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Unhealthy at 65: India has 76% shortfall in government doctors

 After spending around 1% of gross domestic product (GDP) on health in the past five years, the government is proposing an increase in public spending by half a percentage point to make it 1.58% for the coming five years (2012-17) under the 12th Plan. ....

 Delhiites most obese: Study

NEW DELHI: Delhiites' predilection for fatty foods and sweets is no secret. Not surprisingly, they have beaten south Indians and those from the northeast in a study on obesity. The study focusing on three ethnic groups — Indo-Aryans (from Delhi), Mongoloids (from Manipur) and Dravidians (from Kerala) — found Delhiites to be the most obese.....

PM flags health mission, but policy still unclear

 NEW DELHI: PM Manmohan Singh gave the National Health Mission pride of place in his I-Day speech but a fierce policy row clouds the initiative, highlighting sharp differences over a major policy revamp that includes an ambitious plan for universal health coverage..

RWA asks govt to remove cell tower 

NEW DELHI: Worried over the ill effects of mobile tower radiation, a group of residents from Safdarjung Enclave has moved the government for removal of a mobile tower from their area. ...

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Road accidents claiming more young lives in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A recent traffic police survey has pointed out that more and more youngsters are falling prey to traffic accidents.
The number of vehicles on Delhi roads have drastically increased from 62,88,342 in 2009 to 67,55,720 in 2010. In 2011, the approximate number of vehicles in Delhi was 72 lakh, said officials. The population in Delhi has also increased from 1,64,37,000 in 2009 to 1,67,53,235 in 2010. In 2011, the population roughly stood at 1.70 crore, said police officers. 

Safety norms for workers on sewer cleaning laid out by NHRC and DJB.

Stents to cure chronic sinusitis

NEW DELHI: For years, they have been used to open blocked arteries. In a novel approach, drug-eluting stents are now being used to cure chronic sinusitis which is not treatable with medicines. The technique is also advisable for diabetics and those suffering from hypertension.

Solving The Dialysis Problem
Government Plans A Standalone Dialysis Centre In Each District To Tackle Chronic Kidney Disease 
There's hope for lakhs of Indians suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD),if the government follows through on its plans.Every year,lakhs of Indians die because they cannot get to a dialysis machine.Dialysis is the lifesaving procedure of removing waste from the blood when the kidneys are unable to do so.

Thin diabetics may be more in danger than obese ones
Type 2 diabetes,a condition thought of as a disease of the overweight and sedentary,also develops in people who arent overweight.And it may be deadlier in these normal-weight people,a new study shows.
In the study reported in The Journal of the American Medical Association,researchers reviewed data of more than 2,500 people with Type 2 diabetes over decades.
They found that those of normal weight at the time of their diagnoses were twice as likely to die during the study period,compared with those who were overweight or obese.

SOURCE: TOI

Twelfth Five Year Plan process is an opportunity to review the health system of our country,for next five years to redeem our commitments to health and to lives lived with dignity.To know more about  the future health plans as has been given by health division of planning commission (Feb 2012) visit: Report of the Steering Committee on Health for the 12th Five Year Plan

Also the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  has asked Planning Commission to rewrite its chapter on health. Details about this are available at :Ministry opposes plan to overhaul healthcare

Source: LiveMint.com dated 6th Aug

National Bone & Joint Day- August 4

IOA theme : Knowledge is Power; Skill is our Strength

COIMBATORE: Moving forwards, August 4 will be observed as National Bone and Joint Day. The Union Ministry of Health has decided to observe such a day to focus on treatment related issues concerning bones and joints following a request from the Indian Orthopaedic Association (IOA), which stressed the need to create awareness among people on the growing problems related to bones and joints.
Speaking to TOI, S Rajasekaran, president of IOA, said that with the ageing population and increasing accidents, the health problems related to bones and joints have also amplified. On the request of the association, the government has agreed to declare August 4 as National Bone and Joint Day, he said. The IOA charter was signed on the same day in 1971.

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