Receiving fluids intravenously is now a common enough therapeutic tool. But the practice’s origin can be traced back to man’s effort to defeat the bacteria responsible for cholera. Back in 1831, a particularly bad strain of cholera broke out from the banks of the Ganges in India and spread rapidly to Iran, Russia and China […]
The ever-increasing cases of violence against doctors by relatives or attendants of patients has finally prompted the government to mull over drafting a central law which will ensure the protection of the caregivers. More than 75% of doctors in India are reported to have faced violence in one form or the other as per as […]
The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill which makes provision for an exit test for MBBS graduates was introduced earlier this week. The Union health ministry’s draft has it that only those MBBS graduates who pass the National Exit Test(called NEXT) could practice medicine. However, surprisingly or not, many people- doctors and concerned parents among them […]
It was in 1893 that Dr Gurubai Karmarkar joined the American Marathi Mission in Mumbai- a stint that would last for more than 30 years. The doctor’s efforts in treating famine –struck children and also during the plague outbreak of 1916 were particularly noteworthy. A doctor to all classes While many people visited the overcrowded […]
The five and a half year long medical course is no longer enough for a student to become a doctor. For the Union health ministry has unveiled the draft Indian Medical Council(Amendment) Bill 2016 by which they should also have to pass the National Exit Test(NEXT). The Bill also aims to bring in combined counselling […]
A bunch of surgeons at the MY Hospital in Indore hit the news recently for the right reason when they spent money from their own pockets to facilitate a surgery aside from performing the surgery itself. The complex surgery which took more than 8 hours was to remove the oesophagus and to reconstruct it using […]
On Saturday, a murder case was registered against unknown person(s) regarding the death of Dr Sarvanan Ganeshan- a 26 year old junior resident doctor of AIIMS. The doctor who was pursuing an MD at AIIMS was found dead in mysterious circumstances at his rented flat in Gautam Nagar on the 10th of July, 2016. The […]
Doctors and concerned organizations have called upon the price regulator and the Competition Commission of India to intervene and ward off the apparent monopoly of Dolutegravir- a new HIV drug that received the Indian drug controller’s approval just last month. The drug which is sold by GlaxoSmithKline’s Viiv Healthcare unit is considered to be the […]
The year 2016 has seen its fair share of developments in the medical field in India. Some of these were rather unexpected while others were long in the pipeline. Here is a look at some of the key developments that would affect medicos in India. National Medical Commission Bill MCI has come under fire for […]
Here is an instance in which proper informed consent and treatment as well as well-maintained record as per SOP saved medical professionals from a claim of Rs. 1.5 Crore. This judgment came about in the case of Shashi Dvivedi v/s Dr.Mukund Prasad (Paras Hosptal, Patna). The case that was filed The case was filed by the […]