For the Indian medical graduates who return to India after completing the studies abroad, the life that follows is different from what we anticipate. Take the example of Kumar Yadav, who completed his MBBS from a Medical College in Nepal. He completed his studies in 2016 but hasn’t visited his hometown in Bihar in two […]
Image tweeted by @Nobelprize Two scientists who discovered new approaches in harnessing the immune system to fight cancer won the 2018 Nobel prize for Medicine. James Allison of the U.S. and Tasuku Honjo of Japan will share the Nobel prize sum of nine million Swedish kronor (about $1.01 million). “Allison and Honjo have shown, how […]
Image: ANI Rural Healthcare is still struggling to provide all the facilities at its best to the people. Shortage of staff, medical equipment, medicines are few among the many problems which rural India still finds it hard to meet. But the doctors in the hospital of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj demands something basic. Electricity. These doctors in […]
The government has appointed a seven-member board to supersede the Medical Council of India. The new board will now be going to run the Council till the parliament passes the National Medical Commission Bill. Following an ordinance signed by the president Ram Nath Kovind, the health ministry has issued a notification asking the officials of […]
According to the latest study in PLoS medicine, in India, private practitioners are delivering inadequate care to the TB patients. The study was conducted in Mumbai and Patna. The study warns that almost 6 out of 10 TB patients visiting private doctors in these two places fail to get medical treatment. The findings came ahead […]
Emergency care is vital in the case of accident victims. In such a situation, while a person stands between the line of life and death, even the slightest emergency care can make a difference. A group of doctors and tech specialists from Karnataka are joining hands to launch a ‘saviour campaign’. The campaign is intended […]
The Bombay high court on Friday permitted a woman to terminate her 30-week pregnancy. The 33-year-old woman, from Nashik, told the court that the medical reports of the foetus showed that it had developed schizencephaly, a morbid condition incompatible with normal life often resulting in complete disability. Upon her request to terminate the pregnancy, a […]
The Indian government has launched the world’s largest publicly funded health insurance scheme, ‘Ayushman Bharat’- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana -also dubbed as ‘Modicare’ on Sunday, 23rd September. The scheme is set to cover some 500 million poor people around the country. It promises a health cover worth 5 lakh rupees per family per year […]
India is a country were the heart diseases account for 1.7 million lives annually. Usually, the patients are subjected to undergo several diagnostic tests. This rural doctor wants to revive the bygone art of diagnosing the cardiac problems by merely taking a closer look at the patient. Dr Himmatrao Bawaskar, who practices in Mahad, which […]
An analysis of the helpline calls in Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) reveals that one of the main reasons for stress among the resident doctors were seeing patients dying or those on the verge of dying. Though the NGO’s and some selected government bodies set up helplines, PGIMER started an in-house crisis […]