A recent report in the Economic Times is a fascinating read for the links it investigates between the colour blue and cancer in a colony. Some of the high points from the article are given here. Alok Rathore is a 16 year old school student whose right hand had to be severed to prevent cancer […]
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 […]
About 26 million babies are born in India every year. But just 2% of the actually undergo the neonatal screening. Such screenings are quite the norm in western nations but not so in India. Using the screening, it’s possible to assess the possibility of genetic disorders. If there are disorders in newborns, it could lead […]
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 […]
Doctors at the Government Medical College in Amritsar were attacked by relatives of a patient who died in the hospital. The attack was so severe that the arm of one of the doctors-Jagbir Singh was broken. Two other doctors- Sukhdeep Singh and Inderjot Kaur were also attacked. The junior resident doctors of the hospital had […]
Four days since street violence has erupted in the Kashmir valley, the hospitals in the state are grappling with caring for the injured. According to official reports the number or injured are 1,365. But the number is dramatically escalating with every day. The violent street protests by ordinary people came in the wake of the […]
In another episode of what could be seen as a disturbing trend, a hospital was vandalized and its staff manhandled by a mob. This time, the hospital that was under attack was Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini,Delhi. The incident took place on Sunday night after the death of a patient in the hospital. The […]
A response made by PGIMER(Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research), Chandigarh to an application by The Indian Express under the RTI ACT shows that between 1994 and December 31, 2014 six resident doctors had contracted tuberculosis among mortuary staffers. One came down with Hepatitis B. Though the various AIIMS and PGIMER hospitals across […]
On Saturday, an unvaccinated 15 year old boy died in kerala’s Malappuram district due to diphtheria. Malappuram has attracted attention in recent times for its Muslim community with a strong reluctance to adopt immunization. According to Medical officer Dr.Ummer Farook, this year, two clinically confirmed cases of diphtheria have been recorded. The boy who died […]