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Parents of Pakistani boy call on Delhi CM

New Delhi, Mar 6 (UNI) Parents of a Pakistani boy who successfully received cochlear implant in a city hospital, today called on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to express their gratitude.

Ten-year-old Naved, deaf and dumb since birth, was implanted a cochlear device by a team of doctors led by Dr A K Aggarwal at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital here.

The parents appreciated the efforts of the doctors and the state government.

The device would help him hear, which would in turn help him speak very soon, something his parents were eagerly waiting for.

Naved, resident of Multan, would shortly return home and now study in a regular school instead of a special one.

Ms Dikshit expressed confidence that her government would continue to provide suitable facilities for treatment of patients coming from neighbouring countries.

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Health minister inaugurates School of Public Health

Chandigarh, Mar 7 (UNI) Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss today inaugurated the School of Public Health (SPH) here which aims at promoting public health through education of health professionals, discovery and promotion of new health-related ideas and strengthening health organisations. The school will have staff strength of around 70 and would initially admit 12 students for MPH course which will be open for medical and non-medical candidates. The school building includes a seminar room, a committee room, two public.....

Rotarians conduct survey of polio cases

Visakhapatnam, Mar 7 (UNI) The Rotary International Presidents and office bearers today visited Pedajalaripeta area and conducted a survey of polio cases, as part of a rapid polio plus programme to be conducted in the city, in the third week of March. Rotarians said, the presence of wild polio virus was connfirmed after finding the symptoms in a two and a-half-year-old boy, P Krishna alias Aravind. The sanitary conditions in the area was very bad and pointed out that it was.....

HIV/AIDS cases on increase in AP: UN AIDS estimate

Hyderabad, Mar 7 (UNI) India accounts for 51 lakh of 4.2 crore people living with HIV/AIDS in the world, of which about five lakh people are in Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, one of the six high prevalence states in the country, the inicidence has become a generalised epidemic as per the UNAIDS estimate. This was revealed at a two-day workshop organised by the Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust in collaboration with the OXFAM GB and the Andhra Pradesh State.....
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