Kochi: Even as a few senior CPM leaders have raised concerns over use of a generic medicine for patients of Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the medical fraternity have supported the use of equivalent low cost generic drugs.Patients suffering from SMA, which is a genetic condition causing progressive loss of muscle strength, have gone a back
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Kochi: US-based CorroHealth on Friday agreed to hold talks with Kerala Government on retrenchment of employees, Kerala Labour Minister Bindu Krishna said on Friday.Top level company officials of the healthcare technology company will hold further talks in coming days, Bindhu Krishna told reporters.The meeting took place after Kerala High Court directed both sides to attempt
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Kochi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday questioned Lakeshore Hospital Managing Director in connection with organ scam in Kerala.The MD was summoned to ED’s Kochi office to question in connection with cases registered in six police stations in Kerala.Raids were conducted in hospitals across Kerala by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in June following
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Kochi: Seven migrant workers were killed and 67 others were hospitalized following an ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing and export unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district.The National Disaster Response Force’s (NDRF) 4th Battalion headquarters in Arakkonam was immediately informed and mobilised to respond to the emergency situation, India Today reported.The workers from states
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Kochi: Raids were conducted in hospitals across Kerala by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday following allegations of organ trafficking racket among others.Raids were held at nine locations across Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Kasaragod districts, NDTV reported.The raids are linked to a larger investigation into an alleged organ trafficking syndicate headed by
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Kochi: Suspected Ebola case reported at Kottayam Medical College in Kerala in a woman from Sudan.The 52 year old woman, who is suspected to be infected, first visited a private hospital in Pala on Wednesday, Asianet News reported.She was shifted to Isolation ward.A standing instruction has been issued by the Union Health Ministry to all
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Kochi: Eleven heart patients died at Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research within 24 hours.The patients were suffering from severe cardiac conditions and were receiving treatment at the institution, media reports said.Family members of some of the deceased have openly expressed anger and questioned the functioning of the hospital administration and medical staff.Relatives have
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Kochi: Five people have fallen victim to Shigella infection in Kerala where 146 shigella cases have been recorded between January and June.Seventy cases were reported in June.Kozhikode is the worst-affected district where 22 cases were reported in June. Two deaths were reported in Kozhikode, India Today reported.Malappuram recorded nine cases and two deaths, while Thrissur
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Kochi: In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed passive euthanasia, in terms of its 2018 Common Cause judgment (as modified in 2023) recognising the fundamental right to die with dignity.The Apex Court permitted withdrawal of life support for a 32-year-old man, who has remained in an “irreversible permanent vegetative state” for the
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Kochi: Ten month old Aalin Sherin Abraham, who was declared brain dead on Friday after a road mishap in Kottayam in Kerala, will give a new lease of life to four kids, media reports said.Sherin became the youngest organ donor in the state where three hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram will carry out transplant of different organs
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Kochi: Despite the Chinese government offering sops to parents to have more children, Beijing’s birth rates sank to a record low falling by 3.39 million to reach 1.4 billion by the end of 2025, BBC reported.This marks a quicker decline than the previous year, government data showed on Monday.China’s birth rate fell to 5.63 per
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Kochi: A kidney was airlifted on a commercial airline for the first time in the state for transplantation on a 27 year old from Parassala on Thursday, NDTV reported.This the first time an organ is transported on a commercial flight. The kidney was flown from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday, K-SOTTO officials said.The kidney of
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Kochi: Kerala became the first state in the country to conduct a heart transplant poor 22-year-old woman from Nepal in a district level government hospital on Monday, Manorama news reported.The woman with cardiac sarcoidosis had come to Kerala after coming to know about health facilities available for people with poor financial condition.The patient’s mother and
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Kochi: A 77-year-old housewife from Azhur in Chirayankeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College died of amoebic meningoencephalitis. media reports said.She was under treatment forone month for sodium deficiency.Ten days back her blood tests showed that was infected with amoebic infection even as the source was not found.A total of 10 people have died due to the
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Kochi: At least 12 people were killed when their bus caught fire after colliding with a bike at Chinna Tekuru village in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh on Friday.The bus was going to Bengaluru from Hyderabad when the incident happened.The bus door got jammed and did not open making rescue operations difficult.Twelve people managed to
Kochi: Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, 80, passed away at an Ayurvedic eye hospital at Koothattukulam in Ernakulam in Kerala on Wednesday, media reports said. He suffered a cardiac failure during his morning walk on the campus.He was under treatment at the hospital for the last five days. He was accompanied by his daughter
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Kochi: A second year medical student from Odisha was gang raped in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district of Friday night, police said on Saturday, media reports said.The incident occurred outside a private medical college campus in Durgapur when the student went out with a friend for dinner, the reports said.The student from Jaleswar is under
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Kochi: Kerala government has offered free travel for people going for cancer treatment in state buses including superfast services, across the state.This was announced by state Transport Minister K B Ganesh Kumar in the State Assembly.The minister informed the assembly that cancer patients going for radiation and chemotherapy can travel for free on all KSRTC
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Kochi: Father of a 9 year old daughter who died of suspectedamoebic meningoencephalitis,attacked a Dr Vipin of Thamarassery Taluk hospital in Kozhikode, media reports said.The doctor, who was hit by the accused Sanool on the head, was rushed to Baby Memorial Hospital, Kozhikode.Sanoop has been detained by police.Snoop came to the hospital with two children
Kochi: A brain eating amoeba has claimed six lives in Kerala with a 47-year-old person of Malappuram falling its prey, media reports said.Known as amoebic meningoencephalitis, it claimed the life of the Malappuram native while he was undergoing treatment at medical college where he was admitted in a critical condition on August 9. A few
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