NFHS-6: institutional deliveries rise to 81% and newborn check-ups to 76%
More mothers in Bihar now get early antenatal care, give birth in hospitals and receive check-ups after delivery.
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Cancer care closer to home: radiotherapy units planned in five cities
Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur get preliminary approval for super-speciality radiotherapy, as screening reaches over 1.1 crore people.
Read storyAIIMS Patna to expand on 24 more acres with about 200 extra beds
The state will provide land for new clinical blocks and a four-lane road linking the institute to Nathupur.
Read storyDarbhanga AIIMS gets environmental clearance, planned as a medical township
Bihar's second AIIMS, spread over about 7.36 lakh sq m, is planned as a full medical city by 2029.
Read storyBihar ranks first in India for free medicines in government hospitals
The state has topped the Centre's DVDMS ranking for 18 months in a row, since September 2024.
Read storyIGIMS Patna's 1,200-bed super-speciality hospital to open by the end of 2026
The seven-storey hospital adds a 164-bed emergency super centre, a 92-bed ICU and robotic surgery.
Read storyAll 36 district hospitals to become super-speciality hospitals
Community health centres will be upgraded into speciality hospitals with psychologists, dentists, AYUSH doctors and more technicians.
Read storyMedical colleges for 10 more districts in a ₹21,270 crore health budget
Madhubani, Vaishali, Siwan, Jamui, Bhojpur, Buxar, Begusarai, Supaul, Munger and Sitamarhi are getting government medical colleges.
Read story₹316 crore of projects in Gopalganj, including CHC upgrades
40 schemes covering roads, embankments, health centres, schools and drinking water were launched during the Samriddhi Yatra.
Read storyTwo new 500-bed medical colleges at Mahua and Ara add 200 MBBS seats
Colleges in Vaishali and Bhojpur, built for about ₹500 crore and ₹543 crore, take Bihar's government medical colleges to 13.
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