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MW Desai, Shatabdi hosps turn away patients needing stitches, ECGs

India, Nov. 22 -- Essential medical services have been disrupted at two peripheral hospitals under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) this week due to shortage of staff and doctors shirking ... Read More


BMC hosps unable to perform ECG, stitches

Mumbai, Nov. 22 -- Essential medical services have been disrupted at two peripheral hospitals under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) this week due to shortage of staff and doctors shirking... Read More


Mercury dips to 16.2degC as several pockets report ozone spikes

India, Nov. 20 -- The city woke up to its coldest morning of the season on Wednesday with the temperature at Santacruz dipping to 16.2deg Celsius. Air quality in several pockets of the city, however, ... Read More


Mercury dips to 16.2degC as pollutant levels increase

Mumbai, Nov. 20 -- The city woke up to its coldest morning of the season on Wednesday with the temperature at Santacruz dipping to 16.2deg Celsius. Air quality in several pockets of the city, however,... Read More


Committee to review govt's smoke detectors purchase after allegations of inflated prices

India, Nov. 19 -- Maharashtra's Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has constituted a committee to scrutinise a major procurement of 839 smoke detectors for three hospitals, after com... Read More


Panel set up to probe govt's Rs.79-cr smoke detectors purchase

Mumbai, Nov. 19 -- Maharashtra's Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has constituted a committee to scrutinise a major procurement of 839 smoke detectors for three hospitals, after co... Read More


Indian scientists discover "genetic switch' in womb that kickstarts pregnancy

India, Nov. 17 -- Indian scientists have identified a genetic "switch" inside the uterus that allows an embryo to implant and begin pregnancy. The study, published in the online research journal 'Cel... Read More


Genetic 'switch' that kickstarts pregnancy identified

MUMBAI, Nov. 17 -- Indian scientists have identified a genetic "switch" inside the uterus that allows an embryo to implant itself, signalling the start of pregnancy. The study, published in the online... Read More


At least 2,300 people die in the city every year due to heavy rains: Study

India, Nov. 14 -- Intense rainfall accounted for nearly 8% of all deaths in Mumbai during the monsoon season in the decade through 2015, according to a paper published on Wednesday in the multidiscipl... Read More


Over 2,300 die in the city every year due to heavy rains: Study

Mumbai, Nov. 14 -- Intense rainfall accounted for nearly 8% of all deaths in Mumbai during the monsoon in the decade through 2015, according to a paper published on Wednesday in the multidisciplinary ... Read More