Nearly 3,000 government doctors in Orissa to resign on Aug 29
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 : The delay in implementation of measures announced by Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik might lead to mass resignation by Government doctors on August 27. read more
View Article15 students treated for food poisoning
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 - Fifteen students had to be treated at a health centre in Bolangir district of Orissa Saturday after they consumed a midday meal in school, laced with a detergent.The students of...
View ArticleTwo admitted with swine flu symptoms in Rourkela
Bhubaneswar, Jan 29 - Two people have been admitted with swine flu symptoms in a hospital in Rourkela, an official said.Another person died of suspected swine flu in Rourkela, a health official said...
View ArticleOrissa threatens ESMA to scuttle doctors' strike
Bhubaneswar, April 17: The Orissa government Saturday threatened to impose the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and cancel the registration of government doctors if they went ahead with their...
View ArticleTax officer dies of swine flu, Orissa toll five
Bhubaneswar, Aug 10 - The swine flu toll in Orissa rose to five Tuesday with the state health department confirming the death of a tax officer due to the H1N1 virus.Joint commissioner of the state...
View ArticleTwo die of swine flu in Orissa, toll seven
Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 - Two women died of swine flu in Orissa, taking the toll due to H1N1 to seven in the state, an official said. This happened even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced...
View ArticleSwine flu toll rises to 10 in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 23 - A woman died of swine flu here Monday, taking the H1N1 toll since July to 10 in Orissa, an official said."The latest victim of swine flu was a woman. She died early Monday in a...
View ArticleChinese national down with swine flu in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Sep 1 : A Chinese national is among five more people infected with swine flu in Orissa, taking the total number of victims in the state in the last two months to 87, an official said...
View ArticleOrissa cancels doctors' leave as dengue spreads
Bhubaneswar, Aug 13 : Orissa Saturday cancelled the leave of doctors working in three state-run medical colleges after a spurt in dengue cases in 11 of the state's 30 districts.The three medical...
View Article'Tulsi' to be used for anti-radiation medicine
Bhubaneshwar, Jan 7 - From grandma's home remedies for cough, cold and other ailments, 'tulsi' (Indian Basil) is now being tested by Indian scientists for treating people exposed to harmful radiations...
View ArticleOdisha alerts officials after test confirms bird flu
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 - Odisha has alerted all its district authorities in view of the detection of a bird flu case in the state, an official said Monday.read more
View ArticleBird flu: Odisha begins culling poultry birds
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 - Veterinarians and state officials Thursday began culling poultry birds in parts of Odisha's Khordha district after bird flu was detected in the area.District Collector Roopa...
View ArticleBird flu case surfaces in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 - Odisha has banned the movement of poultry and related products from an area in the capital Bhubaneswar after a bird flu case surfaced in the city, an official said Saturday.The...
View ArticleOne more dengue death in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24: Dengue has killed one more person in Odisha, taking the toll of the disease in the state over the last two months to four, an official said Monday.The latest death, which occurred...
View ArticleOdisha dengue cases climb to 1,412
Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 : Odisha Thursday confirmed 56 new dengue cases in the state and one death taking the total of those infected by the mosquito-borne disease to 1,412 and deaths this year to five.The...
View ArticleOdisha fights unknown diseases that killed 24
Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 : Odisha has intensified health awareness campaign in tribal-populated Malkangiri district after at least 24 children died of unknown diseases in the region in recent months, an...
View ArticleDengue cases climb to 1,862 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 : Odisha Thursday confirmed 51 more dengue cases, taking the total number of those infected to 1,861 in the state this year.The highest 12 cases have been reported from the coastal...
View Article10 fresh dengue cases in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Nov 12 - Odisha Monday confirmed 10 more dengue cases, taking the number of those infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 1,930 in the state this year.Out of the fresh 10 cases, three...
View ArticleDengue on decline in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Nov 26 : The dengue appears to be on a decline in Odisha with only two new cases reported in the state in the last two days, taking the total number of those affected by the disease to...
View ArticleMan dies of swine flu in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 - A man died of swine flu at a private hospital here - the first death from the disease in the state this year, an official said Monday.The 42-year-old victim was working in the...
View ArticleRare heart surgery performed in KIMS, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar - Doctors at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a constituent of KIIT University, have successfully performed a bypass heart surgery through lateral thoractomy approach.The...
View ArticleBhubaneswar Dalit couple affected by AIDS boycotted
Bhubaneswar, Oct. 7 - A young Dalit couple from Bhairabagarh village of Naxal-affected Rayagada District has been boycotted for being affected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).read more
View Article65-year-old tests positive for swine flu in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar - In the first swine flu case detected this year in Odisha, a 65-year-old man from the outskirts of Bhubaneswar was tested positive for H1N1 virus.Regional Medical Research Centre Director...
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