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World AIDS Day: PMC to hold week-long awareness events
1 month, 1 week ago

World AIDS Day: PMC to hold week-long awareness events

Hindustan Times  

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation will conduct week-long programmes starting Monday as it commemorates the World AIDS Day. PMC will conduct week-long programmes starting Monday as it commemorates the World AIDS Day. ) The World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 to spread awareness about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus and support those living with …

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Pune civic body urges caution amid mpox threat
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pune civic body urges caution amid mpox threat

Hindustan Times  

Following a mpox case reported in the country, the Pune Municipal Corporation health department has advised citizens to remain vigilant while urging them not to panic. PMC has issued a letter to private practitioners and hospitals to start hospital-based surveillance for mpox cases, said officials. The common symptoms of mpox are skin rash or mucosal lesions which can last 2–4 …

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Pune reports 22 dengue, 19 chikungunya cases in July
5 months, 1 week ago

Pune reports 22 dengue, 19 chikungunya cases in July

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has reported a spike in vector-borne disease cases in the city, said officials. During the ongoing surveillance, the civic body reported 22 dengue and 19 chikungunya cases in July. As per the officials, the recent rains resulting in water accumulation in artificial and natural sources in residential areas have made favourable conditions for mosquito breeding which …

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PMC intensifies preventive measures amid flood-like conditions
5 months, 1 week ago

PMC intensifies preventive measures amid flood-like conditions

Hindustan Times  

Wary of the outbreak of waterborne and vector-borne diseases in the wake of the recent flood-like situation in the city caused by torrential rain, newly-appointed Pune Municipal Corporation health chief, Dr Nina Borade, has directed deputy health officers, assistant health officers and ward medical officers to implement precautionary measures on a priority basis, said officials. The team visited Ekta Nagar …

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PMC has one pre-natal scans facility to test Zika infection despite rise in cases
5 months, 2 weeks ago

PMC has one pre-natal scans facility to test Zika infection despite rise in cases

Hindustan Times  

Even as the city has reported 39 Zika positive cases, including 13 pregnant women, only one Pune Municipal Corporation -run facility provides nuchal translucency and anomaly scans facility. The pre-natal tests are required to rule out the virus infection that poses a threat to expecting mothers and can cause adverse pregnancy outcomes, including congenital Zika syndrome, Guillain-Barre syndrome and microcephaly. …

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Two patients who died at private hospitals in Pune test positive for Zika
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Two patients who died at private hospitals in Pune test positive for Zika

Hindustan Times  

Two patients from the city, aged 76 and 72, who died earlier this month later tested positive for Zika virus infection. A 72-year-old woman, a resident of Prabhat Road, tested positive for Zika virus infection on Friday The deceased from Warje was admitted at Joshi Hospital on July 10 and reportedly died on July 14. His samples were sent to …

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State health dept issues advisory to prevent hospital fires
7 months, 2 weeks ago

State health dept issues advisory to prevent hospital fires

Hindustan Times  

Following a tragic fire incident at a Delhi hospital on Sunday, the State Public Health Department has issued an advisory, asking all health officials across the state to conduct thorough inspections of all hospitals, address electrical capacity discrepancies, ensure valid fire NOCs, and implement critical safety measures to prevent potential hospital fires. The officials are directed to address any discrepancies …

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Nanded incident all but forgotten by PMC
1 year, 1 month ago

Nanded incident all but forgotten by PMC

Hindustan Times  

The shocking occurrence at Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College, Nanded, between September 30 and October 2 in which 38 patients, including several infants, allegedly died due to a shortage of staff and medicines, seems to be all but forgotten. Two assistant health officers, Dr Rajesh Dighe and Dr Vidya Nagmode, were appointed to inspect all PMC-run healthcare facilities and …

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Pune Police register FIR against ‘fake’ doctor
1 year, 2 months ago

Pune Police register FIR against ‘fake’ doctor

Hindustan Times  

A quack has been booked by the Pune police for allegedly practising homeopathy in Vimannagar and Kharadi areas sans qualification and registration with the Maharashtra Council of Homeopathy. A first information report was registered on Wednesday at the Vimantal police station on the basis of a complaint by the Pune Municipal Corporation for violating the Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961, …

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Dengue hospitalisations on the rise in Pune city
1 year, 4 months ago

Dengue hospitalisations on the rise in Pune city

Hindustan Times  

PUNE The city hospitals have witnessed a surge in the number of dengue patients. The number of hospitalised due to dengue patients have also significantly increased in city private hospitals. Also, a significant number of dengue patients are taking treatment on an OPD basis,” said, Dr Sale. Currently, there are eleven dengue patients admitted to the hospital and 13 patients …

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PMC issues health advisory for Conjunctivitis
1 year, 5 months ago

PMC issues health advisory for Conjunctivitis

Hindustan Times  

Following an outbreak of Conjunctivitis in Maharashtra, the health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation on Wednesday issued a health advisory, urging citizens to take preventive measures and visit the nearest hospital in case of symptoms of the disease. PMC issued a health advisory, urging citizens to take preventive measures and visit the nearest hospital in case of symptoms of …

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PMC gears up to combat vector-borne diseases
1 year, 6 months ago

PMC gears up to combat vector-borne diseases

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation health department has started holding disease prevention and control programmes to tackle infectious diseases during the monsoon season. Dr Bhagwan Pawar, health officer, PMC, on Thursday held a meeting with zonal medical officers, ward medical officers, assistant health chief, malaria surveillance officers, and medical superintendents of civic-run hospitals to discuss the plan of action. Dr Suryakant …

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PMC asks hospitals, malls, high-rise socs to update firefighting system
1 year, 8 months ago

PMC asks hospitals, malls, high-rise socs to update firefighting system

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: According to the Fire Department, if any establishments do not have a firefighting system, they must construct one immediately and present the certificate to the fire department. The Fire Department of the Pune Municipal Corporation has asked all the high-rise residential buildings, hospitals, educational institutes, shopping malls, multiplex cinema halls, and other commercial establishments to ensure that the firefighting …

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PMC to strengthen and improve its healthcare facilities
1 year, 8 months ago

PMC to strengthen and improve its healthcare facilities

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to strengthen the infrastructure and improve facilities at all the civic body-run hospitals, maternity homes and dispensaries. The PMC has prepared a 126-point checklist including parameters like—infrastructure, outdoor facilities, pharmacy, specialised OPD’s, vaccination room, portal uploading, store room amongst others. The ward medical officers, medical officers, assistant health officers and zonal medical officers have …

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PMC launches grievance redressal cell to address healthcare issues
1 year, 8 months ago

PMC launches grievance redressal cell to address healthcare issues

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has launched a grievance redressal cell to address complaints of patients. Patients who visited civic and private hospitals, clinics and medical care centres used to write to the health department about grievances. The cell is formed as per the Maharashtra Nursing Homes Registration Rules, 2021 that states that the civic body need to set up a …

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Covid-19 mock drills: PMC says 2,204 beds ready in 123 Pune hospitals
1 year, 9 months ago

Covid-19 mock drills: PMC says 2,204 beds ready in 123 Pune hospitals

Hindustan Times  

Mock drills were conducted at about 123 healthcare facilities in Pune on Monday to assess preparedness for treating Covid-19 patients following a directive from the Union ministry of health and family welfare, officials said adding that 2,204 out of a total 5,805 beds at these Covid-19 hospitals are already functional. After the spike in Covid-19 cases in India, the Union …

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TB cases rise in Pune, need to look beyond lungs to eliminate TB, say experts
1 year, 9 months ago

TB cases rise in Pune, need to look beyond lungs to eliminate TB, say experts

Hindustan Times  

As Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases constitute 40% of the total Tuberculosis cases reported in the city in the past four years and the number continues to rise, it is high time for the health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation to look beyond just lung disease to eliminate TB from Pune. The importance of this cannot be emphasised enough given …

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State deploys disaster mgmt experts to held PMC with vaccine drive, prepare for 3rd wave
3 years, 8 months ago

State deploys disaster mgmt experts to held PMC with vaccine drive, prepare for 3rd wave

Hindustan Times  

PUNE The state government, on Monday, deployed two experts from the field of disaster management to develop a holistic action plan for the smooth implementation of the Covid vaccination drive in Pune. HT Image Risk governance specialist Praveenkumar Pawar and public health expert Dr Anuja Sankhe are the two chosen to help the PMC iron out kinks in its ongoing …

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Mumbai doctor alleges continuous harassment by government authorities
4 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai doctor alleges continuous harassment by government authorities

Op India  

Even as Maharashtra was in the throes of a rampaging coronavirus pandemic, the government authorities in the state were more occupied with coercing the doctors to their whims, alleged Dr Aman Thadani in an elaborate series of tweets on the microblogging website Twitter. https://t.co/0hdV18DcK3 — Amit Thadhani August 28, 2020 Thadani claimed that Maharashtra government issued a circular on May …

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Complete shutdown in 69 containment zones in Pune till May 17
4 years, 8 months ago

Complete shutdown in 69 containment zones in Pune till May 17

Hindustan Times  

With residents of containment zones under the Pune Municipal Corporation not following the lockdown rules strictly, the civic body has decided to shut down all services in these areas. PMC commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad issued orders on Sunday for strict implementation of lockdown for the next seven days starting Monday in the 69 containment zones under PMC jurisdiction. Accordingly, only hospitals …

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