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• Over 1.6 lakh provided medical assistance worth Rs 2,765 crore by Yogi Adityanath govt

  In comparison, from 2007 to 2017 a sum of Rs 638.26 crore was approved from the chief minister's discretionary fund for medical assistance to 60,970 individuals.

  

• UP govt to launch statewide awareness campaign against drug addiction

  The Narcotics Control Bureau has to set up a new zonal headquarters at Gorakhpur for which the CM directed officials to provide all necessary help including land and resources. The Chief Minister asked for a zero-tolerance policy against those involved in narcotic related crimes.

  

• Mortein & Malaria No More launches Mission Zero Malaria

  The majority of the malaria load in Southeast Asia, or 82.5 per cent of cases, is, according to the World Health Organisation, carried by India. In recent years, dengue and malaria outbreaks have occurred suddenly and without warning in Bareilly. Apart from playing a significant role in healthcare delivery to the targeted beneficiaries to control and eradicate malaria in Bareilly, the company believes that the partnership will ensure investments, access to technology, and innovation that can be leveraged to lessen the burden of malaria in the district.

  

• Canadian firm to invest Rs 2,000 crore in Kanpur to set up health facility

  Uttar Pradesh government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Canada-based company, My Health Center, to start a multi-specialty hospital and medical college, and medical device manufacturing unit in Kanpur.

  

• Can boy, 17, donate liver to dad? Supreme Court to decide

  The Supreme Court will decide on Monday a plea of 17-year old boy seeking permission to donate his liver to save his father’s life.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka will decide the case in the presence of a senior official from the health department from Uttar Pradesh government who was asked to personally appear before it.

  

• Does the SC divide over the judiciary's role in Covid management?

  Hearing a plea filed by Uttar Pradesh government against the Allahabad High Court which had passed a slew of directions on management of the pandemic in the state and passed adverse observations against the government, a bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari asked whether the HC should have entered the arena.

  

• Ayushman cards: Special drive from July 26 in Uttar Pradesh

  According to an official statement, the drive will be launched soon after the Dastak campaign – the dedicated drive against vector borne diseases – concludes. The step is being taken to ensure that people do not suffer when adversity strikes them.

  

• Oxygen to be sold in UP on doctor's prescription only

  Additional chief secretary (information) Navneet Sehgal said that the decision was taken to curb the hoarding of oxygen cylinders in homes.

  

• Covid-19 test rate in UP private labs capped at Rs 2,500

  As per orders issued by principal secretary, health and family welfare, Amit Mohan Prasad, no private lab or hospital will be able to charge more than Rs 2,500 from patients in need to confirm or rule out the infection.

  

• 63 children die in 72 hours at UP hospital; government blames floods

  The death of more than 30 children at the hospital on August 10-11, allegedly due to disruption in oxygen supply , had created a nationwide uproar.

  

• Swine flu scare: No morning assembly in UP schools

  Till August 13 this year, 695 cases of swine flu had been reported in Uttar Pradesh. Of these, 21 have died.