Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, who heads the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), is inching closer to his former ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Uttar Pradesh will start six new viral load testing centres, focusing on testing of hepatitis B and C patients, said Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who also holds the health portfolio.
To bring down the rate of maternal and infant mortality in Uttar Pradesh, the state health department plans to have mother and child wings in 35 cities.
The Director General (DG) of medical health office has issued a directive stating that leave of doctors and paramedical staff associated with government hospitals in Uttar Pradesh should not be approved.
Drug inspectors in Uttar Pradesh will carry out surprise checks from Friday to seize any pack of the four cough syrups for which the WHO has sounded an alert.