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Pune launches pulse polio drive, 2.62 lakh children vaccinated on Day 1

India, Oct. 12 -- City's Sub-National Pulse Polio Immunisation Drive 2025 began Sunday, immunising over 2.62 lakh children-about 84% of the target population-on day one, according to officials. The i... Read More


Sassoon appoints senior staff at night duty to handle emergencies

India, Oct. 12 -- Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) and BJ Medical College (BJMC) on Friday appointed senior professors for night duty to strengthen the accident and emergency department to handle emerge... Read More


4.44 lakh children immunised for MR during special campaign

India, Oct. 12 -- The state government has immunised a total of 4,44,606 children for Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination during its special immunisation campaign launched last month. The special MR vac... Read More


Awareness programme on mental health held on JM Road

India, Oct. 11 -- The Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), Pune, organised a human chain and a street play on Jangali Maharaj (JM) Road on the occasion of World Mental Health Day on Friday. ... Read More


Water samples confirm coliform contamination; cases cross 100-mark

India, Oct. 11 -- The reports of laboratory tests of water samples collected from Bavdhan, received on Friday, have confirmed coliform bacteria contamination, indicating possible sewage water mixing a... Read More


Housing societies' residents to voice expectations ahead of civic polls

India, Oct. 11 -- Several housing societies under the banner of Chikhali Moshi Pimpri-Chinchwad Housing Societies Federation (CMPCHSF) will hold a meeting at Moshi on Sunday to discuss the role of hou... Read More


Medical fraternity demands stricter monitoring of drugs by FDA

India, Oct. 10 -- The recent occurrence - wherein 'Coldrif' cough syrup has been linked to the deaths of 19 children in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Rajasthan and Dr Praveen Soni, a paediatrician from MP, ... Read More


Over 94 cases of water-borne disease reported in Bavdhan

India, Oct. 10 -- The number of water-borne disease cases in the recent outbreak in Bavdhan continues to rise, with 51 more cases recorded by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday, taking t... Read More


FDA confiscates cough syrup stock worth rRs.r13 lakh

India, Oct. 9 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pune region has seized cough syrup stock worth over Rs.13 lakh, said officials on Wednesday. The action on Tuesday follows recent deaths of 16 ... Read More


PMC anti-polio drive to vaccinate 3.12 lakh children

India, Oct. 9 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will immunise over 3.12 lakh children under the age of five for polio as part of the Sub-National Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign 2025, said off... Read More