Dr P S Chandra, a professor of neurosurgery at AIIMS has done something very few people manage to do in life- saving the life of someone who was said couldn’t be saved. And he did this with the help of some alcohol- ‘absolute alcohol’, that is. The 28 year old pregnant woman whom the doctor […]
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 […]
he very first heart transplant procedure in India was conducted in AIIMS on August 3, 1994. And as you may expect, things weren’t all easy for the doctors back then. As Dr P Venugopal, who led the doctors in the surgery said, “We were constantly mocked and criticized by media and academic circles. Renowned journalists […]
Neglecting injuries from needles while attending to patients exposes 73% of doctors to blood transmitted diseases, according to a recent study conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi. The study lists inexperienced doctors- those below 25 years of age in the high risk category. But resident doctors in Maharashtra said that there’s only minimal awareness about needle […]
There seems to be serious ambiguity regarding who should draw blood sample from patients in AIIMS: the doctors or the nursing staff? Resident doctors of AIIMS have declared that they would stop drawing blood samples from August 26. They consider it the duty of the nursing staff. At present, resident doctors have to generate barcode […]
It’s been ten days since Sarvanan Ganeshan, a Junior Resident Doctor pursuing his MD at AIIMS was found dead in his South Delhi apartment. The media has frequently used the phrase ‘under mysterious circumstance’ in relation to the death. The death happened just 10 days after he enrolled for his MD. The Delhi police suspects […]