Mentally Disable Person Swallows Weird Items, Doctors Remove Shocking Items
In a concerning case from Moga in Punjab, a 40-year-old man reported to be mentally unwell underwent a medical operation where the doctors removed shocking things from his stomach. The man complained of severe and long-term stomach ache drawing medical attention. He was operated on by the experts for three hours and items such as earphones, lockets, screws, and rakhis were removed from the person's stomach.
Tags: Health, Mentally Ill, old man, Operation, Shocking
Courtesy: The Free Press Journal
Chandrababu Naidu Having Death Threats Amid Mosquitoes: Nara Lokesh
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President Nara Chandrababu Naidu who is in jail in alleged corruption case is allegedly facing death threats. Notably, Nara Lokesh, Chandrababu's son took to X formerly known as Twitter and said, his father was shifted to jail with the intent of killing as there are mosquitoes and have threat of deadly Dengue. He urged the President of India Droupadi Murmu to intervene.
Tags: Nara Chandrababu Naidu, TDP, Nara Lokesh, Rajahmundry Jail, Dengue alert
Courtesy: Times Now News
Disease X Can Cause Another Pandemic, Says Expert
A UK health expert said that Disease X, the name of the World Health Organisation (WHO), can cause another pandemic deadlier than Covid-19. In an interview to Daily Mail, Kate Bingham, who served as the chair of the UK's Vaccine Taskforce from May to December 2020, said the new virus could have a similar impact to the devastating pandemic. According to WHO, Disease X could be a new agent.
Tags: Disease X, health expert, pandemic, No Vaccine, World Health Organisation
Courtesy: NDTV
China Becomes Country With Largest Number Of Alzheimer's Patients In World
China has become the country with the largest number of Alzheimer's patients in the world, the state-run Global Times reported. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia and mostly affects people in old age. In China, however, the disease is also occurring at an increasingly younger age. Sources said, about 15.07 million people aged 60 and above in China have dementia, of which 9.83 million have Alzheimer's disease.
Tags: alzheimer's disease, China, Health, World news, population
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
Kozhikode Nipah Virus: Kerala Govt Eases Lockdown Restrictions
With no new cases of Nipah Virus Infections in the past one week, the district authorities in Kerala's Kozhikode on Friday exempted all the wards of the nine panchayats in Vadakara Taluk from the containment zone and announced further relaxations in the remaining containment zones. Relaxations were also announced in all the wards of Feroke Municipality and seven wards of Kozhikode Corporation, which are within the containment zone
Tags: nipah virus, kozhikode, Kerala Medical Ministry, Containment Zone, District Officer
Courtesy: India Today
3D Angioplasty To Be Safe Alternate For Traditional Bypass Surgeries
Advancements in medical technology have propelled the field of cardiology to new heights, offering heart patients alternatives to traditional bypass surgeries one such revolutionary procedure is 3D angioplasty, which promises to be a game-changer for those suffering from coronary artery disease Unlike conventional methods that involve using stents to open narrow or blocked blood vessels, this cutting-edge technique combines real-time imaging… read-more
Tags: Technology, 3D Angioplasty, Traditional Bypass surgery, Science, Health
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
Bollywood Actor Manoj Joshi Shares His Struggle After Devdas, Says Was Bed-Ridden
While filming for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, Bollywood actor Manoj Joshi shared his struggles after being bed-ridden for a year. During his interview, Joshi said he suffered a heart stroke and lost his eye-sight at the time. The actor recently featured in Dream Girl 2 said he had a bank balance zero at the time and faced a tough time to stand again in the Bollywood film Industry.
Tags: Manoj Joshi, Bed-Ridden, Bollywood, interview, Devdas, Heart Stroke
Courtesy: The Indian Express
Nipah Virus Alert: Kerala Government On High Alert
The virus gripped the coastal state of Kerala for the fourth time and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) informed that it has sought 20 more doses of the anti-body vaccine from Australia. It has also said that the mortality among the infected is very high in the virus (between 40 and 70 per cent) compared to the mortality in Covid, which was 2-3 per cent.
Tags: nipah virus, Kerala Government, Vaccine l, ICMR, Schools
Courtesy: News 18
Kerala Govt Launches Mobile Laboratories For Quick Testing Of Nipah Virus Samples
From importing monoclonal antibodies to deploying a mobile biosafety level-3 (BSL-3) laboratory in Kozhikode, the Kerala Government is taking all possible measures to curtail the spread of the deadly Nipah virus, which is rising rapidly in the region. The mobile laboratories were established to speed up the sample testing, which will be crucial to contain the spread of the virus.
Tags: nipah virus, Kerala Government, Mobile laboratories, Kerala Health Department
Courtesy: The Indian Express
Kerala Govt Declared 7 Gram Panchayat As Containment Zones; Nipah Virus Alert
Kerala is witnessing yet again COVID-19-like lockdown situation in several regions. After the recent rise in the Nipah virus, the health ministry declared containment zones, imposing strict restrictions, to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. Listing the panchayats declared as containment zones, Kozhikode District are: Atanchery, Maruthonkara, Tiruvallur, Kuttiyadi, Kayakkodi, Villyapalli, and Kavilumpara. Furthermore,… read-more
Tags: nipah virus, Kerala Government, alert, Containment Zone, Health
Courtesy: NDTV