The state government has commenced three new health programmes from Tuesday on a pilot basis at Bhadrachalam and Khammam. The projects include Sishu Sanjeevani (special care for newborn babies) to cut

The IT and BPO employees have a high incidence of errant and deviant sexual behaviour, psychological disorders, including psychosomatic problems, identity crises and obsessive compulsive disorders (

With World Hepatitis Day on July 28, it is sobering to consider that in Andhra Pradesh, the occurrence of Hepatitis B is seven to 11 per cent higher than the national average of four to five per cent.

NIMS authorities seem to be in an undue hurry to project that the two new blocks — the trauma emergency hospital and the specialty hospital at Banjara Hills — have been put to use. So barely three day

The Nims’ 200-bed Accident (trauma) Emergency Hospital and the 300-bed Specialty Hospital at Banjara Hills will be inaugurated on Saturday, but there is absolutely no provision for patient care and ut

Physically challenged people in the state are upset with the government’s decision to install a software to assess the parameters that qualify a person as physically challenged.

Only those with 40 p

A tussle is on between the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences and the Arogyasri Trust. While vigilance officers from the Arogyasri Trust visited Nims regarding payment of bills and patient care, Ni

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered a dental hospital in the city to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a patient for disfiguring her teeth.

Overturning the decision of a distr

In violation of the Hippocratic Oath taken by medical practitioners, the nexus between doctors and pharmaceutical companies continues unabashedly, with doctors prescribing branded medicines based on a

A blame game has started between the Osmania Hospital forensic authorities and the NGO Satya Harishchandra Foundation (SHF) over disposal of unclaimed bodies. While the latter accuses the OGH mortua