Torchlight surgery: Minister orders probe
PATNA: State health minister Mangal Pandey on Monday asked the Saharsa civil surgeon to probe into a video footage showing doctors performing an operation in torchlight at Saharsa sadar hospital.…
The key advantages of the NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme, more commonly referred to as the NDIS, is a government initiative designed to meet the demand for disability healthcare services around Australia. With nearly half…
Problems with disability services in Australia
Despite the growing National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) providing more coverage to people with disabilities than ever before, there are still major problems with disability services in Australia. Service providers…
The symptoms and causes of varicose veins
Varicose veins are knotty, enlarged veins that tend to poke out of your skin. Any vein can become varicose but the ones most susceptible to becoming varicose are the ones…
40% doctors who applied for job at government hospitals didn’t join, reveals RTI
JAIPUR: Government jobs are the most sought after, or so one believes. An RTI has revealed that more than 40% of MBBS doctors who cleared the examination for medical officers…
Orchid gets three final bids at par with liquidation value
MUMBAI: Ingen Capital, Fidelity Trading Corporation and Union Quimico Farmacéutica are in the final race to acquire distressed drug maker Orchid Pharma, people familiar with the matter said. The offers…
INLD alleges medicine purchase “scam” in Haryana, demands CBI probe
Chandigarh: Haryana’s main opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) today alleged there were irregularities to the tune of hundreds of crores in the purchase of medicines in state government hospitals…
New genetic find offers hope for asthma sufferers
New Delhi: A new study has offered fresh hope for asthma sufferers by identifying a genetic variant that could improve the safety and effectiveness of corticosteroids, drugs that are used…
5 doctors charged with taking kickbacks to tout painkiller
NEW YORK – Five New York City doctors were arrested Friday on charges that they accepted bribes and kickbacks from an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company to prescribe large volumes of a…
Wockhardt, two others under lens for selling drugs without approval
New Delhi: Major drug makers, including Wockhardt Ltd, are under the scanner of the pharma regulator for allegedly launching combination drugs to treat diabetes and fungal infection without mandatory prior…
