Following the central government’s decision to put a cap on coronary stent prices, a group of doctors has sought a similar cap on prices of intraocular lenses, hip and knee implants and medicines. The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare(ADEH), in a letter to the Prime Minister mentioned that these drugs and implants also come […]
In what’s said to be a move to stop pharma companies influencing doctors through expensive gifts, the government is coming out with a Rs. 1,000 ceiling on the value of such giveaways. It’s said that the government also contemplates a blanket ban on expensive “gifts” like luxury vacations and seminars. It’s considered that Rs.1000 would […]
A team of doctors in Delhi have removed from a patient’s body what they claim to be the world’s largest adrenal tumor. 55 year old Ashwini Marwah has been gaining weight steadily over the last few years, so he considered the idea of a bariatric surgery. However, during the investigations the doctors found that an […]
A Mizoram MLA performed a doctor’s duty on Wednesday by doing an emergency surgery on a women, since the surgeon at the hospital was away. Dr K Beichhua, the MLA is an MBBS graduate from the Regional Medical College in Imphal. He decided to perform the operation when he least that the surgeon at the […]
Dr B.C Roy has had many things to distinguish him- from being West Bengal’s Chief Minister to one of Gandhi’s physicians. But none of these things prevented him from what he termed as ‘an example of the American caste system.’ In July 1947, the doctor was visiting the USA. When he, along with five others […]
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducts the ‘Mera Aspataal’ (“My Hospital”) survey every year to collect patient’s feedback about government hospitals. In this year’s survey, of the 22% patients who said they were dissatisfied with their experience with AIIMS, the major reason was staff behavior. Although this pertains to just one hospital, doctor’s […]
For a country where malnourishment and lack of access to health centers are as much a part of reality as cows roaming in the busy streets, India has a notoriously low budget allocation for healthcare- around 1.3 percent of its GDP. The ones that are hardest hit by this apathy are the ones who live […]
Saurabh Rane was just 20 years old when it was diagnosed that he had tuberculosis. The young doctor started a course of medication which didn’t help him much. The fevers continued and so did the weight loss. He felt continually anxious and exhausted. More tests were done and the results were even more disheartening- it […]
The American Diabetic Association in the March 2017 has released a position statement on Diabetic Retinopathy. This is update on the 2002 recommendations by the ADA. The following is the summary of the recommendations. A full PDF version can be accessed here: https://dhmbxeygs57ff.cloudfront.net/uploads/ea7f7bfc884444d6a4c3a24450cfef89.pdf Summary of the 2017, ADA recommendations on diabetic retinopathy 1.Optimize the following […]
The government recently launched an intense house-to-house search to find out unreported TB cases across 18 states. The search, which took place between Januray 15 and 31 has screened about 34 lakh people. It’s been reported that at least 26,000 people among them have been identified with TB symptoms. 1,800 cases have been confirmed till […]