For all the doctors who are fed up with long shifts and extra loads of work, Delhi High Court has suggested setting fixed working hours for the doctors and setting an accurate doctor-patient ratio! The suggestion was raised in the court by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar. […]
The team of doctors with the patients. Image courtesy: Times of India. When three couples landed for kidney transplants at the Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute (PSRI) in south Delhi, little did the doctors know that they are going to confront a tricky situation. All the three men of the couples had failed kidneys […]
Like any other kids, brothers, Ashfaq and Mushtaq Khan too wish to play, study and lead a normal life. But they are different from the others of their age. Not because of something they did, but because of their appearance. This pair of siblings from Rampur village in Vidisha district in Madhya Pradesh suffers from […]
Image Credits: Times of India. On an average, she sees 60 patients a day. She starts consulting by 8 in the morning and continues until 5 in the evening, which makes a total of 9 hours of consultation! This is the story of Dr. Vibha Augustine, a gynecologist, who is the only hope for the […]
Asmita’s husband Luv katkar at the hospital. Image credits: Indian Express. Asmita katkar’s day started as usual on that day too. She dropped her son to school and set off to her job. Little did she know that within minutes her life is going to play a trick on her. It was a tragic day […]
Image credits: Hindustan Times. Whenever we feel sick, we feel concerned about ourselves and goes to consult a doctor. But did anyone ever thought about how healthy our doctors are? Or what all kind of troubles do they face? Being a doctor is not as easy as it sounds. It takes years of hard work […]
After several failed tests and observations, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) solves the mystery of Nipah outbreak in Kerala. ICMR identified fruit bats as the source of the Nipah outbreak that took the lives of 17 persons in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts in Kerala. “Scientists have found conclusive evidence of Nipah virus infection […]
Image credits: Asian Age Age matters when it comes to surgeries. 86 years and 90% blockage in all arteries! That was the reason that no one was willing to operate an old man from Delhi. The man had 90% blockage in all arteries with severe calcium composition. But thanks to the doctors of Fortis Escorts […]
Image credits: The Better India. From staying in a slum and selling vegetables to becoming a reputed oncologist- This is the story of a woman who has seen several facets of life. Meet Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshmane, one of India’s most reputed oncologists, Vice President of Karnataka Cancer Society, and a recipient of many awards. […]
The recent news on the death of a teenage girl due to illegal abortion carried out by ‘quacks’ sheds light on how the so-called quacks function freely by fooling the people. The incident happened in Gajwel, a place in Telangana portrays the negligence of the country’s Healthcare sector. Following the death of the girl, Junior […]