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Bihar Facing Serious Shortage Of Lab Technicians, Nurses, Pharmacists
Notwithstanding special attention of National Rural Health Mision (NRHM) Bihar is witnessing serious shortage of lab technicians, nurses and pharmacists. There is 92 per cent shortage of lab technicians, 33 per cent of nurses and 74 per cent of pharmacists in the state.
The above figure came up during the discussion on the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) organized by the Centre for Health And Resource Management (CHARM) in Patna on Tuesday.
The director of CHARM, Dr Shakeel, said that not a single health or sanitation committee has been formed in rural Bihar. While only 28 per cent of the Rogi Kalyan Samiti is functional, ambulance service is not available free of cost.
He sought audit of maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate, abolition of user fee for the poor, food security and regular immunisation programmes. Dr Shakeel said that the pace with which the state government is carrying out its tasks under the NRHM, it is unlikely that its objectives would be achieved in the rural areas.
Source: Bihartimes.com Bihar facing serious shortage of lab technicians, nurses, pharmacists
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Posted on Thu Dec 17, 2009 at 08:43:06 PM EST
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Centre To Set Up Medicinal Units To Promote Ayurveda
In an effort to facilitate the growth of Ayurveda and other traditional forms of medicine, the Centre plans to invest Rs 650 crore for setting up of drug manufacturing units across the country.
The medicinal units, which would be established under the National Ayurveda Mission, will have processing, research and laboratory facilities, Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Gulam Nabi Azad said here today.
Patna Ayurvedic College would be upgraded and accorded the status of National Institute of Research, and the Patna Regional Research Centre of Unani medicines would be turned into a model institute, Azad told the concluding session of 'Arogya' organised by 'AYUSH'.
He said Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy should be extended to villages as these were the cheapest form of treatment.
Source: PTI Centre to set up medicinal units to promote ayurveda
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Posted on Wed Dec 09, 2009 at 10:26:00 PM EST
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TIGHTER REGULATIONS - Firms Have To Register With Govt For Clinical Trials On Humans
Mandatory registration should start in three months; human drug trials have so far not been monitored closely

Organisations conducting clinical trials on humans will soon have to register with the government to be able to carry out such studies as India looks to tighten regulations and enhance transparency in drug research.
Mandatory registration of contract research organisations or clinical research organisations (CRO) should start in three months, said Surinder Singh, drugs controller general of India (DCGI).
"This is a very good move by the government," said Muralidharan Nair, partner, health sciences practice, at audit and consulting firm Ernst and Young. "In today's world, it (the existing system) gives a poor impression of India that anyone can have a CRO. The registry will allow people to know the strength of a CRO, the services it offers, its credentials and therapeutic segments it covers."
Such a registry, he said, was a basic requirement for the industry.
India is one of the fastestgrowing clinical research destinations with a growth rate that is two-and-a-half times that of the overall market growth, but human drug trials have so far not been monitored closely.
Source: Live Mint By Radhieka Pandeya TIGHTER REGULATIONS - Firms Have To Register With Govt For Clinical Trials On Humans
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Fri Dec 04, 2009 at 01:36:36 AM EST
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New Polio Vaccine To Te Introduced In UP & Bihar
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Health Centres In Towns On Cards
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Bihar Government Promotes Breast-Feeding To Reduce Infant Mortality Rate
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Meira Kumar lays Foundation Stone For A Hospital In Bihar
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ESIC Hospital To Come Uat Bihta
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Bihar Plea For A Virology Lab In State
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Govt To Set up 7,765 Health Sub Centres
The state government has decided to set up 7,765 health sub centres and 1,544 additional public health centres in the state under the National Rural Health Mission programme.
Replying to a question of Kedar Nath Pandey of the CPI in the Bihar legislative council, health minister Nand K Yadav said that the construction of these health centres would be completed in five years' time. At present, the construction of 1,985 health sub centres and 100 additional public health centres are in progress, Yadav said.
Shortage of dentists: The state government on Tuesday admitted that there is acute crisis of dentists in the state. Replying to a question of Mundrika Singh Yadav of the RJD in the council, the health minister said that there are 53 sanctioned posts of dentists in districts. In view of the acute crisis of dentists, the government has appointed dentists on contract for two days in a week in districts on Rs 500 per day. At present, the services of as many as 146 such dentists have been roped in various health centres, the minister said.
Medical Council of India: The state government on Tuesday admitted that the Medical Council of India (MCI) had objected the continuance of the principal of the Government Medical College, Bettiah, as he is also holding the charge of principal of S K Medical College, Muzaffarpur. Replying to a question of Nawal K Yadav of the RJD, the health minister said that the MCI's objection were regarding the principals holding additional charges of Bettiah, Madhepura and Pawapuri medical colleges.
Legislators' ward: The state government is likely to increase the number of beds in legislators' ward of the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH). Replying to a question of Ramchandra Prasad of the RJD, health minister Nand K Yadav said that at present there are 12 beds of which eight are for men legislators and the rest are for women. The ministry has sought a detailed proposal for increasing the the number of beds.
Source: Times Of India Govt to set up 7,765 health sub centres
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Tue Jul 28, 2009 at 08:26:44 PM EST
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Bihar Govt Launches Mobile Medical Vans
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DFID Is Considering Major Support For Health Sector Reforms In Bihar
UK government's Department of International Development (DFID) is considering a major initiative for health sector in Bihar. In this regard, a workshop was held here on Wednesday to agree a road map for health sector reforms in the state. If approved by GoB, GoI and DFID, this will be one of the major initiatives ever planned in Bihar to integrate the working of three health sector departments: Department of Health, Social Welfare Department and Public Health Engineering Department with a view to achieve better health outcome and will enable GoB to get approximately Rs. 600 crore to its budget over the next six years.
This will help the state to pump in the much needed resources to address malnutrition by strengthening the Anganwadi Centres in the state and also to achieve 100% sanitation and clean drinking water.
The workshop focused on emerging priorities for the State Health Sector Plan in areas related to, among others, maternal and child health, medical education, nutrition, water and sanitation, financial management, and convergence.
The event was chaired by the Development Commissioner Anup Mukherjee and attended by Principal Secretaries and other key officials of the departments including Health, Social Welfare, PHED, Panchayati Raj and Finance departments, and Mahadalit Mission.
Source: Bihar Times DFID is considering major support for health sector reforms in Bihar
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Wed Jul 08, 2009 at 11:39:57 PM EST
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Amendments To Medical Council of India (MCI) Norms Will Help Bihar
Repeated attempts by Bihar to get the Medical Council of India (MCI) approval for its three new medical colleges seem to have come a cropper.
The MCI teams, which had earlier inspected Vardman Institute of Medical Sciences (Pawapuri) Government Medical College and Hospital (Bettiah) Government Medical College and Hospital (Madhepura), said infrastructure and faculty position are not strong enough to get the green light.
There is, however, a glimmer of hope now. For, the Centre is mulling amendments to MCI regulations to facilitate setting up more medical colleges in states as part of its efforts to increase the number of doctors.
According to reports, the amendments are being made to rationalize the existing norms of requirement of land and the teacher-student ratio.
"It should be done at the earliest because shortage of doctors is not a Bihar-specific problem. The country has a shortage of about 500,000 doctors," state health minister Nand Kishore Yadav told TOI.
Source: Times Of India Amendments to MCI norms will help Biha
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Tue Jul 07, 2009 at 02:35:25 AM EST
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Red Cross to Build Blood Banks in Bihar
The state government on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Red Cross organization to build blood banks in 17 district hospitals in Bihar.
The agreement was reached in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav, Governor's chief secretary S. K. Negi, and Health Department chief secretary Bhanu Pratap Sharma.
According to the agreement, the Indian Red Cross will take charge of sadar hospitals in Samastipur, Muzaffarpur Begusarai, Hajipur, Bihar Sharif, Khagaria, Aurangabad, Lakhisarai, Gopalganj, Bettiah, Munger, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Chhapra, Ara, Buxar, and Siwan by July 31 where it would set up blood banks to help support the local population.
The Chief Minister said that the government was committed to providing high-quality blood to patients in Bihar.
"With the involvement of Red Cross in restructuring district hospitals, it would be a huge step forward in the area of public health in the state," Kumar said.
Source: Patnadaily.com Red Cross to Build Blood Banks in Bihar
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Thu Jun 11, 2009 at 03:12:19 AM EST
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Patnaites Can Now Avail Services Of State-Of-The-Art Aambulance Service by Dialing Toll Free No. 108
Patnaites can now avail services of state-of-the-art ambulance service by calling toll free number `108'. The state health department has procured 10 such ambulances which are fitted with modern equipment like defibrillator, ECG, cardiac monitor, resuscitation kit etc. Five of these 10 ambulances are also fitted with ventilators using which a patient can be kept on life support system temporarily.
All these ambulances are fitted with global positioning system (GPS) equipment which would allow the operators to keep a tab on the exact position of a particular ambulance. Then there would be medical technicians and helpers in these ambulances to attend patients availing this service.
The state government has roped in the services of Ziquitza Healthcare, Mumbai, for providing this service to the city residents. The said company has expertise in providing such services and at present it is running 81 such ambulances in Mumbai and Kerala.
The service has been designed on public-private partnership (PPP) model and user would have to pay Rs 300 for availing the facility. Members of below poverty line (BPL) families, however, would not have to pay for services given to them as payment would be made from funds of Patients' Welfare Committee, health minister Nand Kishore Yadav told TOI.
The health department has also worked out details for positioning of these ambulances with the target being providing ambulance services to the city residents within 15 minutes of call made on the toll free number.
The places where these ambulances would be stationed are G G S Hospital, Patna City; Jayaprabha Hospital, Kankerbagh; PHC, Phulwarisharif; Sub-divisional hospital, Danapur; IGIC, Patna; PHC, Fatuha; Kurji Hospital and Rajvanshi Nagar Hospital.
A dedicated control room has been set up to monitor
the functioning of these ambulances as well as to issue directions to those manning them once a phone call is received.
"For now, we are starting this project on a pilot basis and if it proves to be useful, the services would be extended to other parts of the state also in future," said the health minister.
Source: Times Of IndiaCity to have 10 state-of-the-art ambulances
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Thu Jun 04, 2009 at 03:19:59 AM EST
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Bihar To Increase Hospital Strength
Bihar government would create 10,000 more beds in district hospitals across the state, state Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav said on Tuesday.
He said the number of beds in the district hospitals having 100 beds would be increased to 500.
In nine districts including Vaishali, Samastipur, Sitamarhi and Purnia, the number of beds would be 500, whereas in other 28 district hospitals, the strength would be 300, Mr. Yadav said. These would also include hospitals in Bhojpur, Jehanabad, Katihar, Khagaria, Kishanganj and Sheikhpura.
The health department was preparing a detailed project report, the minister said.
Tenders would be floated at the earliest and efforts would be made to start work this year, Mr. Yadav said.
According to him, the districts having medical colleges would get only 100 beds in the Sadar hospitals. "Our objectives is to accommodate a maximum number of patients in hospitals and also ease pressure on medical college and hospitals," Mr. Yadav said.
He said the department was in the process of planning to meet the financial and manpower needed for the project.
"We have already requested Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) to recruit 2,132 doctors on a regular basis and expect to get the list by July," Mr. Yadav said.
Source: The Hindu Bihar to increase hospital strength
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Posted on Wed May 27, 2009 at 03:56:59 AM EST
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Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) Allotted 25 acres Land For Hospital
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UP And Bihar Rank Low In Health Administration, Report By National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
The north Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are laggards in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission programme. According to the latest review report of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the two states rank the lowest in the utilisation of the scheme. The second review conducted by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday pinpoints the shortcomings of the states in delivering the benefits of NRHM to the common man.
While most of the states recorded significant development, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar failed to supply even medical kits to the health workers. "Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Assam Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have all completed their fourth module of 15 to 19 days of training for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA).Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Mizoram lag behind with only seven days training. Drug kits for ASHAs have been procured and distributed in all states except in UP and Bihar," the independent review chaired by Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said.
The Minister announced that the meeting decided to give ASHAs a remuneration of Rs 500 each per month initially. ASHAs numbering around 6,40,000 across the country were till now only getting incentive-based emoluments.
The review is based on the assessment of 13 states by six-member teams over the last two months. Public health experts, NGOs, development partners and senior public servants were part of these independent teams that spent ten days in two districts of the short-listed states. Assam and Mizoram in North-east, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan from among the high-focus states and four states, namely, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil Nadu among the non-high focus states were covered in the current Common Review Mission. "Outpatient cases, institutional deliveries, impatient cases, diagnostic services, emergency transport services have all registered an improvement in a majority of the states," said Review results.
Source: The Pioneer UP and Bihar rank low in health administration
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 11:15:00 PM EST
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Lalu Inaugurates Rly Super Speciality Hospital at Karbighiaya End of Patna Junction
Railway minister Lalu Prasad on Thursday inaugurated the railway super speciality hospital
at Karbighiaya end of Patna Junction. Built at a cost of Rs 76 crore, a part of the hospital became functional from Thursday itself. The four storied hospital would become completely functional by July this year. It would be fully centrally air-conditioned hospital, Lalu said.
Speaking on the occasion, Lalu announced that this hospital would now have 250 beds. Earlier, it was to be a 100-bed hospital. The number of beds has been increased to provide more facility to indoor patients. This hospital would reserve 90 per cent beds for the railway employees and 10 per cent of them would be reserved for the common people, he said.
According to Lalu, the emergency services would be made available round-the-clock. It would charge very nominal fees from each general patient seeking outdoor treatment.
Lalu announced that the railways intend to introduce bullet trains on the Patna-Delhi, Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Lucknow and Mumbai-Ahmedabad routes soon. He said that he would raise the matter in the Parliament. If it is possible, it would be announced in the ensuing railway budget itself. However, the railways would prepare a feasibility report on the viability of running bullet trains on these routes, he said, adding the railways would develop infrastructure first to realise the dream of running bullet trains.
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Health
Posted on Fri Jan 23, 2009 at 02:54:15 AM EST
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