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Doctors said that a lot of out-born premature babies are reporting blind to tertiary care centres like AIIMS when they reach the last stage, what is known as advanced RoP.

Delhi: Cases of retina ailment rising among infants

Mr Kumar had earlier lost his two infants to different diseases and his happiness had no bounds with the birth of his baby.

13 Aug 2017 5:17 AM

Four months after the pilot phase was launched in Navjeevan Vihar in Malviya Nagar, residents say they haven’t used tap water for drinking purposes even once and still rely on water filters. (Representational image)

Delhi: 24x7 drinking water in taps still a dream

Residents claim water supplied not 100 per cent clean.

06 Aug 2017 1:57 AM

Shedding more light on the recent trend, Dr Rajesh Sagar, professor, Psychiatry Department at AIIMS, said.

Panic disorders rising among children, says AIIMS

The doctors at AIIMS say another cause for anxiety and stress levels is kids being hooked online and on social media which causes depression.

30 Jul 2017 2:59 AM

$He was declared brain dead owing to multiple fractures and organ failures. (Photo: Youtube)$

Brain dead man gives new lease of life to four

The victim had met with a road accident in the early hours of Monday and was brought into the emergency of a private hospital in South Delhi.

28 Jul 2017 3:30 AM

Two children’s parks makes way for toilet complexes

The two parks where the DUSIB has already started construction are located at Mayapuri Industrial area Phase -1.

23 Jul 2017 7:13 AM

Sale of whiteners, vulcanised solutions to minors banned

Delhi government has banned the sale of such intoxicating substances to juveniles.

21 Jul 2017 6:55 AM

The government is planning to make it mandatory for government buildings, hospitals, schools, college campuses to have their own sewage treatment plants.

Plans to make STPs must for govt, school, college buildings

Nearly 50 per cent of Delhi does not have any sewerage network and raw sewage flows directly into Yamuna.

18 Jul 2017 1:19 AM

The raw sewage flows directly into the river, adding to the pollution load, from which the city gets 70 per cent of its drinking water.

Delhi’s poor sewage infra killing Yamuna

Nearly 50 per cent of Delhi, comprising mostly villages, does not have any sewerage network.

16 Jul 2017 2:38 AM

Every year over 2,500 of the Indian children suffer from medulloblastoma, a paediatric malignant primary brain tumour. (Representational image)

Brain tumour among children on the rise in India

Brain tumour is a cancerous or a non-cancerous mass of growth of abnormal cells in the brain and is a leading cause of death in India.

10 Jul 2017 2:57 AM

Under the first heading, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), under the Delhi government’s Water department, is focusing on 93 water bodies that are contaminated with sewage. (Representational image)

Delhi government devises plan to revive water bodies

Out of the 971 water bodies, only 250 still have water and come under the ‘clean’ category.

06 Jul 2017 4:11 AM

These trees which are “causing traffic congestion” will be cut to widen the road for traffic decongestion of pilot corridors — Aurobindo Marg to Andheria Mod, Mathura Road, Outer Ring Road, Sardar Patel Marg and NH-8. (Representational image)

Trees ‘causing traffic’ to be razed

31 trees between Aurobindo Marg & Andheria Mod stretch to be axed for project.

02 Jul 2017 2:19 AM

A person holds a placard during a protest at Jantar Mantar on Wednesday. (Photo: Bunny Smith)

Citizens unite to protest lynchings

Teenager Junaid was stabbed to death onboard a Mathura-bound train by a group of men, who targeted him and his brothers on religious grounds.

29 Jun 2017 2:11 AM

Even after a month of forming new CWCs, the process is still underway. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Four out of eight child panels stand disbanded for over a month

However, Delhi has only eight such committees for its 11 districts.

13 Jun 2017 2:55 AM

Delhi: Hospitals to provide data on medicines

A Delhi government report had recently found that less than half of the required medicines are available in some hospitals in the national capital.

10 Jun 2017 3:14 AM

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda (Photo: PTI)

Few hospitals register with NOTTO

While there is demand for 2 lakh kidney transplants annually, only 8,000 being done.

31 May 2017 1:48 AM

Doctors described this condition as hyperthermia, in which the body temperature rises above 106° Fahrenheit (41.5° Celsius).

Leaving children in closed cars can be fatal, say doctors

The children may be exposed to dangers associated with heat like stroke, asphyxia, fires, carbon monoxide poisoning, etc.

28 May 2017 4:44 AM

Four government hospitals to get exclusive dialysis centres

Dialysis centres will open at Guru Teg Bahadur, Maharishi Valmiki Hospital, Bhagwan Mahavir, and Deen Dayal Upadhyay.

24 May 2017 4:23 AM

Anticipating a dengue outbreak this year, the government has taken up measures and is already reviewing the preparedness of the government and private hospitals to deal with the vector-borne disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

24X7 dengue helpline kicks off

89 cases of chikungunya and 36 cases of dengue have already been reported in Delhi till May 13.

23 May 2017 1:15 AM

The centre is located at the fifth floor of the Safdarjung Hospital and equipment like freezers are already in place.

Tissue bank at Safdarjung by May-end

National-level bank will primarily meet rising demand of Delhi-NCR areas.

21 May 2017 4:09 AM

Zeenat Mahal then and now (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

A faded glimse into Chandni Chowk’s glorious past

Chunnamal ki Haveli in Katra Neel area is the only building that is still occupied.

14 May 2017 2:40 AM

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