It’s been ten months since the Chattisgarh government came out with incentives for doctors to join hospitals in Naxal-dominated regions, a move that was followed by an SOS from the Bijapur District Collector, Dr Ayyaz Tamboli on social media. The SOS invited medical practitioners to the district hospital. Since the SOS was issued, the number […]
The final version of the National Health Policy sees huge reversals made on many proposals on the Draft National Health Policy, 2015. For instance, as per the new policy, health is not a fundamental right. A proposal has been made to increase the health budget to 2.5% of GDP, but that’s going to happen only […]
Bhakti Yadav is a name that’s not that popular among the medical fraternity, and that’s quite a shame. Because the 91 year old gynaecologist is responsible for providing literally thousands of free deliveries and medical help to the needy. The nation finally woke up to the doctor’s contributions and awarded her a Padma Sri award […]
Until just a few years ago, almost all the polio cases in the world were confined to Pakistan. Now, the country is making its move to eliminate the disease from within its borders. Literally thousands of healthcare workers are giving vaccination to children at transit points across the country- from bus stops to border crossings […]
As part of the WHO’s initiative to better the quality of maternal and newborn healthcare, India has joined eight other nations. The Quality of Care(QoC) improvement network was launched by the WHO and other partners in February in the East African nation of Malawi. The only other Asian nation in the group is Bangladesh. The […]
31 year old Dr Rohan Mhamukar who was assaulted by patient’s kin on Sunday in Dhule, Maharashtra has reached his Mumbai home, seeking treatment for the grave injuries he sustained. “I wish I had taken up engineering instead of medicine. I qualified for both courses,” said the doctor. Dr Rohan is to meet the dean […]
A recent medicolegal case which was heard in the Hon. Orissa High Court highlights an instance in which a doctor failed to inform patient of risks of suggested treatment. The patient eventually died, but the doctor was cleared of ‘culpable homicide’ charges. The accusation Susanta Kumar Takur filed a complaint claiming that the MD Gynecologist- […]
Dr Rohan Mamunkar, an orthopaedic surgeon was brutally assaulted by family members of a patient when he asked them to take the patient to another centre as there was no neurosurgeon on duty. The gory incident took place at the Government Medical College in Dhule, Maharashtra on Sunday night. It’s said that the patient was […]
During the 1960s, a young hippie named Larry Brilliant came to Indian from his homeland in America and played a central role in eradicating smallpox in India. Though exciting, his tale is hardly known to many Indians. Smallpox has killed an estimated 300 million to 500 million people in the 20th century alone. The disease […]
The death of three people who were connected to different dialysis machines due to similar causes in around the same time has left doctors baffled. The incident took place in a hospital in Puducherry. Nephrologists are of the opinion that death of patients on dialysis because of power fluctuations is ‘nearly impossible.’ The equipment for […]