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 […]
India is home to 60 percent of the world’s leprosy patients. But hidden cases are also very common in the subcontinent. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has initiated a nationwide drive to detect such cases. These cases remain hidden because of the fear and stigma associated with the disease. In the first […]
Asserting the view of the Supreme Court and clearing interpretations under the Bombay Shops and Establishment Act, 1948, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that a clinic run by a private doctor or his/her partnership firm is not a ‘commercial establishment.’ The clarification was made after the Indian Medical Association sought […]
They say that changes are inevitable. And though many doctors feel that many things in the medical landscape are not changing as fast as they should, some things are prone to make a transition. Here are three practices that ought to be outdated in the near-future. 1.Not putting what a drug treats on the label […]
At a discussion, the Indian Medical Association(IMA) held that in most of the cases in which actions were taken against doctors for neglect in duty, they have failed in proper documentation which becomes mandatory in case of eventualities. At the discussion the panel-comprised of experts from different fields including law, forensics and others highlighted a […]
The Medical Council of India’s latest order for doctors is that they should write legibly on prescriptions, preferably in capital letters. The gazette notification regarding this came out last month. It says, “Every physician should prescribe drugs with generic names legibly and preferably in capital letters, and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational […]
The Madras High Court Bench dismissed a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the State government and Tamil Nadu Medical Council to ban private practice of government doctors in all cadres. The plea was made on the ground that doctors could concentrate more on treating patients at government hospitals. The plea was […]
Recently, two instances of cases being filed against doctors under IPC 336-a criminal act has happened in the subcontinent. Even though both the cases look like therapeutic misadventures the charges are of criminal act, which could result in the imprisonment of the doctors. The first reported misuse from 28 years ago The first reported misuse […]
The hospital that Dr.Ganesh Rakh started in 2007 in Pune delivers girl babies for free. This is done as part of the doctor’s effort to reverse Indian’s preference for male children. As Dr Rakh said to reporters, “As a medical professional I have seen the torture that a mother undergoes when she comes to know […]
Multiple instances of assault Following the death of a seven year old girl, her relatives claimed negligence, attacked the doctors and vandalized Apollo Hospital, Bannerghatta Road in Bangalore on Wednesday. The relatives attacked five doctors and ransacked the ICU. The girl was admitted after Tuesday midnight with symptoms of fever, headache and vomiting. The hospital […]