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FOOD ADULTERATION- An Alarming Situation

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Are we exactly keeping a check on what are we eating ? if your answer is YES you are on right direction ladies and gentlemen keep doing more research Good luck with that,and if your answer is NO its not your fault you trust a lot probably "Happy Soul" i can tag you because i was the same before ,Since i am a kinda curious person while i was reading an article about how fish is being adulterated with carcinogenic chemicals like Formaldehyde and the excess usage of Ammonia to keep the fish fresh,from that day onward I do keep a check on what am i eating on daily basis.              According to recent report Food Adulteration in India starts from fields itself excess usage of Fertilisers and Pesticides, therefore one kind of contaminant is present in all food range in a very high level of pesticide residues.But pesticide residue is not the only problem, the alarming situation is everyday routine stuff is getting adulterated which is a dangerous ,Here...

HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION

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Hospital-Acquired Infection  ( HAI ) Hospital acquired infection is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or healthcare facility it is also called as Nosocomial infection  .these infections are caught while hospitalised,most of the nosocomial infections are caused due to bacteria. since antibiotics are frequently administered inside hospital these bacteria become resistance to these antibiotics then bacteria outside of hospital. These infections can be serious and  difficult to treat as well. any infection can be considered as nosocomial infection if these infection are acquired at hospital within 48 hrs of hospitalisation.                      The most common wards where hospital acquired infections (HAI) occur is the intensive care unit (ICU) where doctors treat serious diseases about 1 in the 10 of the people admitted to a hospital will come in contact a HAI .As medical care become more complex and ant...

INDIAN PUBLIC HEALTHCARE CRISIS

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India is a union of twenty-eight state and seven union territories,with population of approximately 1.32 billion .India's central government and state governments are empowered to regulate health related issues.with such a big population we stand as world second biggest population we are 17.9% of the world's total population .Managing such a substantial populations healthcare is a burdensome task which has to be managed by the Govt of India with a constitutional division of legislative responsibility between the central government and the states. Both the central government are constitutionally empowered to legislate on matters of public health.The union law takes care of the law with port quarantine,which includes seamen's and marine hospitals.State law takes care for matters in connection with public health and sanitation,hospitals and dispensaries.             Healthcare is a pre-eminent requirement for the citizen of every nation,unfortunately whe...