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Maha rolls out comprehensive palliative care programme to ease suffering of critically ill

India, Feb. 6 -- In a significant shift in public healthcare, the Maharashtra government has approved statewide expansion of palliative care services to ensure that patients with cancer, heart failure... Read More


Maha forms expert panel to shape future health policy

India, Feb. 6 -- The Maharashtra government on February 2, 2026, constituted the state health policy and technical advisory committee (SHPTAC), a high-level body tasked with guiding health policy form... Read More


Patients left in lurch as key services out of order at ADH

India, Feb. 6 -- Patients and their kin visiting Aundh District Hospital (ADH) are facing severe hardships as several key services remain non-functional for months, exposing yawning gaps in the city's... Read More


PCMC first civic body in Maha to get national quality tag for health centres

India, Feb. 5 -- The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has become the first civic body in Maharashtra to receive the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification from the unio... Read More


Health budget falls short of policy promise: Rights group

Pune, Feb. 4 -- The Union health budget for 2026-27 violates commitments under National Health Policy and neglects public healthcare, Jan Arogya Abhiyan (JAA), a coalition of health rights organisatio... Read More


Maj Gen Sanil Mohan takes charge as Commandant of Command Hospital, Pune

India, Feb. 3 -- Major General Sanil Mohan assumed charge as the Commandant of Command Hospital (Southern Command) on Sunday, marking a change of leadership at one of the Indian Army's premier tertiar... Read More


NCP opts out of PCMC mayoral race, seeks deputy mayor post from BJP

India, Feb. 3 -- The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has decided not to contest the Pimpri-Chinchwad mayoral election following the death of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, but is negotiatin... Read More


Union health budget falls short of policy promise: Jan Arogya Abhiyan

India, Feb. 3 -- The Union health budget for 2026-27 violates commitments under the National Health Policy and neglects public healthcare, the Jan Arogya Abhiyan (JAA), a coalition of health rights or... Read More


Panel probing theft of injection vials from ADH says hospital staff not cooperating

India, Feb. 2 -- An inquiry committee constituted by the state health department to investigate the alleged theft of Mephentermine Sulphate injection vials from the Aundh District Hospital (ADH) has d... Read More


'Telangana pathologist signing reports for labs across Maha sans supervision'

India, Feb. 2 -- The Maharashtra Association of Practising Pathologists and Microbiologists (MAPPM) has lodged a formal complaint with the Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) and Chhatrapati Sambhajinag... Read More