Showing posts with label HEALTH NEWS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HEALTH NEWS. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 March 2018

Summer Care for Pregnant Women

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HEALTH NEWS - Proper care during pregnancy tips is a must, the same is more so important in summers. If one is pregnant in the middle of the summer then at times the heat can be real discomforting. Mentioned below are few tips using which pregnant women can take care of themselves and fight heat in the summer season.

Stay Hydrated - Pregnant women often see the temperature of their bodies increase. The goal is to keep it stable. To combat heat, the number one tip is good internal hydration. This can be done through ample consumption of liquids; mainly water, but also fruit juice or intake of fresh vegetables with high water content. Thanks to their minerals and enzymes they are particularly beneficial. Thus in addition to drinking a lot, it is strongly recommended to include in one's diet, fruits, vegetables and soups or broths. Conversely, some too sweet drinks can cause a sensation of thirst shortly after ingestion thus avoid them as much as possible.

Cold Shower - To withstand high temperatures in summers, there is nothing better than baths or showers at room temperature. Although cold water showers are more tempting and desirable during hot weather, but they tend to increase body temperature because our body has to work to adapt to the ambient temperature. That's why; a few minutes after a cold shower one will be hot again. But a cold shower at dawn or just before bed will refresh you for several hours. If one is not used to it, do it gradually, starting with the shower head on your feet, legs and then your arms. Make the belly last, while massaging it in circular motions.

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Wednesday, 30 August 2017

Gorakhpur tragedy: 48 children dead in 48 hours at BRD Medical College

Children receive treatment in the Encephalitis  Ward at the Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital where over 60 children have died over the past one week, in Gorakhpur district. (Photo: PTI)

As many as forty two children were killed in last 48 hours in Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, which is already under scanner for deaths of over 70 infants at the Gorakhpur hospital in a week in the month of July.

"42 children died in 48 hours of which seven due to encephalitis, rest due to other reasons," PK Singh, Principal BRD Medical College said.

July tragedy:
Last month, 70 children died in BRD Medical College. It is alleged that the children died due to the lack of liquid oxygen in the hospital. The Yogi Adityanath government received flak from the Opposition over the same.

Earlier in the day, suspended principal of the B.R.D. Medical College Rajiv Mishra and his wife Purnima were arrested from Kanpur in connection with the deaths of over 70 infants.

The couple has been taken to Gorakhpur by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh police.

Earlier, an FIR was lodged against the suspended principal of the B.R.D medical college, Dr. Rajiv Misra, along with six other hospital personnel, and two officials of the oxygen-supplying agency Pushpa Sales Private Limited, Manish Bhandari and Uday Pratap Sharma under the charges of criminal negligence.
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