Doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi has recently removed a kidney tumour, which they claim to be the world’s heaviest kidney tumour. It weighed 6.48kg and was 29cm in length. The 50-year-old patient from Bareilly came to RML two months back with his abdomen swollen up significantly on the left side and mild pain. […]
The state health department of Uttar Pradesh has proposed to raise the retirement age of government doctors to 70 years. The government has taken this move citing the shortage of doctors. The retirement age of doctors at present is 62 years. “If politicians can work till the age of 75 then doctors who are healthy […]
Following the Make in India initiative, Meril Life Sciences has launched its first indigenously designed and manufactured artificial aortic valve for patients who are at high risk or unwilling to undergo open heart valve replacement surgery. The Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve Replacement (TAVR), which will be sold under the brand name “Myval” is an alternative […]
The Supreme Court has recently held that a doctor or surgeon cannot assure that the outcome of any surgery would be beneficial. The decision was held in response to a case between Dr SK Jhunjhunwala vs Mrs Dhanwanti Kumar. The appellant, Dr Jhunjhunwala, a doctor by profession had been practising medicine in Calcutta since 1969. […]
For his outstanding contribution to the health sector, Indian orthopaedic surgeon Prof. Dr Raju Vaishya has been honoured with ‘Pride of Asia- Health Excellence award’. Dr Vaishya, who also is the president of Arthritis Care Foundation and Indian Cartilage Society has also made a record by publishing 58 research papers in 2015 alone. Her Royal […]
Last six months was a roller coaster ride for a four-year-old little girl and her family. As the fate played tricks in her life in the form of a fatal accident, severe head injuries and trauma were the ordeals for the little girl and her family. The four-year-old however miraculously survived, but the accident left […]
Does anyone know the exact number of doctors registered/ practicing in India? Well, according to the data presented to the government by the Medical Council of India, there are more than 10.8 lakh doctors registered in India. It’s just the total number of doctors But do they know how many of these doctors are available […]
From 2010, since she found out she carries cancer causing BRCA1 (BReast CAncer gene) mutation, she was determined not to pass on the cancer-causing oncogene to her children. Hence, with the help of all modern techniques, Bengaluru’s Swayam Prabha gave birth to twins who don’t carry the mutation, which is first of such case in […]
The 33 babies born under the care of Dr Aruna Naidu at Maternity and Child Care Hospital in Siddipet Image: Telangana Today. It was a day of marathon deliveries for both Maternity and Child Care Hospital at Siddhipet and Dr. Aruna Naidu, obstetrician and gynecologist of the hospital. The hospital has created a record by […]