Landmark ruling: Supreme Court says passive euthanasia is permissible
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Friday gave legal sanction to passive euthanasia, permitting a person to draft a living will clarifying that he should not be given…
Lupin signs research pact with CSIR-NCL, Dept of Science &Tech
Mumbai: Pharma major Lupin has signed an agreement with CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL, Pune) and Department of Science and Technology, (DST, Delhi) for conducting research on a continuous purification process…
Par panel anguished over under-utilised beds at Safdarjung hospital
New Delhi: Anguished over 800 beds at the new super-speciality building of Safdarjung hospital remaining under-utilised, a parliamentary panel today recommended the government to consider a proposal to transfer the…
‘Advanced cervical cancer needs chemo-radiotherapy, not surgery’
MUMBAI: An eleven-year-long trial by the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) has established that women with advanced cervical cancer should not be treated with surgery, which is widely offered the world…
Breast cancer screening guidelines may lead to delayed diagnosis in non-white women
The current guidelines for mammographic breast cancer screening, which are based on data from primarily white populations, may lead to delayed diagnosis in nonwhite women, according to a report published…
Get voluntary donor for blood transfusion to cut infection risk
NEW DELHI: If you need blood transfusion, it’s better to get a voluntary donor than depend entirely on hospital stock. That’s because blood collected through replacement donations have a high…
Price crash ahead Key diabetes cancer drugs to go off patent in India
The next three to five years would see some key cardiovascular, diabetic and oncology molecules going off-patent in the Indian market. This could trigger launches of generic versions by local…
Torrent Pharma readies €2 billion binding offer for Sanofi’s European unit
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd is readying a €2 billion (Rs16,000 crore) bid for Zentiva N.V., the generic drugs unit of France’s Sanofi, two people directly aware of the bidding process said.…
No hospital in The Nilgiris has critical care facilities
Udhagamandalam: Ooty, the ‘Queen of Hills’, with its verdant landscape and salubrious climate, is an ideal destination for tourists. Over 30 lakh people visit the hill station every year and…
Pune : Infant given fluid through burette with spider in it
PUNE : In a shocking instance of alleged negligence on the part of citybased Jadhav Children’s Hospital, a 10-month-old infant has been administered intravenous (IV) fluid for the last two…
