Despite crores of rupees being pumped into the healthcare machinery, the state has failed to stock adequate essential drugs at health centres. It is this shortage of drugs that experts are attributing to the state's rising infant mortality rate, which is much higher than seven other states, including Mizoram and Goa.
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New list of 60 drugs to check child mortality
Posted by divya (#2) 402 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)It's always sunny in Mumbai, but citizens lacking Vitamin D
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The city's upper middle class and wealthy may adhere to a healthy lifestyle with plenty of exercise , but our attempt to seek cover from the harsh gaze of the tropical sun has put us at risk.
Explain appointment of AIDS bodies' chiefs: Chavan
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Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has raised questions on the manner of appointment of the heads of the three top AIDS agencies in Maharashtra.
Med diagnoses radiate worries
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As the world watches Japan after it announced that contaminated water from its crippled nuclear plants would be released into the sea, experts are talking about a touchy topic: Is radiation from medical devices harmful?
Metro blood bank gets BMC nod
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The city will soon get its own metro blood bank in the old barrack area of Sion Hospital, Lokmanya Tilak General Municipal hospital, also known as the Sion Hospital, after facing some initial hiccups from the hospital staff and doctors.
High Court pulls up state for poor state of anganwadis
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As many as 16 children have died of malnutrition in the M East Ward (Govandi and Chembur) since December last year, the Bombay High Court was informed on Thursday.
City tops state in cases of malnutrition: Study
Posted by divya (#2) 425 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Malnourishment among children continues to be a never-ending horror tale for Mumbai. The country's financial capital and the state's most industrialized city continues to hold the dubious distinction of being the city with the highest incidence of acute malnourishment cases in the state.