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79-year-old latest COVID fatality in Tamil Nadu; wave’s toll rises to...
The latest pandemic death was a 79-year-old bedridden person who had diabetes, hemodynamic instability (a condition where blood flow is inadequate),...
Door-to-door screening to identify leprosy cases begins across TN...
13 Feb 2025 7:00 AM ISTLeprosy, a communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium Leprae bacteria, spreads via droplets during coughing or sneezing by untreated cases. The...
After a surge last year, number of dengue cases dips in TN
11 Feb 2025 9:09 PM ISTTamil Nadu recorded 26,740 cases of dengue in 2024 and 13 fatalities. Officials of the State Health Department said that the surge was due to sporadic...
Tamil Nadu: Waiting for transplant, desperate patients fall in...
10 Feb 2025 7:00 AM ISTTransplant Authority of Tamil Nadu clarifies that no patient is given preference based on their social status or income, rather a computerised system...
Complaint filed against ICH staff for locking up doctors quarters in...
8 Feb 2025 9:21 PM ISTThese residential quarters for the government doctors are located in Egmore. It is said that the quarters were left locked Friday night.
Over 140 emergency service vehicles worth Rs 30 cr begin operations in...
4 Feb 2025 9:23 PM ISTAs many as 72 ambulances, 4 four-wheeler emergency vehicles for hilly and rough terrain areas, 31 free hearse vehicles, and 36 ‘102’ free mother and...
Scrub Typhus cases touch 10 in TN, doctors urge timely testing
4 Feb 2025 7:00 AM ISTThis infection can cause low platelet count, and that ultimately leads to the failure of organs, including the liver, kidney and heart. Timely testing...
1,172 leprosy cases reported in Tiruvallur in last 6 years; camps...
3 Feb 2025 5:30 AM ISTThe data for February and March from 2018 to 2024 were analysed which revealed that campaigns have demonstrated effectiveness in facilitating early...