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Chandigarh: With over 8k downloads in last 10 years, PGI's app guiding doctors in emergency care

Chandigarh, Nov. 16 -- With 8,210 downloads in over ten years, the Gastrointestinal (GI) and Liver Emergencies App is helping doctors all over the country in dealing with GI and liver emergency cases ... Read More


Chandigarh administration agrees to reduce Group Home deposit from rRs.r20L to rRs.r6L

Chandigarh, Nov. 13 -- Nearly after two years of deliberations and parents' efforts, the UT administration on Wednesday has agreed to reduce the security deposit for the Group Home in Sector 31 from R... Read More


Chandigarh: Defunct C-arm machine at ortho dept delays implant surgeries at GMCH-32

Chandigarh, Oct. 30 -- Scores of patients admitted to the orthopaedics department at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, are facing inordinate delays in their implant surger... Read More


Amid centre's push, key digital services still missing at Chandigarh hospitals

Chandigarh, Oct. 26 -- Amid the central government's emphasis on implementing the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), Chandigarh health department is focusing on creating Ayushman Bharat Health Ac... Read More


Chandigarh tricity area sees 95% drop in dengue cases this year

Chandigarh, Oct. 19 -- With just 160 cases so far, the Tricity has reported its lowest number of dengue cases in four years, according to official data. This is a 94.96% decline from last year when th... Read More


Breast cancer tops among women, lung cancer among men in Chandigarh: NCD registry report

Chandigarh, Oct. 12 -- Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in Chandigarh, while lung cancer leads among men, according to the second report of the Chandigarh Non-Communicable Dise... Read More


As PGI physiotherapists go on strike, BPT students bear brunt

Chandigarh, Oct. 10 -- Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) students at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) are facing a prolonged academic crisis, with regular classes, t... Read More


Access to mental health services vital during catastrophes: PGIMER

Chandigarh, Oct. 9 -- With catastrophic or emergency-like situations becoming more frequent - from natural disasters to global health crises - access to mental healthcare during such times has become ... Read More


In absence of safe pedestrian crossing, patients put life on the line to reach PGI

Chandigarh, Oct. 3 -- For most people, anxiety before visiting a hospital is common. But for patients visiting the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education (PGIMER), this comes with the added worr... Read More


Chandigarh: Woman's 30-year battle with blood cancer inspires many

Chandigarh, Sept. 29 -- After being told to have maximum survival of around 5 years following chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) diagnosis , a type of blood cancer in 1995, Veena Sood, now having survived... Read More