In an extremely rare surgery, doctors at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences operated a baby who had its conjoined twin that lacked a head and a heart growing with it. The abnormal twin was posing a threat to the life of the normal twin. In a normal pregnancy, the head and heart […]
The southern state of India, Kerala has been witnessing the villain face of rains for the last two weeks. The data show that this has been one of the worst floods in almost a 100 years, with the death toll rising to more than 350. Though the water started to recede, and the rescue operations […]
The latest health audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General states that the medicines distributed under the National Health Mission (NHM) — India’s largest health scheme so far — in 14 states between 2011 and 2016 were past their expiry dates. The report, which is the concluding part of a series on the CAG’s assessment […]
The Doctors from King George’s Medical University Hospital in India have drained nearly 11 liters of urine from a man who had a hugely enlarged bladder. By the time the man had the fluid drained out, his bladder was 30 cm long and ballooned to six times its size. The 80-year-old man was presented with […]
The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled has asked the Union Ministry to introduce guidelines for the disabled people to pursue medicine through the entry to medical colleges. According to the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled, guidelines proposed by the Medical Council of India are “arbitrary and blatantly discriminatory” and […]
Indian origin woman cancer expert, Dr. Sudha Sundar became the first female gynecological oncologist to be elected to the prestigious post at the British Gynaecological Cancer Society (BGCS). She was named as president-elect of the BGCS. Currently, she is working as a senior lecturer in Gynaecological Oncology at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Cancer […]
The first phase of trials of the research by four national institutes for cutting down the duration of tuberculosis treatment has shown a remarkable success. The research is being conducted by Indian Institute of Bombay, along with National Institute of TB & Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, National Jalma Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases […]
Uday Sardar was on his duty that day too. He was plastering the roof of a one-storey house at the time when the fate played a villain. Around 11.30am, a dozen masons and laborers who were working on the same site heard a scream and found Sardar pierced on the three iron rods after falling […]
A Right to Information (RTI) reveals that the National Board of Examination (NBE) collected Rs. 48 crore as NEET-PG application fees, though it may have spent merely a third of that amount to conduct the examination. NBE is an autonomous government agency that conducts the national entrance test for the postgraduate medical courses. Students allege […]
Does anyone know the exact number of doctors registered/ practicing in India? Well, according to the data presented to the government by the Medical Council of India, there are more than 10.8 lakh doctors registered in India. It’s just the total number of doctors But do they know how many of these doctors are available […]