Gujarat govt adds 150 drugs to essential list, doubling free-of-cost medicines in state-run hospitals

Gujarat updates: Gujarat’s public healthcare has received a shot in the arm, as the Bhupendra Patel-led government has added 150 new medicines to its Essential Drugs List (EDL), consequently doubling the number of drugs and surgical items available free of cost at state-run hospitals over the past two years. The total number of free medicines and surgical items available at the government healthcare facilities in the state has…

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2 college-going girls found dead inside temple’s bathroom in Surat; police suspect suicide, probe on

Gujarat girls’ suicide: Two college-going girls were found dead inside a restroom at Surat’s Swaninarayan Temple on Friday, the police reported on Saturday. As per police, preliminary probe reveals that the girls may have died by suicide, as a syringe and three bottles containing suspected poisonous drugs were recovered from the scene.  Girls left home on Friday, failed to return  The police claimed that the girls had left…

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