Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Mumbai faces greater threat from dengue than malaria
Former had five times more breeding spots than the latter in last four months The Insecticide department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) found five times more dengue mosquito breeding
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Maharashtra: Civic body plans inspection of Ulhas & Waldhuni rivers
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the Anil Diggikar, principal secretary (environment) on Monday After Supreme Court held State environment department reponsible for not taking enough measures
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Swine flu claims two lives in Mumbai, 120 across state
A 30-year-old woman from Agripada and a 65-year-old diabetic woman from Mazgaon died in the month of March due to swine flu, as per the records presented by the death audit committee meeting held in April.
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Mumbai: Contractors to face axe for tree mishaps
Civic body adds a new clause in its contract whereby contractors, not BMC, will be responsible for mishaps After an outrage by citizens over the chain of mishaps in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal
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Mumbai: Most air quality monitoring stations lack real-time data
Only three out of 16 CAAQMS installed in MMR provide data on its website While activists are demanding for more air quality monitoring stations across Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to accurately
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BMC's campaign finds 77 new TB cases in Mumbai
BMC’s health workers visited households across 24 wards The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s public health department which conducted a house-to-house active case finding (ACF) campaign for
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Maharashtra government records 94 swine flu deaths till Wednesday
The number of cases treated too has increased to 1,236 patients, who are being treated across the state. As per the Maharashtra public health department data, around 94 patients have died in the state
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Centre seeks final proposals on ESAs in Western Ghats
Centre presses states to trace Eco-Sensitive Areas in meeting In a bid to gather momentum for a consensus on delineating Eco-Sensitive Areas (ESA) in Western Ghats, the Centre held a meeting with five
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Mumbai in grip of swine flu, 121 cases in two months
Swine flu scare has gripped the financial capital. The city is seeing an alarming rise in the number of swine flu cases, with at least 121 people tested positive for the infectious seasonal influenza so
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Mumbai: Eco conscious citizens say 'Holi hai' with flowers
No pichkaris, no water balloons or bags, no gulal — in short, a dry Holi with no colours. Moving over wet-and-wild Holi, residents of Cuffe Parade will celebrate the festival without water to protect the