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Manipal Hospital Kolkata successfully treated a patient with Acute Renal Failure

Kolkata, May 23 (UNI) Manipal Hospitals, Salt Lake, here, the second-largest healthcare provider in India has once again created another milestone and imparted awareness by saving a life that could have been lost due to a myth.
The expert team led by Dr. Sujoy Maitra Consultant Gastroenterologist, Dr. Jayanta Dutta Consultant Nephrologist and Dr. Dipankar Sarkar Consultant Internal Medicine & Critical Care took prominent steps to treat the patient with a considerate approach who has consumed fish bile.
Sneha Roy, (name changed) a middle-aged homemaker and diabetic is another example of many such people undertaking treatment backed by some myth. She consumed fish bile to get cured of her diabetes. It is quite a known practice in southern India and parts of eastern India to consume raw fish where a myth persists that eating fish-bile can cure diabetes and Roy is one those people who has taken upon these myths as an alternate medication.
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19 Apr 2024 | 11:13 PM

Patna, Apr 19 (UNI) Despite best efforts made by Election Commission and appeals from top leaders and celebrities, poll percentage in first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Bihar could reach only 48.23 per cent, which is 5.24 per cent less than polling of 2019 general elections in the state.

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Tripura: 81 pc turnout in poll, Oppn demands countermand elections

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19 Apr 2024 | 11:01 PM

Agartala, Apr 19 (UNI) An estimated 81 per cent voter turnout was recorded across 1,685 polling booths in Tripura in first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday.

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Arunachal: Sanitary pads given as ‘return gifts’

19 Apr 2024 | 10:50 PM

Itanagar, April 19 (UNI) In one of its kind initiative, sanitary pads were given as a ‘return gift’ to all the women voters who cast their votes in the women-managed polling stations at 5-DFO Social Forestry building, Itanagar and 45-Nirjuli KV NERIST under Itanagar Assembly Constituency on Friday.

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19 Apr 2024 | 10:18 PM

Itanagar, Apr 19 (UNI) More than 66 percent electorate in Arunachal Pradesh have cast their votes till 5 pm on Friday in the simultaneous elections to the 18th Lok Sabha and the 11th State Legislative Assembly, according to the data available with the poll panel.

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Assam records over 70% turnout across five LS seats

Assam records over 70% turnout across five LS seats

19 Apr 2024 | 9:55 PM

Guwahati, April 19 (UNI) Amid great enthusiasm, over 70.77 percent of voters exercised their democratic choice across five Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam on Friday.

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