Doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi has recently removed a kidney tumour, which they claim to be the world’s heaviest kidney tumour. It weighed 6.48kg and was 29cm in length. The 50-year-old patient from Bareilly came to RML two months back with his abdomen swollen up significantly on the left side and mild pain. […]
NITI-Aayog has pitched for the enactment of National Medical Commission Bill (NMC) observing that regulatory bodies the Medical Council of India and the Nursing Council of India have “failed” to ensure adequate availability and quality of health professionals. The quality of health professional training and adherence to standards is sub-optimal, including in the private sector, […]
AIIMS New Delhi completes trials for a low-cost, painless ‘Pocket Colposcope’ for cervical cancer screening, developed by Duke University. The new device will cost 500$ against the $15,000 of the currently used machine. The results of the trials are yet to be published. Talking about the results, Dr Neerja Bhatia, professor of gynaecology at AIIMS, […]
The Karnataka state government is planning to increase the fees for medical courses in government colleges by 200 per cent, according to the information by the Medical Education Minister to the Legislative Council during the ongoing winter session. Apart from this, the government also considers providing admission to Non-Resident Indian (NRI) students at state government […]
Image used for representational purpose only. Around 30% of the faculty who teaches first and second-year medical students of the medical colleges doesn’t have MBBS degree themselves, reveals a presentation given to the Board of Governors (BOG), which replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI) as the country’s apex regulatory body for medical education. The […]
“As a child, I had always wanted to know why people behave the way they do. It’s the mind that decides every action. Showing love and affection is done consciously, never without the mind’s consent.” India’s first woman psychiatrist didn’t choose her profession just for its sake. She knows what exactly mental health means and […]
The health department of Kerala has decided to extend the OP timing till 6 pm from 9 am in hospitals with more than four doctors. The department has decided to initiate this despite the protest from the doctors. The doctors association has termed the decision undemocratic since the government didn’t discuss it with the respective […]
The state health department of Uttar Pradesh has proposed to raise the retirement age of government doctors to 70 years. The government has taken this move citing the shortage of doctors. The retirement age of doctors at present is 62 years. “If politicians can work till the age of 75 then doctors who are healthy […]
The doctors joining Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) will now be taught a course in teaching. Besides medical teachers training, the course shall include communication skills and humanities. The teacher training will only be for those PGI doctors who are interested to teach. Apart from that, there will be five new fellowships […]
Following the Make in India initiative, Meril Life Sciences has launched its first indigenously designed and manufactured artificial aortic valve for patients who are at high risk or unwilling to undergo open heart valve replacement surgery. The Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve Replacement (TAVR), which will be sold under the brand name “Myval” is an alternative […]