Vandana Singh is a chief content producer with the Hindustan Times and works on the Delhi desk.
Articles by Vandana Singh
5 pre-natal scan centres issued notices last month
Of the 72 pre-natal scan centres inspected in August by the district family welfare officer and health team, five of them were issued notices for the shortcomings. This was revealed in a review meeting held recently.
Updated on Sep 22, 2014 06:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
5 pre-natal scan centres issued notices in August
Of the 72 pre-natal scan centres inspected in August by the district family welfare officer and health team, five of them were issued notices for the shortcomings. This was revealed in a review meeting held recently.
Updated on Sep 22, 2014 04:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Contaminated water pose threat at 75% govt schools
Water contamination is a big issue at schools in the district and a recent laboratory report only confirms the worst fears. Of the samples taken from 44 schools in the district, only 11 have been declared fit for drinking.
Updated on Sep 21, 2014 06:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Iodine deficiency survey kicks off; 554 samples to be collected
Students will now have to bring a pinch of salt in their lunch boxes to be handed over a health team. The exercise is part of the Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) Survey, which kicked off from Channan Devi Government School, Sabji Mandi, on Tuesday.
Updated on Sep 17, 2014 03:27 PM IST
None | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Patients suffer due to shortage of staff at health centres
As many as 150 patients visit the outpatient department (OPD) of community health centre (CHC), Sahnewal, on a daily-basis, but there is only one doctor to cater to all kind of patients there. And if there is any emergency operation, then OPD patients have to wait for the doctor.
Updated on Sep 17, 2014 01:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Connect person to life withtimely prevention: Experts
Suicide never happens suddenly. A person shows many signs before he/she actually reaches to that stage. So in such cases, if noticed on time, options of prevention are always available, say experts.
Updated on Sep 09, 2014 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Health minister's statement over liquor raises eyebrows
Punjab health minister Surjit Kumar Jyani raised many eyebrows by his statement that consuming liquor is not of much harm, during a function in city on Saturday.Jyani was in city to inaugurate a mega blood donation camp and to distribute artificial limbs in a camp organised by Bhartiya Vikas Parishad.
Updated on Sep 06, 2014 09:50 PM IST
Hindustantimes.com | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Soon, one vaccine to protect children from five diseases
To increase the percentage of full immunisation in children, the health department is all set to launch pentavalent vaccine soon. The pentavalent is a vaccine which would vaccinate a child against diphtheria, tetanus, pertusis (commonly known as whooping cough), hepatitis B and haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in a single dose.
Updated on Aug 28, 2014 01:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
TTEs rough it out in squalid rooms at railway station
It’s not just the passengers who have to put up with shoddy services on trains, but also travelling ticket examiners (TTEs) who have been demanding basic facilities especially when it comes to running rooms, which they call their second home.
Updated on Aug 27, 2014 02:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Diagnostic centres fall in line over commissions to doctors
The strictures against doctors taking commissions for referring patients issued recently by the Medical Council of India and the Punjab Medical Council now appear to be making their impact felt with diagnostic centres in the city instructing their staff to comply with the norms.
Updated on Aug 26, 2014 02:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Advanced course in medical education lauched at CMCH
To provide competency-based education to medical educators and resource persons, Dr Ved Prakash Mishra, chairman, academic committee, Medical Council of India (MCI), launched a one-year advanced course in medical education at Christian Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) here on Monday.
Updated on Aug 26, 2014 07:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
CM approves 50 beds for civil hospital’s de-addiction centre
Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal visited de-addiction centre at Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital on Friday. Though the CM stayed there hardly for five minutes, he agreed to increase the number of beds in the de-addiction centre to cater more patients.
Updated on Aug 23, 2014 03:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Treatment refused to HIV-positive woman: DFWO to conduct inquiry
Taking note of the complaint by an HIV positive woman, who was allegedly refused treatment at the Khanna civil hospital, the assistant civil surgeon has directed the district family welfare officer (DFWO) to conduct an inquiry.
Updated on Aug 23, 2014 03:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Patients hit hard as doctors go on strike
Patients in Ludhiana had to face a tough time on Wednesday as the members of the Punjab Civil Medical Services (PCMS) Specialists Doctors’ Association in Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital and other peripheral units observed one-hour strike in protest against the fulfillment of their long-pending demands.
Updated on Aug 21, 2014 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Angered by power cut, locals block road
Residents of many areas on Chandigarh Road — Guru Nanak Nagar, Sukhdev Nagar, Bhamiyan, Phase 8, Sahibana and others — were left to sweat throughout the day without electricity on Tuesday. This made the residents impatient, who protest on the Chandigarh Road, which blocked highway for more than half an hour on Tuesday night.
Updated on Aug 21, 2014 01:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Khanna hospital refuses to deliver HIV woman’s baby
A pregnant woman who had gone to the Civil Hospital, Khanna, for delivery had to face a tough time after the hospital refused to admit her because she was HIV infected. The senior medical officer present there instead referred her to the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana where she delivered her baby on Monday evening.
Updated on Aug 20, 2014 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
17 more diarrhoea patients surface
In a fresh outbreak of diarrhoea, about 120 labourers were reported ill at a labour colony on Pakhowal Road. Some of the patients were serious and 17 new patients were reported on Monday, of which one was referred to Lord Mahavira Civil Hospital.
Updated on Aug 19, 2014 02:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Bent electricity poles, hanging wires pose grave risks to commuters
Tilted and broken electricity poles and hanging high tension wires on the Chandigarh Road near Focal Point Phase 8 is posing a threat to commuters. Many of the poles in the area are either tilted or broken. Thus, passersby remain at a risk of some unwanted accident, especially during rain or storm.
Updated on Aug 19, 2014 02:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Patients to benefit as ESIC hospital set to expand OPD
The out-patient department (OPD) at the ESIC Model Hospital, Ludhiana, will be expanded as state dispensaries number 1 and 4 running on the hospital premises will soon be shifted.
Updated on Aug 17, 2014 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Retired railway employees can avail of annual medical check-up
Pensioners of the Indian railway are entitled to get full medical check-up once a year, revealed chief medical superintendent (CMS) of Ferozepur division under the Right to Information Act (RTI).
Updated on Aug 13, 2014 11:32 PM IST
None | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Emergency means little at rly station
Emergency is an alien word for the railways, it seems, going by officials' response to such situations. The officials would act in a humane manner only if the person needing help had railway or platform ticket on him. Without a ticket, the person is at God's mercy.
Updated on Aug 10, 2014 10:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Suspect your doc’s degree? council works to revive faith
To check the mushrooming practice of unauthorised doctors setting up clinics and hospital across the state, especially in Ludhiana, the Punjab Medical Council (PMC) plans to strengthen its registration mechanism.
Updated on Aug 08, 2014 01:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Next time you guzzle beer, check the expiry date
Ensure the expiry date on the bottle next time you purchase beer, as showing scant regard for safety of consumers, liquor vends have been found selling expired beer. In a recent inspection at a liquor shop in Transport Nagar, the health department found two samples expired and unsafe for consumption.
Updated on Aug 06, 2014 11:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Tipping becomes pain for maternity patients
Even though the Lord Mahavira civil hospital offers childbirth deliveries free of cost to all expectant mothers, poor women who go there for the operation end up shelling out Rs 100 to Rs 500 or even more as “delivery expenses” disguised as a tip collected by the hospital staff.
Updated on Aug 05, 2014 02:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
MC passes buck to residents even as water samples found unsafe
Despite water samples collected from Prakash Nagar, Jawaddi, and Sihora village being found unsafe for consumption, the municipal corporation (MC) continues to hold residents responsible for outbreak of diseases.
Updated on Jul 30, 2014 01:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
No cake or party, 111th blood donation marks businessman’s birthday
While most spend their birthday celebrating with friends and family, Sudhir Mudgal, a city-based businessman, found donating blood for the 111th time the best way to celebrate his on Sunday. “I couldn’t find any other way to make my 50th birthday memorable.
Updated on Jul 28, 2014 02:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
MLA fined for improper train tickets
In a perfect world, a man being fined for travelling without ticket won't be unusual. But in our VIP-obsessed country, if the law is indeed applied to a lawmaker, it's news. This rare act was carried out by railway staff here, when they penalised a Samajwadi Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh and his men for travelling on improper tickets.
Updated on Jul 27, 2014 06:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
Deceased Jyoti’s family protests with her body outside hospital
Family of the deceased, Jyoti, who died on July 23 at Arora Nursing Home, protested, along with the girl’s body, outside the nursing home on the third consecutive day on Friday. The protest caused traffic jam on Shingar Cinema road for nearly half an hour.
Updated on Jul 26, 2014 02:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
28 more diarrhoea cases pop up
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis cases continued to spring up at Parkash Nagar, Jawaddi, on Friday.
Updated on Jul 26, 2014 11:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana
28 more diarrhoea cases pop up;five referred to civil hospital
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis cases continued to spring up at Parkash Nagar, Jawaddi, on Friday.
Updated on Jul 25, 2014 08:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Vandana Singh, Ludhiana