Drug abuse on the rise in Bengaluru, Smugglers start taking bus routes to deliver drugs
With a steady rise in the demand for drugs, smugglers start bus routes to safely deliver drugs to drug addicts. Recently, it is noted that racketeers choosing various transport modes…
Chennai:Government hospital penalized for botched operation after woman loses ovaries
CHENNAI: A local consumer forum recently penalised the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children for deficiency in service after doctors removed the right ovary of a woman diagnosed…
Multi-gene test may find risk for heart disease and more
WASHINGTON:You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure … your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic test data may one day help identify people at high…
RTI query reveals there was oxygen shortage at BRD Hospital
LUCKNOW/GORAKHPUR: An RTI response has revealed that there was, in fact, shortage of oxygen cylinders at the BRD medical college, Gorakhpur, on August 11, 2017, the day when about 30…
Bain Capital joins KKR in race for Max Healthcare stake
MUMBAI: Bain Capital Private Equity has joined the race with US private equity firm KKR and its Indian hospital chain partner Radiant Life Care to buy a 47% stake in…
How the ailing medical education can be healed
Quality speaks and attracts — be it of material things, or human beings. Qualified doctors, certified specialists, dexterous surgeons and astute physicians are always in great demand. How to find…
‘Modicare’ to offer insurers limited biz
Mumbai: The ‘Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission’ (AB-NHPM), which is popularly known as Modicare and is expected to be announced by the Prime Minister on August 15, will…
Our partnership is focused on unlocking business value by working on pharma manufacturing processes: Dilip Sawhney
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dilip Sawhney, Managing Director- India, Rockwell Automation India Pvt. Ltd, Noida to know more about the role of automation in drug manufacturing to enhance…
AI system can adjust dosage to make cancer treatment less toxic
Boston: MIT researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can help reduce toxic chemotherapy dosing for the most aggressive form of brain cancer, potentially improving the quality of…
‘Laser operation can prevent blindness in preterm babies’
Nagpur: Generally, a pre-term or premature and low birth weight baby is administered oxygen for some time after birth. But this higher concentration oxygen can prove to be dangerous to…
