Four districts achieve ‘cataract blindness backlog-free’ status
23 Feb 2023 6:36 PM GMTkolkata: Four districts of Bengal — North 24-Parganas, East Midnapore, West Burdwan and Hooghly have achieved the target of maintaining the ratio...
Zero tolerance: State to crack whip on hosps refusing Swasthya Sathi
29 Jan 2023 6:54 PM GMTKolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government has taken a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to Swasthya Sathi-related issues, particularly in the case of...
SSB of Calcutta Med College may soon start full-fledged superspecialty treatment
24 Jan 2023 5:43 PM GMTkolkata: The Super-specialty block (SSB) of the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) which was dedicated to Covid treatment after the pandemic...
Anti- snake venom drugs: Two med colleges in city to conduct trials
20 Jan 2023 5:34 PM GMTKolkata: In a unique move two medical colleges in the city — SSKM and NRS Medical College may soon undertake trials of an injection drug meant for the...
Covid treatment: 92 hosps across Bengal earmarked
12 Jan 2023 7:00 PM GMTKOLKATA: State Health department has identified 92 hospitals across Bengal which will provide dedicated Covid treatment if the infection rate goes...
5 health dists form monitoring panel
10 Jan 2023 7:02 PM GMTKOLKATA: Health department formed a district-level committee in five health districts comprising four members with the chief medical officer of health...
More than 7.52 crore voters on Bengal’s final photo electoral roll
5 Jan 2023 6:40 PM GMTKOLKATA: The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in the state on Thursday published the final photo electoral roll of Bengal.The number of...
15 to 20 pvt hospitals face action for failing to have prerequisite infra
3 Jan 2023 7:08 PM GMTKOLKATA: State Health department has taken strong action against 15 to 20 private hospitals in the state stopping the payment of dues relating to...
State to hire about 1.8K general duty medical officers in dists
2 Jan 2023 7:27 PM GMTKOLKATA: The state Health department has initiated the process of recruiting 1,800 general duty medical officers (GDMO) at the primary health centre...
'Hospitals cannot refer patients listed under essential category'
31 Dec 2022 5:41 PM GMTKolkata: In a further step to bring down the referral cases from the district hospitals to the medical colleges, the state health department has sent...
About 548 health & wellness centres to get herbal gardens
29 Dec 2022 6:53 PM GMTKOLKATA: State Health department has taken up an elaborate project of setting up herbal gardens in 548 health and wellness centres across Bengal where...
Mother-child hubs: State clears fund worth Rs 20 lakh
22 Dec 2022 7:04 PM GMTKolkata: As a part of its overall plan to boost infrastructure in the existing mother and child hubs and also those which are coming up, the state...
