Happy Makar Sankranti

Nagpurpulse.com team wishes all Nagpurians a Happy Makar Sankranti. This is a day to get together and celebrate this auspicious day by eating til & gur. It is a day to fly colorful kites and unite with all our friends and relatives.

It is very cold at Nagpur but the spirit of nagpurians is quite warm. Haldiram Sweets is flooded with til laddus and other til sweets. Children are busy flying kites and you can hear “Woh Kaat” from every corner. City hawkers are attracting the seasons customer by selling kites and manja.

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Biomedical waste in community bin. Who is responsible ?

After KRIMS it is Shanti Prabha Hospital staff which was caught dumping bio medical waste in community bin. A shameful act. These biomedical waste are hazardous to the environment and life. Hospitals being aware of this are still carrying on dumping their waste in city bins when NMC has deployed special vans for carrying these biomedical wastes daily.

Biomedical waste consists of used syringes, blood stained cotton and other medical equipments used in treatment. Now Nagpur Municipal Corporation health officials have issued notice to Dr Satyanarayan Agarwal. He has to respond within 24 hrs.

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Breast Cancer – Early Diagnosis and Cure

Any form of cancer is hazardous to health. But if detected early they cause less harm. Many types of cancers are curable if detected at an early stage. Breast cancer is one of them.

There are many reasons for occurrence of breast cancer –

1)Late Pregnancy i.e after the age of 30 yrs
2)Late onset of periods i.e after the age of 12
3)Family history of breast cancer
4)No Pregnancy ( DINK couples who opt for no kids )
5)No breast feeding
6)Menopause after the age of 50 yrs

Its very easy to diagnose breast cancer by self examination.
Check for –

1)Change in shape of breast

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