Health officials in Kolar district on Sunday seized a scanning machine and sealed the scanning room of a private hospital that was allegedly used to determine the sex of a foetus, according to officials familiar with the matter. Private hospital in Karnataka under scanner over foeticide An official from the district health department said that the medical staff of Sanjana …
Collector Sagili Shanmohan on Saturday directed the Medical and Health Department officials to intensify surveillance on the scanning centres and illegal medical practices in the towns and villages bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The Collector sought the medical and paramedical staff to regularly inspect the areas vulnerable to illegal use of scanning machines and abortions of female fetuses. “All the …
A 30ft-long hidden corridor discovered close to the main entrance of the 4,500-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza could lead to further findings, Egyptian officials said on Thursday. The unfinished corridor was probably created to redistribute the pyramid’s weight around either the main entrance now used by tourists or around another as-yet undiscovered chamber or space, said Mostafa Waziri, head of …
Kothagudem: The medical and health officials cracked whip against the private hospitals that were running in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district and violating the guidelines of Clinical Establishments Act 2010. The district medical and health officer of Bhadradri-Kothagudem district constituted eight teams-each team with four doctors and conducting raids on private hospitals that were running without any rules. Many of the private hospitals …
Air India's insistence on the mandatory security scanning of mortal remains before transporting it back to India has been causing distress, with community leaders ruing that the process at times is insensitive to their religious and cultural values. Government officials, familiar with the process of transportation of mortal remains and airport security in the US, have said that Air India …