14 deaths due to rabies reported this year By Ayanti Bera Bengaluru, Nov. 17, 2018. According to the National Health Profile 2018, Karnataka ranks second in rabies death all over India, after West Bengal. In 2018 so far, 14 cases and subsequent deaths from rabies have been recorded at the Epidemic Hospital in Bangalore, the […]
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The AQI of the city is rising rapidly, which in turn is increasing respiratory diseases. The increasing Air Quality Index (AQI) in the city of Bangalore has given rise to a number of health problems like asthma, tuberculosis and cardiovascular diseases. From March to May 2018, the AQI increased from 101 to 128 in Yelahanka, […]
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The Program struggles in covering peritoneal dialysis for its patients. Bengaluru, Sept. 11, 2018: The National Health Mission rolled out a dialysis program for the poor in 2016 known as the ‘The Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Program’ which covers only one kind of dialysis that is Haemodialysis (HD) and not Peritoneal dialysis (PD) because it is […]
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The maternal health schemes in the state haven’t been functioning to their full capacity to reap benefits Bangalore, April 9, 2018: Indu waits eagerly for the check- up of her one year old son at Magadi Road Maternity hospital. At 22, she has already given birth to two children, one of whom is already five […]
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