Absence of facility puts lives of critically- sick neonates, children at risk; Govt unmoved Kashmir’s lone children’s hospital at Sonwar here has no Operation Theatre […]
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90 beds for 20-lakh children: Welcome to GB Pant hospital
Already struggling with shortage of space, the bed capacity of GB Pant children’s hospital here has gone down to just 92 for pediatric care after […]
Sale of cold drinks, junk food banned at Amarnath yatra
Keeping in view the Supreme Court ruling of 2012 regarding the health of the Amarnath yatra pilgrims, the ban on the sale of cold drinks […]
Is cancer hiding in your home? 28-nation study flags common drugs, chemicals
A staggering range of commonly used chemicals – from insecticides to plastic additives to some common medications – are likely to cause cancer even in […]
‘Patients die for want of ventilators’
DAK demands adequate ventilators to prevent further loss of lives Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today hit out at authorities for lack of ventilators in hospitals […]
Relabeled flood-hit stock of fruit juice seized
Food Safety department on Tuesday seized relabeled flood hit bottles of Treat Mango fruit drink during routine inspection in Srinagar. In a statement, spokesperson of […]
What your sleeping posture says about you
How you snooze says a lot about your health. Find out what your sleeping posture means As soon as you make yourself comfortable to sleep, […]
Vehicular Pollution worsens Srinagar Air Quality
Air Quality in Kashmir is deteriorating due to the lax norms on controlling vehicular pollution and the lack of reliable pollution checking centres. Many international […]
Neonates die due to lack of ventilators, other facilities at GB Pant hospital
Nothing seems to have changed in the lone children’s hospital in Kashmir ever since the shocking revelations of recurring neonate deaths there came to the […]
55% milk samples found sub-standard in Kashmir
As milk consumption increases in Kashmir during Ramadhan, quality is sure to elude consumers as 55 percent milk samples tested since January 2015 at Srinagar […]