Health

AIIMS Gorakhpur Executive Director Major General (Retd.) Dr. Vibha Dutta was shifted to a private hospital for precautionary cardiac evaluation after experiencing health complications. The incident has drawn attention to the institute's yet-to-be-operational Cath Lab facility.

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda is set to inaugurate a major research initiative in Himachal Pradesh, with the foundation stone of ICMR's first dedicated high-altitude medicine and public health research centre scheduled to be laid in Keylong on October 12, 2026. The facility aims to improve healthcare research and develop solutions for people living in India's challenging Himalayan regions.

Neotia Getwel Multispecialty Hospital has marked a significant clinical milestone with more than 57 successful kidney transplants. The achievement reflects the hospital's growing multidisciplinary renal transplant programme, bringing together specialists from nephrology, urology, anaesthesiology and cardio-thoracic and vascular surgery to provide comprehensive transplant care in North Bengal.

Twenty-five students of Park Institution for Girls in Kolkata were hospitalised at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after reportedly developing symptoms including fever, stomach pain and vomiting. The exact cause of the illness remains unclear.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari visited veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty at Peerless Hospital on Friday after the actor underwent surgery. The Chief Minister met doctors, enquired about his health and wished him a speedy recovery.