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Covid cases: Deaths in Assam touch record highs

11:41 pm May 17, 2021

Guwahati: Assam reported a record 92 deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of COVID-19 cases registered an all-time high of 6,394 persons, pushing the total number of infections to 3,35,023, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. With 26 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, 11 in Kamrup, seven in Sonitpur, six in Darrang, five each in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, three each in Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar, two […]

Centre approves AIIMS for Bihar’s Darbhanga

7:12 pm September 15, 2020

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved establishment of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Bihar’s Darbhanga, an official statement said on Tuesday. The institute will come up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at a total cost of Rs 1,264 crore, it said. The new AIIMS is likely […]

Assam to launch mega campaign for plasma donation; return flight tickets, accommodation for donors from outside state

10:03 pm July 16, 2020

Guwahati: The Assam government on Thursday announced that it will launch a mega drive to boost its plasma bank reserves wherein those recovered COVID-19 patients from outside desirous of donating the blood component will be accorded state guest status and provided return flight tickets and accommodation. Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said recovered symptomatic patients […]

Jaga, Kalia return to Odisha two years after successful separation surgery

8:15 pm September 7, 2019

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Craniopagus twins – Jaga and Kalia who were separated successfully at the AIIMS in New Delhi, returned to Odisha on Saturday after about two years and were immediately rushed to SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) in Cuttack. The twins are in good health, a senior doctor from AIIMS who accompanied them from Delhi […]

Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

Japanese Encephalitis toll in Assam climbs to 110

6:45 pm July 23, 2019

Guwahati: The Japanese Encephalitis death toll in Assam since the beginning of this month rose to 110 with nine more casualties being reported in the last three days, according to a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin here on Tuesday. The nine Japanese Encephalitis (JE) deaths were reported from Goalpara, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Dhubri, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar […]

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