An Infant from Pakistan has got a new lease of life after undergoing an operation at a city hospital in Delhi. The baby was diagnosed with a rare condition of a giant heart. According to doctors, this is the first documented case of the largest left atrium reported at this age. The 14-month-old baby with […]
The students graduating from the medical colleges in the country from 2019, will not only turn out to be good clinicians but also they’ll be good communicators. India has revised its medical curriculum after a gap of 21 years. The MCI Board of Governors on Friday finalised the new undergraduate curriculum that acknowledges the importance […]
Mehenoor Jain, mother of three was unaware that she had the rare ‘HH negative blood group’, which is also known as the Bombay blood group. It took more than 36 hours for the surgeons in Government Stanley Medical College and Hospital to source out a “rare” blood group to repair the blood vessels on the […]
In a first of its kind, a cadaver liver travelled by road from Chennai to Coimbatore was transplanted almost 27 hours after it was harvested. The organ, harvested at 11 am at Vijaya Hospital was connected to the perfusion machine (OrganOx) in the evening. It was then left Chennai at 9.30 p.m. and reached Coimbatore’s […]
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 […]