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• Health workers being trained to tackle acute encephalitis syndrome

  Nasal spray is given in case of convulsion and it has been sent to the hospitals. Asha workers and Anganwadi workers have been given ORS packets: Sanjay Kumar Singh

  

• ‘Tech assessment is the way forward to deliver efficient health for all’

  ORS, a simple make-up of sugars, salts, and clean water which saved millions of lives, was the most important medical technological discovery of the 20th century: Dr Ritu Priya

  

• Public health emergency declared in Karaikal

  "A large number of people were affected by the disease," Sriramulu said, adding that examination of drinking water samples in the region was found to be not good for consumption.

  

• Special wards for heat-related illness ready in Bihar hospitals

  All government health facilities in the state have created dedicated wards or marked certain beds for patients coming with heat-related illness. The decision has been taken following instructions from the health department in view of intense heat in the month of April.

  

• Mumbai pharma co may raise Rs 1200 cr by selling minority stake

  Multiple people aware of the development told ET that the major brands to be brought under the new entity include the market leading ORS brand Electral and energy drink Enerzal. The over-the-counter (OTC) business has a revenue of around Rs 300 crore and is likely to be valued at Rs 2,500 crore.

  

• ORS major flouts price cap, calls life-saver ‘energy drink’

  According to the health ministry, about 328 children die from diarrhoea every day in India and keeping in mind its essentiality the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) fixed the ceiling price of ORS, in May 2016.

  

• 'Diarrhoea kills 71 thousand children in UP each year'

  Diarrhoea kills nine children under the age of five in UP every hour, taking the toll to more than 71,000 deaths in a year.

  

• Now, book your appointment with an AIIMS doctor online

  In a step towards making healthcare easier to access, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here has enabled patients undergoing treatment at the hospital to book doctors' appointments and get lab reports online.