Doctor’s at Apollo Hospital, Delhi has recently saved the life of a 7-month-old girl suffering from a rare type of heart disease called type-3 truncus arteriosus (TA). The baby had a condition where she had only one great blood vessel parting the heart, which then branched into blood vessels going to the lungs and the […]
In a first of its kind in the world, a woman from Brazil, who received the womb from a deceased donor has successfully given birth to a baby girl. The event is a milestone in the medical history since uterus transplants from deceased donors are feasible and may open access for all women with uterine […]
Image: Hindustan times. Not so long ago, a heartbreaking incident, where nearly 70 infants died of lack of oxygen supply in Baba Raghav Das Medical College, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, has stirred the collective conscience of the people in the Country. Now another incident which is too horrendous that it can make people quiet is slowly […]
Over 1,000 people, including 350 infants, may have been exposed to tuberculosis in the maternity wing of a hospital in California after an active case of the disease was diagnosed in a nurse, hospital officials said on Sunday. The hospital said it was notified only in mid-November that an employee who worked in the area […]