By Taruni Gandhi ENT Specialist Dr Shyam Shastri (name changed) of Phase 6 Civil Hospital routinely visits general medical practitioners near his hospital envelopes of cheques. Shastri, who has been struggling to establish his medical practice for the past three years, has finally decided to offers “cuts” to his colleagues from the fees that his … Read more
M4PNews | Chandigarh “He left not just an ideology, but a roadmap for the youth to make a society free of the shackles of religion; not tethered to any caste or class but with a level playing field with equal rights and opportunities for all,” says author & award-winning journalist, Jupinderjit Singh Prof. Jagmohan Singh, … Read more
M4PNews|Chandigarh The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and research (PGIMER) is planning to set up a 250-bedded geriatrics centre with an aim to provide better healthcare services to senior citizens under one roof. As per a senior administrative officer, the proposal of the same was made by a team of doctors from the internal … Read more
By Dinesh C Sharma Courtesy: India Science Wire M4PNews| Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) Yak – the lifeline of pastoral nomads in high altitudes of the Indian Himalayan region – is facing the threat of gradually rising temperatures in the region. The increasing trend of environmental temperature at high altitudes is resulting in heat stress in yak … Read more
The mobile internet services will also be suspended in the state in view of the bandh called by several Dalit organisations against the dilution of SC/ST Atrocities Act. M4PNews|Chandigarh All educational institutions will remain closed and mobile internet services will be suspended in Punjab on April 2 in view of the bandh called by several … Read more
M4PNews| MOHALI: A 22-year-old youth died after a bullet fired accidentally from the gun of a security guard hit him on the head in a freak incident at a petrol station in Sector 79 on Tuesday night. The incident happened around 11.50 pm when Kuldeep Singh accidentally dropped his .12 bore gun and it fired … Read more
HIGHLIGHTS The CBSE to re-conduct the examinations for Economics (Class 12th) and Mathematics (for Class 10). Dates for the fresh examinations will be announced within a week. This is not the first instance where Board exam papers conducted by CBSE were leaked. M4PNews| NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education has decided to re-conduct the … Read more
Having performed an advanced procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) recently, Paras Hospitals Gurgaon has joined Ivy League of hospitals. M4PNews|Chandigarh Having performed an advanced procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) recently, Paras Hospitals Gurgaon has joined Ivy League of hospitals which are known to conduct such surgeries in patients unsuited for normal … Read more
25 pc of children in some rural schools in Panchkula dist chew tobacco: PGI survey M4PNews|Chandigarh A PGIMER survey conducted in some rural schools in Haryana’s Panchkula district has found that 25 per cent of children, some of them as young as eight years, chew tobacco. The survey, having a sample size of 2,500 children, was conducted last year and … Read more
1750 kg tobacco surrendered and incinerated at PGIMER M4PNews|Chandigarh It is not easy to meet a doctor in PGIMER Chandigarh. It became more difficult for those who are tobacco addicts only when they are carrying these products with them. PGIMER administration took out this initiative of making people aware about tobacco hazardous effects. In all … Read more