A baby girl born in a city hospital in Nagpur is not the the first harlequin child in India as was reported by many a publication. The Nagpur baby was born at around 12.25 AM on Saturday at the Lata Mangeshkar Medical College and Hospital, the first baby of a farmer couple. Harlequin Ichthyosis is […]
Dismissing a complaint from a deceased patient’s widow, the National Commission observed that a physician is free to choose whom to serve except in case of an Emergency. The Commission also mentioned that it’s in the interest of both doctors and patients that such cases aren’t unnecessarily dragged to the Court. The compliant based on […]
For Santosh Kumar, what was to be a hair transplant procedure in a salon in Nungambakkam became the cause for his death. Santosh, who was a final year medical student of the Madras Medical College underwent the transplant at the Advanced Robotic Hair Transplant Centre. Even though Santosh passed away on May 17th, the incident […]
In 1986, Dr. Suniti Solomon looked into the blood samples of 100 sex workers in Chennai. To her astonishment, she found that six of the 100 tested positive for HIV-among them a 13 year old girl who was forced into the sex trade. Dr. Solomon thus made the nation’s very first HIV diagnosis. A government […]
Making a tablet instantaneously for a patient according to his/her ailment or combining multiple pills in a single tablet aren’t fictional anymore. For researchers of the National University of Singapore(NUS) have developed a new method for tablet fabrication which is simple and relatively inexpensive. The making of a game changer The idea of personalized tablets […]
With relation to prosecuting doctors for wrong diagnosis, Dr.Ramesh Ganesan posed an interesting question on the Consumer Resources’ blog: whether the Judiciary too must come under the Consumer Protection Act(CPA)? The question draws attention to the fact that different courts have given varied verdicts to the same case. One such instance is detailed by writer […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court made the request to AIIMS, New Delhi to reassess the termination of the pregnancy of a rape victim even if the gestation period is over 24 weeks. As per the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 abortion is legal in India only up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. The […]
Download DAILY ROUNDS app for iOS and Android to stay updated with latest clinical cases and medical updates. Lucknow’s High Court on Friday said that doctors at King George’s Medical University would have to pay for the death caused by the recent four day strike. The court also went on to say that a panel had […]
With supply overatking demand with the number of new dental graduates in the market, unemployment has entered the health sector. India has decided to stop alloting permissions to open new dental colleges. This firm decision was taken at a recent general body meeting of the Dental Council of India (DCI), which grants permission to new […]
The government on Friday announced the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy which has comprehensive coverage. The policy which should be reviewed every five years aims to push IPRs as a solid financial asset that promotes innovation and entrepreneurial ventures. It also protects public interest by ensuring availability of essential and life saving drugs at […]