Mumbai's KEM Hospital starts trials of Oxford vaccine

The civic-run King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday began phase II and III trials of the Oxford Covishield vaccine for COVID-19, an official said. The hospital, located in Parel......

Tribute to Aruna: Nurses want ward to be turned into a memorial

For the first time in 42 years, there is no hustle and bustle in room number 4 at Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial Hospital, with its sole occupant for over four decades having passed away.......

SC allows woman in 24th week of pregnancy to undergo abortion

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Mumbai-based woman, who is in her 24th week of pregnancy, to undergo termination of the foetus as it does not have a skull. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and L......

One injured in flyover collapse in Mumbai

A biker was injured when a portion of an under-construction flyover in Lalbaug in central Mumbai collapsed on Tuesday evening, fire officials said."A small portion of the under-construction......

Heinz feeds the needy

Heinz India, the Indian affiliate of HJ Heinz Co USA, in partnership with the Maharashtra Government, Helen Keller International and King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Centre, Pune, has......

Plan to turn Mumbai into Shanghai!

The Maharashtra government has drawn ambitious plans, totalling Rs 31,500 crore (Rs 315 billion), to refurbish Mumbai into an international city like Shanghai, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said......