The Benaulim Residents and Consumer Forum (BRCF) this past Saturday urged authorities of the Hospicio Hospital (Margao) to ‘end violation of human rights of doctors and patients’ by allowing doctors to work reasonable working hours The forum’s convenor, “On several visits to patients at Hospicio hospital, sometimes at odd hours, what was noticed was the […]
Dr. Ted Rummel an orthopedic surgeon in Missouri, U.S.A beat unbelievable odds by returning to the OR after a blood filled cyst in his spine burst and left him paralysed waist down. Dr. Rummel lost his ability to stand or walk in 2010 when a cyst on his spine burst, leaving him paralysed. However, […]
The Indian Medical Association has postponed its ‘Satyagraha’ scheduled for November 16, after receiving assurance from the Centre that its demands will be studied and implemented. The IMA had asked its members to keep their clinics closed on Monday morning (Nov 16) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. as a part of its National Protest […]
Maharashtra’s State Authorisation Committee refusal to agree to a “domino kidney transplant” on Sunday has led Mumbai’s medical fraternity to strongly say that the law needs to be changed to save lives of more patients who are waiting for donor kidneys. The committee has currently refused permission to one of the pairs queued up. The reason given […]
Getting gold knee caps seems to be the latest trend catching on in Hyderabad ! For a high 2 lakhs this knee cap has 7 layer coating of – Zirconium nitride over the traditional cobalt-chrome product. It is the nitride that gives the ‘yellow’ implant look and not actual gold plating that people think. Experts […]
Aditya Bandopadhyay has treated the sick for more than twenty years. He works in the village of Salbadra, in the state of West Bengal, India. He has no degree in medicine. Bandopadhyay was trained in the rudiments of clinical medicine by a homeopath who also happened to practise modern medicine on the side. Bandopadhyay charges […]
A doctor was suspended without enquiry for a Media person’s death in Casualty. Media alleged the doctor gave a “wrong injection” which caused the death. The actual cause of death turns out to be massive ICH. The incident took place at the General Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Yesterday a cameraman of a prominent newspaper in Kerala was brought […]
The Supreme Court of India (SCI), reiterated a stand taken in 1988 and urged a relook at the system of ‘affirmative action’ in place in the institutions of higher education in India. The SCI bench, comprising Justices Dipak Misra and PC Pant observed that in spite of several reminders to the Central and state governments, […]
Dr. Punit Garg (one of the residents who was attacked by the relatives of a Dengue patient) speaks about what happened at that night : There's a lot of bullshit going around in the media about the assault on me and 2 of my colleagues .This is my side of… Posted by Punit Garg on Friday, September 25, […]
Resident doctors take beatings from patient relatives after death of a 3 year old Sufian. As a response to it resident doctors of King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM) and the Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College have planned to boycott work on Monday as a sign of protest. Abu Sufian a 3 year old boy bought […]