going beyond the straitjacketed ...
Article about 3 years ago
Sikkimese researcher from Korea donates 2,000 COVID testing kits to home state
A Sikkimese lady Smriti Gurung who is working in South Korea as a researcher, has collected and donated 2,000 COVID testing kits worth around Rs 40 lakh for her home state.Speaking to FitNortheast.org ...
Article about 3 years ago
This is a surgical feat that every North Easterner shall be proud of
A uniquely interesting case was successfully treated by the Department of Neurosurgery in Central Referral Hospital (CRH) of Gangtok this week. A 16-year-old boy was brought to the emergency ...
Article about 3 years ago
World Walking Day honoured
Sikkim Manipal College of Physiotherapy, (SMCPT) had celebrated the occasion of World Walking Day on 4th October at its premises by adhering to all social distancing protocols. The event was supported ...
Article about 3 years ago
Sikkim gets its only hospital for tuberculosis and COVID-19
Early this week, the Governor of Sikkim, Ganga Prasad Chaurasia inaugurated the state's only tuberculosis and respiratory diseases hospital at the STNM Hospital Complex at Sochakgang in the presence ...
Article about 3 years ago
Wake up Tripura and North East, too many suicides!
A report published by the National Crime Reports Bureau (NCRB) reveals that Sikkim and Tripura had the highest suicide rates in North-East India in 2019 which exceeded the national (average) level ...
Article about 3 years ago
North East India is a happy health stop
A few decades ago, some cities of India were the veritable hotspots in terms of quality healthcare. For instance Vellore, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi were the chosen destinations for complex ...
Article about 3 years ago
COVID 19 cases in North East today
Today at the time of filling this report, Assam has reported 82,201 infections, 58,294 recoveries and 203 deaths. Tripura follows Assam with a significant gap. The state has reported 7,408 infections, ...
Article about 3 years ago
Why is Guwahati the epicentre of COVID 19 in the North East?
While Assam is really the hotbed of Covid 19 cases in the Northeast with over 58,000 confirmed cases and 145 deaths the other states particularly Tripura and Manipur too have been grabbing news space ...
Article about 3 years ago
