New Delhi: 31st October 2012

To meet the growing demand for institutional deliveries, the government has enhanced the bed capacity of public health facilities exclusively for mother and child care by a whopping 20,000 beds. To be implemented under the Reproductive and Child Health scheme, the increase in the bed numbers will benefit 10 States that have bad health indicators but a heavy patient load for institutional deliveries.

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Mumbai: 31st October 2012

A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan ordered an inquiry into media reports of sexual exploitation of women inmates in a State-run shelter home in Mankhurd here, the Mumbai Crime Branch has initiated a probe. “We have started the inquiry. 

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New Delhi: 30th October 2012

Over diagnosis, leading to unnecessary treatment involving chemotherapy and radiation, has been found to be a threat to the benefits of regular screening of women for breast cancer.

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New Delhi: 27th October 2012

Under sharp criticism for inadequate monitoring of clinical trials in the country, the government is contemplating major changes in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, and its Rules. 

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New Delhi: 27th October 2012

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday issued an advisory to nine Naxal-affected states to use Central rehabilitation funds to carry out reverse vasectomies for Maoists wanting to return to the mainstream.

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New Delhi: 26th October 2012

A Sessions court here has summoned the head of department and a doctor of the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences to face trial in a case of alleged medical negligence after setting aside a magistrate’s order dismissing the complaint.

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Thiruvananthapuram: 26th October 2012

Authorities of the SAT Hospital here have reported to the police an incident wherein a teenager, hailing from Kottarakkara in Kollam district, gave birth to a baby boy on Monday last. The 13-year-old girl,a Class VIII student, was admitted to the hospital here on September 20 in an advanced state of pregnancy, with severe complications.

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Jaipur: 25th October 2012

A series of multi-stakeholder dialogues on health care for women and children organised at five district headquarters in Rajasthan over the past month addressed the issues of “weak supply side” and lack of coordination among different government agencies for framing robust district-level health plans.

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New Delhi: 25th October 2012

Recognising pre-natal sex selection as an unacceptable form of gender discrimination, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had asked key States across the country to submit a report on implementation of the Pre-conception & Pre-natal Diagnostics Techniques (PCPNDT) Regulations and Prevention of Misuse Act (Amendments in 2004) based on a set of recommendations issued by the NHRC. A reporting format was also sent to all stakeholders.

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Pune : 25th October 2012

In early 2010, two-and-a-half-year-old Mohammed Qasim Ahmed of Malegaon was detected with the P-1 strain of the polio virus. He was among the many Malegaon families who have consistently refused to get their children vaccinated against polio.

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