The treatment for epilepsy has so far been limited to the handful of drugs available in the market to control seizures. But doctors in India have now devised a new diagnostic approach- involving a high end surgery, a dietary therapy and a nerve-stimulating battery that not just brings down or prevent seizures but also cure […]
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 […]
The fresh guideline issued by MCI urging doctors to prescribe generic instead of branded medicines hasn’t found many takers. For instance, at PGIMER where the notification was endorsed by the administration two months back, the doctors continue to prescribe branded drugs. The notice issued by the MCI in September reads thus: “Every physician should prescribe […]
Despite the high levels of violence that many Maoist affected areas experience, more number of doctors are now opting to work in such regions. The higher salary packages and other perks on offer are deemed as the major reason. In the last two months alone, more than 84 super-specialists and medical officers have joined to […]
A special leave petition has been filed with the Supreme Court that challenged a recent judgement of Allahabad High Court. The judgement implied that strikes conducted by the medical fraternity in government hospitals is illegal and would attract harsh penalties. The High Court came down hard on the doctors of the King George Medical University […]
A study suggests that doctors are way better than symptom-checker points at reaching a correct diagnosis. A head-to-head comparison showed that human doctors with access to the same info about medical history and symptoms as a symptom checker had a 72 percent success in reaching the right diagnosis. For apps, it was just 34 percent. […]
With no provision for promotions, rural doctors are said to retire in the same post they joined in The Rural Medical Officers(RMO) cadre was created by the Punjab government in 2006, so that doctors would be available in rural Punjab The RMOs get neither promotion nor do they merit a quota in PG studies. However, […]
There seems to me no abatement in the number of dengue and chikungunya cases in Delhi. The upswing in numbers has seen the doctors-lesser in number struggling to find time for all the patients. The central zone of South Delhi Municipal Corporation is the worst affected this year Special “camps” have been set up in […]
One factor that increases the cost of treatment in India is that 70% of medical devices are imported. Innovating in India could actually bring that cost down by 50% according to consensus. Doctors are bringing a change to this scenario, combining their insights about the medical practice with local conditions to create extremely cost-efficient solutions […]
80 percent of the doctors, 75 per cent of dispensaries and 60 percent of hospitals in India are in urban areas as per a report released by research firm, KPMG and the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India(OPPI). The release of the survey happened at the Fifth Healthcare Access Summit organized by OPPI with the […]