Maternity health facilities limitations in Gollahalli PHC

Bangalore, Sept 27, 2017:The Gollahalli Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Ramnagara Taluk, is not fulfilling maternity health care due to the absence of equipments and skilled doctors. The facilities are not available for pregnant ladies and they do not get the required primary care properly during the first and second trimester of their pregnancy. The guidelines of […]

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Condom Sales Bring Down HIV/AIDS in Bangalore

Bangalore, Sept 27, 2017:The spike in condom use has led to the decrease in HIV/Aids cases in Bangalore. Bhupendra, Customer Executive at Indiastat, a website that provides statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said that from 2016-2017, there were 47, 12, 000 condoms distributed in Karnataka. There’s a 1.7 per cent increase in […]

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Poor water supply, stinking public toilets

Bangalore, October 6: The toilets run by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are smelly and unhygienic because they don’t have enough water. The toilets located at Jayanagar, Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Subramanya Pura, Vasanth Nagar, Majestic, Hebbal, and many other places in the city stink because they cannot be cleaned regularly due to lack of water. Water […]

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Costs of platelets go up as dengue cases rise

Bangalore, Sept 5, 2017:With an increase in the number of dengue cases in the city, prices of platelets have gone up. “I had to pay Rs. 600 per unit of platelets in the government hospital where it costs Rs. 400,” says Guddu Raj, a relative of Rahul Raj admitted in Victoria Hospital due to dengue. Platelets are […]

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Citizens plan to talk with CM over KPME bill

Bangalore, November 24 2017: Residents of Bangalore are disappointed  as  the government has given into the demands of the private hospitals. Dr. Silvia, who has actively opposed   the demands of the private hospitals, said in a recently held press conference that the protest is not “anti-doctor but it is pro-patient”. She added, that they wanted […]

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