Summer: Health dept issues advisory for hostels, colleges

Attendees were briefed on the risks of infectious diseases that spread through contaminated food and water, including Hepatitis A and B, diarrhoea, typhoid fever, and cholera. Information was also provided on testing drinking water sources for safety and implementing chlorination measures.

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Union Health Minister JP Nadda chairs meeting of Mission Steering Group for National Health Mission

Union Ministers of State for Health & Family Welfare, Prataprao Jadhav and Anupriya Patel, Suman K. Bery, Vice chairman, NITI Aayog, VK Paul, Member, NITI Aayog were also present.

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Noise-induced deafness in TN: Expert insights on earphone use, hearing health

Most phones indicate safety levels in volume. Safety hours come down drastically with an increase in decibel levels. When we can hear sounds without earphones at 80 decibels (dB) for up to eight hours, at 90dB, it is safe for not more than four hours, and at 100dB, it drops to just two hours.

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Nadda Calls for lifestyle changes to tackle NCDs in India

While inaugurating the 9th National Summit on Good & Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Healthcare Systems in Odisha, Union Health Minister JP Nadda emphasized the growing threat of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in India and highlighted the need for lifestyle changes to combat them.

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Audit finds Delhi not in pink of health

The public health sector had significant staffing shortages. Nursing and paramedic positions were in deficits, respectively, by 21per cent and 38per cent. The records of 28 hospitals/colleges indicated shortages of 30per cent, 28per cent, and 9per cent, respectively, in teaching specialists, non-teaching specialists and medical officers.

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Pune: Some patients from Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak zone have been on ventilator support for weeks, say doctors

Health department data showed that the areas, all merged with PMC a few years ago, reported an overall 100 GBS cases, the highest incidence. And of these 100 patients, five succumbed.

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Regulatory bodies in medical field in disarray

The health ministry’s response to the query confirmed that the four autonomous boards of the National Medical Commission that deal with undergraduate education, postgraduate education, ethics and registration, and assessment and rating of medical colleges are totally vacant barring the post of president of the PG medical education board.

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