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A young man's fractured leg was treated by tying a cardboard carton to his leg instead of a plaster cast in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. Nitish Kumar, who injured his leg after falling from his bike, was taken to a primary health centre in Minapur.

A young man's fractured leg was treated by tying a cardboard carton to his leg instead of a plaster cast in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. Nitish Kumar, who injured his leg after falling from his bike, was taken to a primary health centre in Minapur.

At least 23 women were forced to undergo tubal sterilisation, also known as tubectomy, without anaesthesia by doctors and medical personnel at a primary health centre in Bihar's Khagaria district, officials said on Thursday.

The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) said on Tuesday that it was issuing notices to 1,800 healthcare centres in the state, which have failed to comply with the norms laid down for bio-medical waste disposal, warning them of closure.

Almost 23 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) numbers, which are 14-digit health Ids, have been created so far, with Andhra Pradesh generating the highest 3.21 crore followed by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

The authorities have ordered an investigation after it came to light that a portion of land on which a government health centre was set up around 50 years ago in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district was sold off and registered, a minister said here on Monday

Delhi and Bihar, which have started administering free Covid precaution doses for the 18-59 year age group, have to reimburse the National Health Authority for using the available stock of jabs provided by the Union government for the purpose.

A rise in the number of daily COVID-19 cases and mortality has been observed in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand, indicating the pandemic is moving eastwards, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today attacked the centre over its statement that it had never spoken about inoculating everyonewith the COVID-19 vaccine in his latest attack on the government amid the pandemic which has affected 95.3 lakh people in the country.

Thousands of men and women leaving quarantine centres across Bihar are getting condoms and contraceptive pills from the State Health Society amid the coronavirus lockdown. The state has the highest fertility rate in India at 3.4 children per woman, according to the last data published by the National Family Health Survey in 2016.

Bihar government has asked the Union Ministry of Health as to how Gaya can be classified as a red zone where there is only one active case of COVID-19, State Principal Health Secretary Sanjay Kumar said on Wednesday.

COVID-19 testing is "abysmally low" in Bihar, health infrastructure is in shambles and medical supplies procurement "very slow", RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged on Monday and asked the Nitish Kumar-led government to persuade the Centre to provide a special financial package to fight the pandemic.

The mortality rate due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) cases in Bihar has come down significantly due to strategic interventions made by the central government, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Tuesday.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said that the encephalitis outbreak in Bihar, which has claimed the lives of 136 children so far, is being constantly monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. "PM @narendramodi has been constantly monitoring the situation in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. It was as per his instructions that I went to Muzaffarpur. ...

A petition seeking urgent action over the health crisis in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, where over 100 children have died with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, will be heard on Monday. The petition will ask the court to order the state and the Centre to set up 500 Intensive Care Units and station enough doctors. It will also ask that a team of medical experts ...

A young man's fractured leg was treated by tying a cardboard carton to his leg instead of a plaster cast in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. Nitish Kumar, who injured his leg after falling from his bike, was taken to a primary health centre in Minapur.

A young man's fractured leg was treated by tying a cardboard carton to his leg instead of a plaster cast in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. Nitish Kumar, who injured his leg after falling from his bike, was taken to a primary health centre in Minapur.

At least 23 women were forced to undergo tubal sterilisation, also known as tubectomy, without anaesthesia by doctors and medical personnel at a primary health centre in Bihar's Khagaria district, officials said on Thursday.

The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) said on Tuesday that it was issuing notices to 1,800 healthcare centres in the state, which have failed to comply with the norms laid down for bio-medical waste disposal, warning them of closure.

Almost 23 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) numbers, which are 14-digit health Ids, have been created so far, with Andhra Pradesh generating the highest 3.21 crore followed by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

The authorities have ordered an investigation after it came to light that a portion of land on which a government health centre was set up around 50 years ago in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district was sold off and registered, a minister said here on Monday

Delhi and Bihar, which have started administering free Covid precaution doses for the 18-59 year age group, have to reimburse the National Health Authority for using the available stock of jabs provided by the Union government for the purpose.

A rise in the number of daily COVID-19 cases and mortality has been observed in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand, indicating the pandemic is moving eastwards, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today attacked the centre over its statement that it had never spoken about inoculating everyonewith the COVID-19 vaccine in his latest attack on the government amid the pandemic which has affected 95.3 lakh people in the country.

Thousands of men and women leaving quarantine centres across Bihar are getting condoms and contraceptive pills from the State Health Society amid the coronavirus lockdown. The state has the highest fertility rate in India at 3.4 children per woman, according to the last data published by the National Family Health Survey in 2016.

Bihar government has asked the Union Ministry of Health as to how Gaya can be classified as a red zone where there is only one active case of COVID-19, State Principal Health Secretary Sanjay Kumar said on Wednesday.

COVID-19 testing is "abysmally low" in Bihar, health infrastructure is in shambles and medical supplies procurement "very slow", RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav alleged on Monday and asked the Nitish Kumar-led government to persuade the Centre to provide a special financial package to fight the pandemic.

The mortality rate due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) cases in Bihar has come down significantly due to strategic interventions made by the central government, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Tuesday.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said that the encephalitis outbreak in Bihar, which has claimed the lives of 136 children so far, is being constantly monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. "PM @narendramodi has been constantly monitoring the situation in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. It was as per his instructions that I went to Muzaffarpur. ...

A petition seeking urgent action over the health crisis in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, where over 100 children have died with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome, will be heard on Monday. The petition will ask the court to order the state and the Centre to set up 500 Intensive Care Units and station enough doctors. It will also ask that a team of medical experts ...