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Raids Conducted In Hospitals And Pharmaceutical Companies

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of India on Monday conducted raids in various hospitals and pharmaceutical companies across the four Indian cities Delhi, Bangalore, Trivandrum and Goa. //The CBI officials feel that they have collected important information in connection with buying of sub-standard medical equipments from Pharmaceutical companies. The CBI officials feels that man...

India to maintain Public domain Registry database of clinical trials conducted in India.

India to set up a registry database which will contain all datas and research results of all clinical trials which would be available in a public domain which will provide transparent results and information for patients.// The detail of the new registry database was announced by Drug Controller General of India Ashwani Kumar. He announced the details of the registry during a two day wor...

Diabetic check-up conducted in Chitradurga

Indira Health Care and Diabetic Centre at Vasavi Mahal in Chitradurga, Karnataka, organized diabetic Mela. Physicians Dr Nagaraj Sujjan, Dr Narayana Murthy and Dr. Muralidhar conducted the Health camp organized by the Diabetic Centre.// Dr. Muralidhar is the Principal of Basaveswara Medical College who emphasized that awareness regarding the precautions and treatment to control diabete...

Bird flu test conducted in dead pigeon found in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is facing a new threat of bird flu panic fallowing reports of a pigeon dead. The Animal and Health ministry is undergoing tests for isolating// and identification of the virus responsible for the pigeon dead. Though there were no earlier reports on isolation of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu in Africa. The authorities are confident that the strain is not spread from other c...

Liver Transplant Surgery Conducted In Bangalore

A rare liver transplant surgery has been conducted by Indian doctors in the city of Bangalore on Rohit Pillai, a one-year-old boy. The surgery took place at the Asha Dinesh Institute for Organ Transplant. //The mother was the donor for the child who was afflicted by a congenital disease. The transplant surgeon Sanjay Govil said that the boy who was born with itching and jaundice was...

Large Scale Study On H5N1 Conducted

The first stage with regard to a massive study concerning the bird flu virus genomes is reported to have been completed at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. This has served to increase the information available regarding the proteins// and genes of these viruses by about 100%. The H5N1 virus is giving rise to fears of a large scale pandemic across the world. The mutation of th...

Bird Flu Drill Conducted In Two Hong Kong Hospitals

In order to familiarize and improve collaboration regarding the emergency management of patients with infectious disease, more specifically bird flu//, a training program was conducted at two hospitals in Hong Kong. A scenario involving transfer of a suspected case of bird flu from one hospital to the other was simulated. The Baptist Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth hospital participa...

New Study Conducted To Evaluate The Success Of The Federal governments Funds For HIV/AIDS

The U.S. federal government plans to spend in this financial year $21 billion for HIV/AIDS research, treatment, prevention, and related activities//. Among doubts on whether this enormous expenditure is paying off, a new study was conducted which seemingly indicated that the expenditure is paying off and is more successful than of what was previously thought. The study that is now availab...

Study Being Conducted On Treatment Of Cancer patients With Honey in UK

A cancer hospital in Manchester is reportedly treating patients with mouth and throat cancer with ‘Manuka honey’, which is believed to have healing powers//. Sources at the Manchester cancer hospital explained that the honey is believed to have healing powers and the doctors at Christie Hospital in Didsbury, Manchester, are planning to use it on mouth and throat cancer patients as a c...

Abducted Health Workers Freed By Taliban

Fifteen health workers who were abducted by Taliban at gunpoint were freed shortly after their abduction after the militants realized that they were all health workers. // They abduction took place in Kandahar province of Afghanistan. The militants snatched on Thursday a vehicle carrying the 15 medical staff, but released the hostages the same day after their identity was made clear, O...

Mock Exercise Conducted to Combat Potential Public Health Crisis

Hong Kong, Macau and the Mainland have conducted their first exercise in emergency vigilance that also measures reaction time in the event of a public health crisis.// Secretary for Health, Welfare & Food Dr York Chow has expressed optimism that the exercise was a success, which has strengthened the communication and partnership between the three jurisdictions. The exercise...

A Rehearsal To Deal With Possible Bird Flu Outbreak Conducted In Vietnam

On Sunday, 700 people participated in a rehearsal, dealing with a mock situation of bird flu outbreak,// in northern Quang Ninh province, reports Vietnam News Agency. They conceived a situation in which four members in a family are infected with bird flu virus, 80 people from 60 nearby households also contact the disease. It was also assumed some of them contacted the virus from dead...