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Minor Improvement In Child Sex Ratio In Haryana

The Haryana government claimed Monday that there was a minor improvement in the child sex ratio in the state, which had earlier recorded the lowest figure in the country... ..Latest reports suggested that the sex ratio in the 0-6 // years age group was now at 822 females per thousand males, director general of health services Sushma Madan said... ..In the census of 2001, Haryana had recorded an a...

Haryana Denies Bird Flu Infection

A task force constituted by Haryana Agricultural University was recently established in Haryana to identify bird flu infection if any in the state. // No evidence of bird flu infection has been reported by the taskforce that visited various districts of the state. ....'The members of the task force found the birds healthy with a routine and normal mortality of two to five birds at a few poultry...

Doctor Jailed For Abortion Racket In Haryana

Dr Anil Sabani and his assistant Kartar Singh have been sentenced to two years in jail for revealing the sex of a fetus and then agreeing to abort it if it was female.// This is the first time that any medical practitioner has been jailed for carrying out illegal fetus determination tests and abortions. ..The perpetrators were found out when government officials sent in three pregnant women as d...

Haryana To Introduce Ramdev's Yoga For School Students

Students in Haryana will get a chance to learn yoga, as Haryana is planning to introduce Ramdev’s yoga in the government schools across// the state. ..State Education Minister Phool Chand Mullana said he was keen to introduce the yoga classes from this session itself. ..Mullana, who attended Ramdev's yoga training camp at the industrial city of Faridabad on Sunday, said that consultations would...

Haryana Government Discovers Misappropriation In School Funds

The Haryana government Wednesday discovered an embezzlement of nearly Rs.4.4 million from funds meant for the state's schools//. ....The irregularities in the fund use were discovered during checking of records of Faridabad district, said K.K. Khandelwal, director-general of school education. ....The embezzlement was done by four officials of the district education officer's office between May 1...

Rs 749 Crore To Be Spent On Rural Health Mission In Haryana

A sum of Rs 749 crore would be spent in Haryana for implementation of National Rural Health Mission upto the year 2010 in order to reduce infant mortality rate// in the state, Chief Minister Bhupinder SIngh Hooda said today. ..Addressing a Nav Nirman Rally organised by President of All India Khet Mazdoor Congress and local MLA Shamsher Singh Surjewala here, Hooda said emphasis has been laid on i...

OPDs stopped, health services crippled in Punjab, Haryana

Health services in Punjab and Haryana were paralysed today as doctors of both state-run and and private hospitals// stopped the OPDs in the wake of a 'medical bandh' called by the Indian Medical Association to protest the Centre's reservation proposal. ...."All OPDs, including parallel ones run by medicos in front of state-run hospitals and private medical institutions have been stopped", Associa...

Medicos In Punjab, Haryana Contemplating 'Drastic Steps'

Medicos in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, who are agitating against hike in quotas in elite educational institutions // , said they were contemplating 'drastic steps' to draw the Centre's attention to the issue, as health services in the region today remained crippled causing immense hardships to patients. ....'Something drastic have to be done to draw attention of the Government. Our protests s...

Medicos Call Off Strike In Punjab, Haryana And Chandigarh

Medicos across Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh tonight called off their nearly fortnight-long strike against Centre's move to reserve seats for OBCs in elite educational institutions. // ....A decision to this effect was taken at the general body meeting of Association of Resident Doctors of the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education and Research here tonight, Dr Subh Mohan Singh of Youth...

Haryana To Work With Pvt Practitioners To Implement WB Project

The Haryana government will sign an MoU with private practitioners and medical colleges in the state to ensure effective implementation of the World Bank aided Rs 2.17 crore Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP). // ....The MoU to be signed between the state health department and private practitioners or medical colleges would also specifiy the roles each stakeholder would need to pla...

Haryanas Health Services Budget Increased: Minister

Haryana Health Minister Kartar Devi today said government had increased the budget allocation for health services by 66 percent and education by 50 per cent this fiscal to implement various schemes in the areas. // ....Disclosing this at a five-day yoga training camp, being conducted by Swami Ramdev for Physical Training Instructors (PTI), here, she said it was necessary to popularise yoga in vi...

Haryana to Spend Rs 750 Crore on Rural Health: Hooda

Jhajjar, June 10 (PTI) Haryana would spend more than Rs 750 crore over next four years for improving rural health infrastructure, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said today. // ....The Congress government was committed to providing best possible healthcare facilities at the village level and concerted efforts were being made to strengthen the rural healthcare infrastructure in the state, he...

Haryana To Start Two-Year Diploma In Yoga

Haryana Government has decided to start a two year diploma courses in Yoga and Naturopathy as well as in Panchakarma at Shri Krishna Government// Ayurvedic College at Kurukshetra. ....The syllabus for the two diploma courses has already been formulated and these courses would help in promotion of Yoga, Naturopathy and Panchakarma, state Health Minister Kartar Devi told reporters here... ..She s...

Haryana Claims Improvement in Sex Ratio

The sex ratio in Haryana has shown improvement in 14 out of the state's 20 districts// ....State Health Minister Kartar Devi said Tuesday that statistics of registered births in the state in 2005 had shown that sex ratio in the 0-6 years age group had improved from 819 females per 1,000 males as per 2001 census to 823 females per 1,000 males. ....She said that 14 districts had shown an improveme...

Cola and Pepsi May Face a Ban in Haryana

Close on the heels of a ban on Coke and Pepsi by the Kerala Government, the Health Department of Haryana has decided to follow suit, by putting forth a proposal to stop the sale// and production of 11 varieties of drinks under the Coke and Pepsi brand. ..Top brass in the companies are very unhappy over these moves, as the findings on pesticides, had been enabled by a private company which is no...

Fresh Polio Cases Reported from Chandigarh, Haryana

Chandigarh has reported a case of polio, described by health officials as the first such case that has come to light in the union territory in the last four years.// ....Adjoining Haryana too has reported three polio cases - two in Sonepat district and one in Faridabad. One polio case was reported from Kurukshetra last month. ....Health officials said here Tuesday that the polio-affected child...

Haryana to set up 'Red Ribbon Clubs' in Colleges to Create Awareness about AIDS

'Red Ribbon Clubs' will be set up in all colleges in Haryana to create public awareness on HIV/AIDS and to encourage people for safe and regular blood donation.// ....State Health Minister Kartar Devi said Wednesday that each Red Ribbon Club would comprise eight to 16 students and would be headed by the college in-charge of the National Service Scheme. ....Kartar Devi said villages and urban s...

Haryana’s Novel Initiative have Increased Institutional Childbirth

The Haryana government's move to set up 'delivery huts' to provide safe and hygienic conditions for childbirth in rural areas has doubled the number of institutional// deliveries, thus helping decrease maternal and child mortality rates too. ....Stating this here Tuesday, Principal Secretary (Health) Urvashi Gulati said that the percentage of institutional deliveries after the opening of delive...

Anti-HIV drive intensified in Haryana

The Harayana government has established 22 Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres at Government General Hospitals and Community Health Centres in the state// in compliance with the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), draft guidelines for the National AIDS Control Programme and with the aim to spread awareness about AIDS in the susceptible community. ....According to the UNAIDS / WHO 2006...

Haryana, Maryland Universities Tie Up to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine

The Haryana Agriculture University, Hissar Monday tied up with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the University of Maryland to conduct joint research// for developing a vaccine to combat bird (avian) flu. ....The research between both universities will also be for other poultry related diseases. ....Announcing the tie-up, the minister for economic development of the government...

Haryana Adopts New Rules for Private Schools

The Haryana government Wednesday amended the rules governing the private educational institutions in the state in a bid to regulate them.// ....The state cabinet decided to adopt the new rules for the betterment of school managements, students and employees, an official said here. ....The school managements will now be required to provide adequate infrastructure to students, pay prescribed and...

Haryana Tourism Complexes to Serve Low Calorie Dishes

Tourists visiting or passing by state-run tourist complexes in Haryana will have something new to look forward to - low calorie and trendy dishes//. ....This marks a changeover by the Haryana tourism in menus across its tourist complexes starting Jan 1, 2007. ....Cooks from Haryana tourism's complexes were given a few culinary lessons at the Food Craft Institute in Faridabad this week to help t...

Haryana Enhances Nutritional Support for Women, Children

Chandigarh: Children, pregnant and lactating women and adolescent girls in Haryana will receive more supplementary// support from the state government for their nutritional needs. ....Social Welfare and Health Minister Kartar Devi Monday announced enhanced quantum for supplementary nutritional needs provided to these categories under the Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) scheme. ....Sh...

Haryana Declared Neonatal Tetanus-free

Haryana has been declared free of neonatal tetanus by the central government. // ....State Health Minister Kartar Devi said Saturday that a communication had been received from the central health and family welfare ministry, declaring that neonatal tetanus had been eliminated from Haryana. ....The status has been conferred on the basis of a survey conducted by the central ministry on births in t...

Haryana Government Proposes to Set Up Medical University

The Haryana government Tuesday proposed a medical university in the state to provide better healthcare to its people. // ....Addressing the silver jubilee celebrations of the Government Dental College at Rohtak town in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that setting up a medical university would help in providing better healthcare facilities for people of the state. ....Hooda...

Police Recover Remains of Fetuses from Haryana Maternity Home

Police have recovered the remains of fetuses from a maternity home in Haryana today. ......The burnt fetuses were unearthed from Pataudi village after police received complaints from locals. ... ...The police have registered a case and are in the look out for the owner of the clinic who is absconding. ... ..."We sealed nursing home. The signature of Dr. A.K. Singh was required but he was not...