With over 25 years of journalistic experience, he has expertise in health and environment reporting. He also reports on politics, covering the BJP in Bihar.
Articles by Binod Dubey
MCI decides to increase seats in medical colleges
As per the decision taken by the MCI at its general body meeting held in New Delhi on Wednesday, a medical college with a bed-capacity of over 1,000 can admit up to 250 students as against the existing 150 students.
Updated on Nov 20, 2009 07:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar Govt cancels contract of 42 NGOs
Bihar Government's ambitious scheme to run state's rural health centres on public private partnership basis has fallen flat, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on Nov 18, 2009 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Centre launches two schemes to rein in burgeoning population in Patna
The newly constituted Jansankhya Sthirta Kosh, an autonomous society of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, is to launch two ambitious schemes - 'Prerna' and 'Santushti' -in an attempt to rein in Bihar's burgeoning population. Binod Dubey examines...
Updated on Nov 13, 2009 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
'Premarital sex common among youth'
A survey on youth in India has now come up with a startling revelation. A sizeable number of young men and women are engaging in sex before marriage. Read on to know more.
Updated on Nov 11, 2009 04:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Cloud over polio drive in Bihar
Of the 98 cases of poliomyelitis detected in Bihar till October 30 this year, 93 children had been given seven doses of the oral polio vaccine (OPV), according to World Health Organisation (WHO) data made available to the Hindustan Times.
Updated on Nov 06, 2009 12:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
93 immunised kids affected by polio in Bihar
Of the 98 cases of poliomyelitis detected in Bihar till October 30 this year, 93 children had been administered seven doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV), says a UN data. Binod Dubey reports...
Updated on Nov 05, 2009 08:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Mosquitos on the 'chopping' block'
Two months from now, Patna and other municipal towns may join a campaign to drive out mosquitos from Bihar. Binod Dubey reports.
Updated on Aug 30, 2009 07:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
No medical treatment for Bihar's HIV+ woman
Once diagnosed as HIV+, no hospital in Patna is willing to admit 30-year old Meena (name changed), who is writhing in pain for a perforated wound in her right thigh.
Updated on Aug 27, 2009 08:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Governance changing silently and forever
India’s bureaucracy rarely attracts accolades. But if the 18 awards for innovation in e-governance given last week to government departments across 11 states are any indication, that is not the full story. Hindustan Times profiles the five gold medal winning innovations... See special
Updated on Feb 23, 2009 12:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Chitrangada Choudhury, Syed Sajjad Ali and BR Srikanth, Bangalore
Governance changing silently and forever
Inefficient, corrupt, mired in red tape and hostile to change. That’s how the Indian bureaucracy has always been defined. Not anymore. From making RTI applications available for just Rs 10 in Bihar to 37 lakh online ration cards in Chhattisgarh, e-governance initiatives of sarkari babus are empowering millions. HT chronicles some of the award-winning projects. See graphics
Updated on Feb 19, 2009 01:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Chitrangada Choudhury, Syed Sajjad Ali and BR Srikanth, Patna/mumbai/agartala/bangalore
Talks on seat sharing between BJP and JD (U) failed
The JD (U) wants its ally to limit itself to only 12 seats, while the saffron party is adamant on fielding candidates in 16 constituencies. Binod Dubey reports.
Updated on Feb 17, 2009 09:40 AM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
Malignancy of prostrate worries cancer experts
The rising incidence of malignancy of prostrate has worried cancer experts, who believe that if not contained the disease may assume an epidemic form, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on Feb 05, 2009 12:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
Medicare sops for retd Govt employees
From now onwards, all retired Bihar Govt employees can receive medical treatment at the best of health centres in the country at State’s cost, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on Feb 03, 2009 04:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
E-governance gold medal for Bihar
The Union Ministry of Personnel (Administrative Reforms) announced that the state had won the e-governance gold medal for its project called 'Jankari' call centre, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on Jan 29, 2009 08:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
No doctors for 6 HIV+ patients
Two have gallstones, one is carrying a steel rod inside one of his legs and three are suffering from inflamed appendix, hernia and renal calculi. But no surgeon in Bihar is coming forward to operate on them. The reason: All of them are HIV positive patients. Binod Dubey reports.
Updated on Jan 23, 2009 12:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
‘Nepal holding up Kosi course correction’
The special flood protection teams are anxiously awaiting orders from the Bihar water resources department and central agencies for taking the Kosi back to its original course, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on Sep 09, 2008 11:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Kusaha(nepal)
Blame it on Nepal workers, Ganga panel: chief engineer
The blame game over fixing responsibility for Bihar's devastating flood has begun in earnest, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on Sep 03, 2008 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
‘Lalu bribed witness in assets case with jobs’
State president of the JDU Rajiv Ranjan Singh alleges that Lalu Prasad had bribed a witness in the disproportionate assets case against him, reports Binod Dubey and Anirban Guha Roy.
Updated on Aug 23, 2008 12:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey and Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Steep rise in polio cases in Bihar, UP
Polio cases are on the rise in Bihar. The state reported 180 new cases this year, which is highest in the country. Binod Dubey and Rajesh Kumar Singh report.
Updated on May 28, 2008 01:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Patna/lucknow
Doctors to live it up on cardiac cruise
Most cardio-thoracic surgeons, cardiologists and senior physicians from Bihar and Jharkhand are taking off on Saturday for a week-long medical extravaganza, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on Sep 22, 2007 01:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey, Patna
'12 Bihar districts drink poison'
12 districts including the capital Patna are in the grip of a arsenic contamination crisis, thanks to the dipping levels of ground water.
Updated on Sep 06, 2007 03:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Binod Dubey/Jyotindra, Patna
Flood abates, battle for food begins
Thousands of displaced people in Bihar are leading a life worse than that of a prisoner in a small cellar, report Ruchir Kumar & Binod Dubey.
Updated on Aug 08, 2007 04:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ruchir Kumar/Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar doctors continue agitation
The doctors have decided to press with their move to seek voluntary retirement en masse if their demands were not fulfilled, report Ashok Mishra and Binod Dubey.
Updated on Jun 04, 2007 09:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Ashok Mishra and Binod Dubey, Patna
Bihar Govt to introduce health insurance scheme.
The state Health Department has decided to implement, a comprehensive health insurance scheme for the people of Patna district, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on May 19, 2007 12:18 AM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
Over 2,500 Bihar docs face various charges
Over 2,500 government medical doctors in Bihar, serving as well as retired, are facing charges, including that of sexual assault on nurses and maidservants, reports Binod Dubey.
Updated on May 08, 2007 09:37 PM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
400 flood protection schemes in limbo
Bihar government has not been able to complete even single project due to delayed approval to the budgetary allocation reports B Dubey.
Updated on Apr 25, 2007 08:44 PM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
Work pressure taking a toll on Bihar doctors' health
As many as thirty out of 38 civil surgeons heading district health machineries in Bihar are suffering from medical problems.
Updated on Apr 12, 2007 07:23 PM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
Gender identity disorder cases on rise in Bihar
Cases of gender identity disorder are on the increase in Bihar, reveal top andrologists of the country, reports Binod Dubey.
Published on Feb 10, 2007 07:09 PM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
Men in khaki spell terror
The Khaki of the CRPF personnel, camping on Allied Science Institute at Koelwar, Ara, is putting off the mentally ill patients, reports Binod Dubey.
Published on Jan 05, 2007 03:23 AM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna
Polio cases rise to 50 this year in Bihar
Two fresh cases of poliomyelitis were reported in Bihar last week, reports Binod Dubey.
Published on Dec 25, 2006 07:06 PM IST
None | Binod Dubey, Patna