It’s estimated that India has more than 8,50,000 private pharmacies/chemists. However, just 9% of them have been engaged in efforts for controlling tuberculosis, according to a Jan 2017 paper in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Policy. The paper reviewed public-private mix interventions to fight TB and also analysed global level documents from the WHO […]
One of the most malnourished regions in India is Maharashtra’s Melghat. It was in 1989 that Dr Ravindra Kohle, MD began nursing the poor tribals in Meghat. During that time, the Infant Mortality Rate was 200 per 1,000 infants. It has since deceased to 60, thanks in no small part to the medical awareness that […]
The Central Board of Secondary Education that administers the National Eligibility and Entrance Test(NEET) for medical and dental courses had laid down a weird set of rules for students who appear for the exam. They banned everything from dark-coloured trousers to high heeled shoes to metal earrings and inner-wear like bras with hooks. So, maybe […]
A Baroda based woman is to be the first woman in India to get her mother’s womb, reports The Indian Express. India’s first uterus transplant is slotted for May 18 at the Galaxy Care Hospital in Pune. The 26 year old woman is said to have been in an out of hospitals during the eight […]
Four month old Vidisha is dubbed the “miracle baby” in the Mumbai hospital where she has spent the last two months of her life. The baby was born with a major heart defect that required a 12 hour surgery. Not just that, after the surgery she suffered an overwhelming six heart attacks. Vidisha was born […]
A number of suggestions have been made by Dr P P Venugopalan to the ministry of health and family welfare. The suggestions are for establishing an effective emergency medical care in India to handle the emergency cases. Now, the doctor has received positive response from the ministry, reports the Time of India. The doctor is […]
Part of Dr Mahati Chittem’s job is to study trends in which society responds to various health issues and medical treatments. She is a medical psychologist who investigates how people fall ill and how the physical illness affects them emotionally, psychologically and behaviorally. Chittem’s current focus is on cancer. Chittem tracks the emotional path of […]
The April 3 edition of The New Yorker magazine had a memorable cover- a beautiful illustration of four women surgeons looking down at a patient lying on an operating table. The image inspired Dr Susan Pitt, an endocrine surgeon at the Wisconsin University to replicate the image with three other women surgeons. The doctor then […]
The Prime Minister’s push for a law which mandates doctors to prescribe medicines with generic names rather than brands hasn’t gone down well with a vast majority of doctors. A study which surveyed doctors across India shows that an overwhelming 73% oppose the decision. Their main concerns were regarding the quality of the drugs available. […]
The inmates of the Yerawada jail in Pune soon won’t have to go to the Sassoon General Hospital for their check-up. The doctors of the hospital would treat them through a telemedicine facility that will soon be launched, as per Dr Ajay Chandanwale, the Dean of B J Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital. Through […]