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A 26-year-old pregnant woman, who developed a rare and life-threatening condition—HELLP syndrome (haemolysis, elevated liver enzyme, low platelet count)—was treated at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital for about two months and finally sent home, cured though she lost her child. Pooja Singh from Rishra had to spend 25 days in the critical care unit for the condition that affects only 0.5%-0.9% pregnancies.

A government hospital in Kolkata made the first brain dead declaration in Bengal on Tuesday. A 60-year-old patient was declared brain dead by a team of doctors at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) on Tuesday morning.

The slimy green seaweed that grows in the wild and has no takers could emerge as a life-saving magic potion for the climate-vulnerable inhabitants of the Sunderbans.

The slimy green seaweed that grows in the wild and has no takers could emerge as a life-saving magic potion for the climate-vulnerable inhabitants of the Sunderbans.