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West Bengal CM announces pay hike for govt doctors; suspensions in expired saline case lifted
Kolkata, Feb 24: West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, while addressing a medical convention on Monday, announced a major salary hike for government doctors in the state.
West Bengal Govt hikes salaries of doctors; CM Mamata Banerjee urges male doctors to protect their sisters
Kolkata, February 24: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a salary hike for state government doctors and health staff.
Bengal reports another Guillain-Barre fatality, official toll rises to two
Kolkata, Feb 22: West Bengal on Saturday reported a death reportedly caused by the Guillain-Barre Syndrome, the second fatality in the state since January.
Mamata defends Bengal's own health insurance scheme, terms it as 'unique'
Kolkata, Feb 20: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday provided a 'detailed explanation' on why Swasthya Sathi, the state's own health insurance scheme, is unique in the country, adding that the greatest advantage of the scheme is its universal nature.
WB hospital sets record with 175 gallbladder surgeries in 5 days: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, February 15: The Institution of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research and SSKM Hospital (IPGMER SSKM) has performed a record-breaking 175 gallbladder surgeries in just five days, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced.
Premier Kolkata medical institute slapped with show-cause notice by UGC
Kolkata, Feb 1: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has slapped a show-cause notice on Kolkata's iconic Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, often popularly referred to as the S.S.K.M. Medical College & Hospital for failure to submit an "anti-ragging declaration" lists from their students and their guardians to it.
Confusions galore over death of minor suspected of Guillain Barre Syndrome
Kolkata, Jan 28: A day after the West Bengal Health department said that there is nothing to panic about the Guillain Barre Syndrome in the state since neither this is a new disease nor there had been fresh reports of new individuals getting affected by it since December last year, confusion has started glaring over the death of a minor student having died on Wednesday reportedly after being affected by the same disease.
No increase of GBS cases in West Bengal since end of December till date: State Health Department
Kolkata, January 28: Amid the prevailing cases of Guillain-Baree Syndrome (GBS) in Maharashtra's Pune, the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare Department issued an official statement stating that there has been no increase in GBS cases in West Bengal since the end of December till date.
Bengal 'expired' saline case: Expert report does not out rule out impact of injected liquids
Kolkata, Jan 21: While the West Bengal government is sticking to its stand that the doctor's negligence was the reason behind the death of one woman and a newborn baby at a state-run hospital in West Midnapore district earlier this month, an expert committee of the state health department has not ruled out the possibility of adverse impact of injection of essential liquids like Ringers' Lactate and oxytocin triggering the mishaps.
Doctors in Bengal hospital on hunger strike in protest against suspension of 12 colleagues
Kolkata, Jan 19: A total of 38 doctors of state-run Medinipur Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal are on a marathon hunger strike to protest against the state government's decision to suspend 12 of their colleagues.