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Chhagan Bhujbal will need angiography: Test

Former deputy minister Chhagan Bhujbal has been recommended to undergo a coronary angiography procedure after a thallium scan test was performed on him a week ago at the privately-run Bombay Hospital,

11 Nov 2016 1:37 AM

Unhealthy situation even at government hospitals

Pooja Narkar holds up her mangalsutra, which she wanted to keep as collateral at a chemist store opposite KEM Hospital that refused to accept the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes that she wanted to pay with for her relative’s medicines. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

10 Nov 2016 5:32 AM

10-year-old Yavatmal girl battles rare disorder

Child diagnosed with skin condition found in 5 people out of million

09 Nov 2016 6:51 AM

10-year-old Yavatmal girl battles rare disorder

Ten-year-old Anjali Kamble a resident of Pussat village of Yavatmal, has been diagnosed with juvenile dermatomyositis, a disease found in five people in a million.

09 Nov 2016 6:47 AM

The highest reading of 113.5dB was recorded at about 11.15pm at Marine Drive.

26 persons, 14 animals and birds bear brunt

Twenty-six persons who suffered burn injuries while celebrating Diwali approached for treatment privately-run National Burns Centre, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, till Tuesday morning.

02 Nov 2016 2:40 AM

Chhagan Bhujbal’s test at private hospital today

Former deputy chief minister and senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal will undergo a medical test — Thallium Scan — at the privately-run Bombay Hospital on Wednesday.

02 Nov 2016 2:33 AM

511 malnourished kids to be admitted to JJ Hospital this week

The state government will get 511 malnourished children from Palghar district admitted to the state-run JJ Hospital for treatment. The kids will be brought to the city by the end of this week.

27 Oct 2016 7:09 AM

‘Anars cause 8 out of 10 burn cases during Diwali’

An independent study conducted by a private hospital shows that most burn cases during Diwali occur when bursting the flowerpot cracker, or ‘anar’.

25 Oct 2016 1:25 AM

Murder accused held after 6 years

A 21-year-old bar dancer was allegedly murdered by her husband by setting her on fire in 2010.

23 Oct 2016 2:59 AM

Maharashtra to form new SOPs to govern organ transplants

The state health minister Deepak Sawant has agreed to create a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for organ transplants which include among other things photographing both the donor and the recipi

18 Oct 2016 1:24 AM

State, BMC data on diseases don’t tally

The state health department and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have released contradictory figures on the status of dengue and chikungunya patients in the city.

17 Oct 2016 5:44 AM

The BMC has missed two deadlines to fill potholes.

Year’s first hantavirus death reported in city

The city recorded its first death due to hantavirus following the death of a 12-year-old boy from Colaba late on Friday night. The boy had to be taken to a hospital in Karnataka for treatment.

16 Oct 2016 6:44 AM

Chhagan Bhujbal may be shifted to 5-star Lilavati, Jaslok Hospital

Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who was arrested in a money-laundering case in March and is currently at the state-run JJ Hospital could soon be shifted to the posh Lilavati

11 Oct 2016 6:42 AM

Dogs have emerged as a carrier for the lepto virus.

Is civic plan to deal with menace going to the dogs

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is finding it difficult to control the menace of leptospirosis in the city since, while focusing on rodents, the BMC has not been paying attention to anoth

06 Oct 2016 2:46 AM

Arun Date’s son dies lonely death

Two days after he breathed his last at the Sion hospital and his family refused to claim his body, a friend on Wednesday offered to perform the final rites of Sangeet Date (48), the elder son of veter

06 Oct 2016 2:40 AM

Launch of mega insurance scheme postponed to October 21

The state’s mega health insurance scheme Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY), which was revamped as the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY) in August, was scheduled to be laun

06 Oct 2016 1:29 AM

Ganja addiction up after MD’s ban: Experts

Addiction to hashish and marijuana is on the rise among youngsters, after Mephodrone (MD) was included in the list of prohibited drugs, people working with rehabilitation of drug addicts said on Natio

03 Oct 2016 5:47 AM

The makeshift kitchen located adjacent to the MICU room (left); the MICU room (right)

Biryani in MICU room, courtesy KEM ward boy

It has come to light that, shockingly, the medical intensive care unit (MICU) on the second floor of civic-run KEM Hospital has been turned into a kitchen by a ward boy to rustle up some biryani, both

02 Oct 2016 1:59 AM