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State to take stern action against unrecognised nursing schools
14 Dec 2020 12:46 AM ISTKolkata: State Health department has urged the chief medical officer of health (CMoH) in five districts to take legal steps against the unrecognised...
Will thwart Centre's attempt to politicise Covid vaccination programme: Trinamool
3 Dec 2020 12:08 AM ISTKolkata: Doctors' fraternity and a section of health professionals from Bengal feel that any decision of administering vaccines in haste by the Centre...
School of Tropical Medicine to conduct clinical trials of Covid vaccine in December
30 Nov 2020 1:01 AM ISTKolkata: The School of Tropical Medicine (STM), which has been declared as the centre of excellence by the state Health department will conduct the...
Health body asks Fleming Hosp to return `3L and Rs 1.20L in separate cases
26 Nov 2020 1:10 AM ISTKolkata: West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC) has asked two top private hospitals in the city — R Fleming and Desun to...
Covid vaccination: Listing of 6L health workers done
25 Nov 2020 1:04 AM ISTKolkata: State Health department has done an uphill task of listing the names of around 6 lakh front line health workers within a very short period of...
Unregulated sale of sanitisers, masks increases health hazards
24 Nov 2020 12:39 AM ISTKolkata: Blame it on the centre's decision to keep masks and sanitisers out of the list of essential commodities, the unregulated sale of these items...
Health dept to conduct clinical trials of BCG in collaboration with ICMR
23 Nov 2020 1:09 AM ISTKolkata: The state Health department in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is set to conduct the clinical trial of BCG...
Calcutta National Med College & Hosp receives acclaim
22 Nov 2020 12:29 AM ISTKolkata: The Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (CNMCH) has received an acclaim from the Centre for extending outstanding health care...
Centre's no check policy fleecing buyers on masks
18 Nov 2020 12:49 AM ISTKolkata: Blame it on Centre's apathy towards regulation of the price of masks—including the surgical ones, chain pharmacies as well as standalone...
SARS-CoV-2: Experts raise concern over effectiveness of vaccine
19 Oct 2020 12:05 AM ISTKolkata: At a time when the entire world pins hopes on a vaccine as it may emerge as the 'ultimate weapon' to fight COVID-19, a section of researchers...
A warning bell
18 Oct 2020 12:30 PM ISTThe Covid curve doesn't seem to be flattening and with the onset of Durga Puja, there are enough reasons to worry about. Doctors warn of an imminent...
Desun Hosp charges patient Rs 1,15,478 for 19 hrs, regulatory body directs it to return over Rs 65K
26 Sept 2020 12:39 AM ISTKolkata: Desun Hospital in the city apparently appears to be in the 'business' of making money during the pandemic situation as it continues to charge...











