New technique for hip surgery at IGIMS soon
PATNA: The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) will soon start hip surgery involving a new bone-nailing technique that requires smaller incision. This technique would help lower mortality and…
Medical college dean sacked for providing government misleading info
MUMBAI: A month after issuing him a show-cause notice, the medical education department on Wednesday relieved government-run Kolhapur Medical College acting dean Jaiprakash Ramanand for providing misleading information to the…
Delhi HC may sell shares of Singh Brothers to recover Daiichi’s Rs 3,500 crore award
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought a list of all unpledged traded shares disclosed by Malvinder and Shivinder Singh and other respondents so that they can be used…
489 doctors found absent from duty in Raj, says govt
Jaipur: Following an RTI revelation that more than 40% of MBBS doctors who cleared the examination for medical officers at government hospitals, did not join duty, now health department has…
Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online
WASHINGTON – Medicare says it plans to require hospitals to post their standard prices online and to make electronic medical records more readily available to patients. The head of the…
Youths turn saviours, breathe life into India’s organ donation drive
Fifteen-year-old Mumbai resident Vaibhav Sanghavi had just completed his Class X exams in 2016 when he was asked a question that is rarely asked to someone so young: Would he…
Antibiotic resistance can be caused by small amounts of antibiotics : Study
Uppsala University – Apr 23, 2018 : Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a global and growing problem in health care. To be able to prevent further development of resistance developing, it is…
Experts dub doctor’s stem cell technique flawed, fraudulent
Like India, Sri Lanka’s scientific community doesn’t sanction stem cell therapy as a treatment for neurodevelopmental disorders, but there are no laws prohibiting it. Alleging that Sion Hospital’s Dr Alok…
24-yr-old Amravati donor gives liver for city’s first transplant
Nagpur: In a historic organ donation in Vidarbha, as many as eight organs were donated by the family of a 24-year-old woman from Amravati. It also marked the first time…
Flex your muscles to fight liver ailment
NEW DELHI: More than 2 lakh people in India need a liver transplant every year. Less than 2% get it. For those who don’t, there is a new hope. Indian…
