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 […]
The state-run hospitals in Maharashtra will have increased security with the deployment of more police personnel. This is so that attack on doctors by aggrieved relatives of patients can be prevented. The Maharashtra Government has related this decision to the Bombay High Court. The HC was informed by acting advocate General Rohit Deo about the […]
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently put out an article that apparently mentions that even a free pizza can influence a doc’s prescription. The article was cited in the news by major media houses in India over the last days. The original article looked into the aspect of around 2,70,000 physicians receiving $1.4 […]
More than 21,700 packets containing fake blood plasma were seized by the counter-intelligence department of the Bathinda Police on Tuesday. The contents of the packets would amount to about 7,600 litres. Related to this, five individuals who are associated with different city hospitals were arrested. Two of them are Dlibagh Singh, the chief lab attendant […]