Rhythma Kaul works as an assistant editor at Hindustan Times. She covers health and related topics, including ministry of health and family welfare, government of India.
Articles by Rhythma Kaul
BJP candidates declare assets
BJP chief ministerial candidate Vijay Kumar Malhotra and his wife’s assets are worth over Rs 5 crore, but both of them own an old Baleno car worth Rs 2.75 lakh, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Nov 09, 2008 12:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
VK Malhotra is all set
The additional district magistrate’s (ADM) office at Shahjahan Road witnessed extreme chaos on Saturday morning with Bhartiya Janata Party bigwigs turning up to file their nomination papers, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Nov 09, 2008 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Can good bacteria treat diarrhoea?
The Indian Council of Medical research is conducting a study to examine the benefits of probiotics on diseases such as diarrhoea and many respiratory diseases, septicemia and colon and gastric cancers, Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Nov 08, 2008 01:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
More facilities for HIV patients
Biometric cards with a person's medical data will be given to all HIV positive people being treated free at government centres to allow them to access AIDS medicine across the country, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Nov 06, 2008 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
AIIMS hosts conference on health care
The department of hospital administration of the AIIMS on Monday inaugurated The South Asian Conference on Synergy and Healthcare— Sashcon 2008.
Updated on Nov 03, 2008 11:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
‘I am not a quitter’
Having lost his original Sangam Vihar constituency after delimitation, BJP’s Vijay Jolly has now been fielded against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from New Delhi constituency. While many say it the beginning of the end of his political career, Jolly claims he is set to fight to the finish.
Updated on Nov 03, 2008 01:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul
Youngsters declare cyber war on polio
From politics to personal matters, blogs talk about all and sundry issues. Here’s one dedicated to fighting polio.
Updated on Nov 01, 2008 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
US official on personal mission
Nancy G Brinker, chief of protocol of the US, is in town on a mission. No, it is not politics that brings her here but a promise made over 25 years ago to her 36-year-old sister dying of breast cancer.
Updated on Oct 31, 2008 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Dasmunsi still critical, shifted to Apollo
Dasmunsi, 62, was admitted to AIIMS following complete left ventricular failure on October 13. He was resuscitated and shifted to the cardiac care unit in the cardiology department, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Oct 20, 2008 11:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Turned away from maternity centre, woman delivers on road
The MCD ordered an inquiry into an incident in which a 30-year-old woman was forced to deliver a baby on the road at the busy Jawala Nagar area of west Delhi on Monday night, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Oct 14, 2008 11:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Just 1% donate organs
The AIIMS trauma centre got 300 brain dead cases last year. But only 3 families agreed to donate organs. Rhythma Kaul reports.
Updated on Oct 07, 2008 11:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Is there a ban?
Ban on smoking in public came into effect but not one challan was issued. However, it wasn’t quite Gandhigiri that prompted smokers to become law-abiding citizens, report Sanchita Sharma, Rhythma Kaul and Tanya Ashreena. See Graphics
Updated on Oct 03, 2008 08:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanchita Sharma, Rhythma Kaul and Tanya Ashreena, New Delhi
Fuming over the ban
They may not be as organised as their peers running pro-smoking movements in the US and Europe, but there are plenty of lovers of sutta, who are fuming over the ban on lighting up, reports Rhythma Kaul and Neha Bhayana.
Updated on Oct 01, 2008 01:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul and Neha Bhayana, New Delhi/mumbai
‘Terrorists’ died of gunshot wounds
“Atif Ameen and Mohammad Sajid, the alleged terrorists who were killed in the encounter at Batla House on September 19, died specifically of fire-arm injuries,” said one of the forensic experts, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Sep 30, 2008 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Restaurants, bars kick and scream
The blow will perhaps be the hardest for restaurant and pub owners. They fear falling footfall from October 2, when the ban on smoking in public places comes into effect, report Rhythma Kaul and Neha Bhayana.
Updated on Sep 29, 2008 11:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul and Neha Bhayana, Delhi/mumbai
Sept 13 blasts toll touches 25
The Death of 22-year-old Tahir at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Sunday took the death toll from the September 13 blasts to 25.
Updated on Sep 29, 2008 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
2005 blast victims get on with life, positively
Diksha Poddar, 14, wants to be a doctor because she wants to return to humanity what she received from the ‘noble profession’ three years ago, report Rhythma Kaul/ Nivedita Khandekar.
Updated on Sep 18, 2008 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul/ Nivedita Khandekar, New Delhi
Erratic monsoon causes rise in dengue cases
The abnormal rise in dengue cases this season in Delhi and its adjoining areas can be blamed on the long and erratic rain pattern.
Updated on Sep 17, 2008 11:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul and Sanjeev K Ahuja, New Delhi
Shrapnels caused most injuries
This was in sharp contrast to the 2005 Sarojini Nagar attacks, where the number of dead went up sharply because of the cylinder explosion after the bomb blast, said doctors. A report by Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Sep 17, 2008 01:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Family, friends of missing do the rounds of hospitals
Over the past three days, many have been going through hospitals’ lists of injured and dead over and over again looking for the names of their loved ones. Avishek G Dastidar and Rhythma Kaul report.
Updated on Sep 15, 2008 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Avishek G Dastidar and Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Night of horror and hope
The sound of Saturday’s serial blasts has died out, but their bloody aftermath continues in the city’s hospitals, reports Rhythma Kaul/Swaha Sahoo.
Updated on Sep 15, 2008 12:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul/Swaha Sahoo, New Delhi
“I am not sure whether to rejoice for my life or cry for him”
Rajendra Gupta, a businessman from Pitampura, has been stony-faced since 6:30 pm — the time he heard of his wife’s death, report J Shroff, R Kaul & MD Gupta.
Updated on Sep 14, 2008 01:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Jaya Shroff/Rhythma Kaul/Moushmi Das Gupta, New Delhi
Victim’s family plans legal action against Utsav
The family of Anuj Aditya, who was declared dead because of cardiac arrest today, now their only aim is to see the culprit punished and a legal action is what they certainly plan, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Sep 14, 2008 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, Delhi
Aditya’s family prays for life, organ donation too on mind
The family of Anuj Aditya, 25, is praying that he pulls out of his near-death state. If he doesn’t, they are considering donating his organs.
Updated on Sep 12, 2008 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Doctors take scar-less way to woman’s heart
Denise Ireland, 41, was worried about the hole in her heart, but more about the prominent scar an open-heart surgery would result in, writes Rhythma Kaul. Doctors take scar-less way to woman’s heart
Updated on Sep 11, 2008 01:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Attacking docs could get you 3 years in jail
The Delhi Cabinet clears a Bill for prevention of violence against medical care professionals and vandalism at hospitals, report Anuradha Mukherjee and Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Sep 09, 2008 12:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anuradha Mukherjee and Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Hospitals ready for dengue cases
With one dengue death having been reported and the dengue positive cases crossing the 100 number mark, hospitals in the Capital are gearing up to tackle any untoward situation, report Rhythma Kaul & Sanjeev K Ahuja.
Updated on Sep 08, 2008 01:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul/Sanjeev K. Ahuja, New Delhi/gurgaon
LNJP gets genetic lab for babies
The genetic laboratory in LNJP hospital will test newborn babies for various congenital diseases, which if diagnosed and treated on time, can save a lot of young children an unhealthy future, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Sep 04, 2008 12:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Is Haryana hiding real dengue figures?
While the official number is over 200, unofficial figures coming from private hospitals tell a different tale altogether. Rhythma Kaul reports.
Updated on Sep 01, 2008 12:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Fever isn’t always dengue
Parents of ill children top the anxiety charts, forcing doctors to ask people to take it easy. Not every fever is dengue, they say, reports Rhythma Kaul.
Updated on Aug 28, 2008 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi