A specialised course for doctors and hospital staff focusing on how a critically ill or injured patient should be handled could bring down the rate of death due to medical negligence by 50%, claim the experts. A study by the Harvard University last year showed that nearly 50,00,000 deaths occur in India annually due to […]
In a Bihar hospital, a shocking incident has taken place where it clearly shows the carelessness of the health system. In a bizarre incident, a stray dog took away the amputated leg of a patient from a government hospital. The incident which ‘portrays’ the ‘health’ of hospital ironically took place at Buxar, the Lok Sabha […]
Dheeraj Kumar, 28 from Jodhpur in Rajasthan didn’t stand up straight for nearly 15 years. Now, he doesn’t have enough words to thank the doctors of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, Delhi who helped him stand straight after 15 years. Dheeraj’s life was as normal as anyone’s till 2001. It all started with a rheumatic […]
Acknowledging the complaints from Chemists association, the Drug Licencing Authority(DLA) of Meerut division has warned doctors operating out in the private clinics and the nursing homes in the six districts under its jurisdiction against selling medicines under the veil of ‘dispensing medicines’. The order directs the drug inspectors of all the six districts under the […]
Indian Drug Advisory Board will soon take up a proposal for an independent registry to track implantable medical devices that could pose a risk to patients. According to two health ministry officials, the advisory board is likely to set up a national registry in its next meeting which is scheduled for 27th November. The proposal […]
Medical Doctors would not be essential for running a basic pathology lab in the country, according to the latest provisions confirmed by the health ministry. The Director of NHM, Ministry of Health have sent a confirmation for the policy directing all of the states to enforce the stated provisions. The provision for such a policy […]
After a successful uterus transplant, a woman from Vadodara has given birth to a baby girl. The baby girl was born prematurely, almost 32 weeks into the pregnancy at 12.12am on Thursday. She weighed 1,450 grams at birth. The woman from Vadodara had undergone uterus transplant 17 months ago in Pune’s Galaxy Care Hospital. She […]
‘Over 40% of the world’s stunted children live in India,’ reveals a report by an NGO sukarya. According to the report, malnutrition estimates are worrying as poor nutrition causes 45% of deaths among children below five years. The report was released by Ashwini Kumar Choubey, the minister for state and family welfare. Any child is […]
The Union Ministry of Health is creating an expert group to provide technical assistance to the Board of Governors that supersede the Medical Council of India. The group will include expert faculty from government colleges. The team will assist the Board of Governors (BoG) in assessing colleges for registration or renewal of licences. The separate […]
On October 16, 1846, an American dentist William Morton, used sulfuric ether as an anaesthetic for a surgery for the very first time and set the course for the development of modern anaesthesia as we know it. He administered it by inhalation to Edward Gilbert Abbott for the removal of a tumour in his neck […]