Drama unfolded at the Christian Medical College and Hospital(CMCH) in Ludhiana when a patient’s relatives protested for more than two hours, alleging negligence. The incident occurred on Monday. 42 year old Hazara Singh was a resident of the Bonkar Village, Mattewara. He was admitted to CMCH on 7th June after a heart attack he suffered […]
Radiologists in Pune are on an indefinite strike from Tuesday as a protest against what’s said to be the high-handed approach of the Pune Municipal Corporation(PMC) in implementing the PC-PNDT(Pre-Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques) Act. The Maharashtra state branch of the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association(MSBIRIA) is also backing the Pune radiologists. They said […]
A baby girl born in a city hospital in Nagpur is not the the first harlequin child in India as was reported by many a publication. The Nagpur baby was born at around 12.25 AM on Saturday at the Lata Mangeshkar Medical College and Hospital, the first baby of a farmer couple. Harlequin Ichthyosis is […]
Dismissing a complaint from a deceased patient’s widow, the National Commission observed that a physician is free to choose whom to serve except in case of an Emergency. The Commission also mentioned that it’s in the interest of both doctors and patients that such cases aren’t unnecessarily dragged to the Court. The compliant based on […]
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 […]
More than one in four doctors in the early stages of their careers have signs of depression, says a study. The study states harsh and gruelling years of training leading towards the medical job are to blame. This is not only bad for young doctors but also for the patients they see. Depressed doctors are […]