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  • 14/10/2005

Duty free on September 21, 2005 came a press release. "A Task Force on Health Tourism constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would assess the opportunities for promoting India as a health destination, recommend action to be taken by the Central and State Governments and specially recommend about super speciality medical care, outsourcing of medical services to Indian it based institutes and gainfully utilize the expertise available in traditional medicines.'

Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, the number of deaths from Japanese encephalitis in eastern Uttar Pradesh this monsoon rose to 783 on September 21. Mostly children. The district administration is yet to declare an epidemic, a decision supposed to be taken jointly by the district magistrate (dm) and the chief medical officer (cmo). From July 12 to September 23

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