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Addict enrolment jumped from 2.8L to 6L after virus outbreak: Punjab minister
The coronavirus pandemic, which has redefined the new normal across the world, is serendipitously responsible for bolstering drug addicts’ enrolment at outpatient opioid assisted treatment (OOAT) clinics so much so that the Punjab government has formulated a policy to open more psychiatric nursing homes and de-addiction centres across the state to tackle the patient influx.
Updated on Dec 16, 2020 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Dakha | Mohit Khanna, Dakha
Four-fold jump in HIV cases among Ludhiana central jail inmates
57 inmates (all male) were confirmed positive for HIV in 2017, 132 in 2018, and 218 in 2019, of which seven were women
Published on Jan 12, 2020 10:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | Harvinder Kaur, Ludhiana
After hepatitis C, patients with hepatitis B will also be treated in Ludhiana government hospitals
The Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab, had recently informed all district health departments in the state that medical kits for the diagnosis and management of hepatitis B will soon be provided to district, subdivisional hospitals and government medical colleges
Updated on Jan 08, 2020 10:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | Harvinder Kaur, Ludhiana
New AIDS infections falling globally: Report
The report also says 24.5 million infected people using antiretroviral therapy (ART) are living healthier and longer lives, indicating that there has been a drop in death rate.
Published on Nov 27, 2019 03:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanchita Sharma
HIV cases via infected syringes, needles up five-fold in 6 years in Punjab
RTI data shows that of about 10,000 patients detected with the disease since 2014, over 3,000 have contracted it in just eight months till August this year
Updated on Oct 29, 2019 11:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Avtar Singh, Sangrur
