The Rajastan state government has begun booking sex determination crimes under Section 315 of the IPC. This entails up to 10 years in prison or fine or both. The said section pertains to an Act meant to prevent a child born alive to die after birth. This puts it in a higher punishment bracket than […]
A patient’s kin attacked at least three junior doctors at the Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital in Delhi on Wednesday night. The incident happened after a three year old patient died. The patient who suffered from encephalitis died during treatment. While the assailants-about 20 in number attacked the doctors with iron rods, the patient’s mother bit […]
To look into assaults carried out against doctors, the Central government has created a committee. This was made possible after the Indian Medical Association gave a representation which highlighted the need for a legislation that protects doctors from such attacks. The committee was made up of representatives from the Law and Justice Ministry, Home Ministry, […]
Tuberculosis patients of the country who seek help from private sector face a delay in getting diagnosed correctly-the delay could be as long as two months. And that is if the diagnosis happens at all. This sobering reality was brought out by systematic reviews of Indian studies. The reasons of delay need to be tackled […]
The Indian government has decided to launch a daily drug regimen for treating tuberculosis. This will usurp the existing alternate days schedule. In the initial phase, this is likely to be implemented in five states that include Maharashtra. It’s expected that the launch will happen by September-October of this year.The process is expected to improve […]
An aspect of a court case that could be relevant to doctors was reported recently in the newspaper, The Times of India. For the case shows that documentary evidence would suffice to establish medical negligence. The case in question relates to one Geeta Khalho who, being pregnant was admitted in the Arogya Niketan Prasuti Grih […]
Eight doctors from the Narayana Hrudyalaya in Bangalore are on a mission-touring Madhya Pradesh to identify the children with need for urgent heart surgeries. 150 kids identified for open heart surgery So far, the group has identified 150 children from Vidisha, Rajgarh, Sehore and Bhopal who require immediate open heart surgery. On Wednesday, the team […]
A study shows that anti-HIV medications can suppress the viral load of those living with the condition. Not only that, it will also provide durable protection against heterosexual transmission. The findings revealed that when an HIV-infected person began antiretroviral therapy(ART) at a higher CD4 cell count, it resulted in an overwhelming 93 percent reduction of […]
In yet another incident of doctors being assaulted in India, the relatives of a patient manhandled a doctor in the Government Rajindra Hospital and Medical College, Patiala, Punjab. The incident happened on 13 July. The incident spurred a protest by about 100 PG doctors of the hospital. The protesters claimed that Dr.Manuj Chaudhary was slapped […]
Mumbai’s Sion Hospital and three doctors associated with it were asked to pay a compensation worth around Rs.7 lakhs by the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum. The case in question goes back to 2000, when a patient alleged that during a bypass surgery an electrical equipment meant to maintain body temperature produced excess heat which gave […]