Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday emphasized the need for achieving 100 percent voluntary blood donation, thereby ensuring that there is no shortage of safe blood in the country.
Azad, who inaugurated the upgraded Indian Red Cross Model Blood Bank here said there is a need to motivate young donors [...]
By Reeyankee
The Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today sought more powers to deal with cases of corruption in Medical Council of India.
He announced the setting up of a Task Force for regulating the functioning of both the Medical and Dental Councils of India along with Ayurveda, Unani, Siddhha and other streams of medicines.
Dismissing allegations levelled [...]
By Reeyankee
Noticing massive gaps in figures provided by states on immunisation programme and the ground reality, the govt on Friday said it will open a call centre in the national capital to monitor the implementation.
“In the database, we shall have telephone numbers of parents of children who will be given shots… In case parents don’t [...]
By Reeyankee
This Thursday, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Health Minister denied the charge that from now onwards ndian girls will no longer be used as guinea pigs for giving anti-cervical cancer vaccines.
The use of HPV has been stopped in the country following the allegation that deaths in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh might have resulted from [...]