A New Machine all set to make Liver Transplant in India Sure Success

New Delhi: A new machine OrganOx metra is all set to revolutionize cadaver liver transplant in India. It will not only keep livers from the brain dead alive up to…

Sanofi India net moves up by 37.5% in Q1, Charles Billard will be new CFO

New Delhi: Drug firm Sanofi India on Tuesday reported 37.27 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 82.5 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. The company had…

Centre to roll out triple-drug therapy to eliminate filaria

PUNE: The Union government has approved the roll-out of the WHO-recommended new triple-drug therapy (TDT) in four select districts, including one in Maharashtra, to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) from the…

GMCH faculty spar over principal, director posts

CHANDIGARH: Though the process for selection of director principal at Government Medical College and hospital (GMCH)-32 has started, first time there is a growing demand by the faculty for segregation…

Daiichi case: Delhi HC allows sale of listed shares of Shivinder Singh

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has allowed the sale of unencumbered shares held by all respondents, except for Malvinder Singh, in listed companies towards the repayment of an arbitration…

California judge affirms ruling for coffee cancer warnings

LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles judge has issued a final ruling requiring coffee to carry cancer warning labels in California. Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle issued his decision Monday…

Healthcare Industry Leaders huddled to create benign ecosystem for patients

New Delhi: Compassion needs to be a crucial component in care continuum. Healthcare sans empathy is untenable. Handholding of patients in their care journey can only ease the hostility long…

India signs up for USD 200-million loan from World Bank for nutrition mission

New Delhi: India signed an agreement with the World Bank on Monday for a USD 200-million loan for the National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan) to achieve its goal of reducing…

Storms increase dust level in air, hospitals see rise in patients

GURUGRAM: City hospitals reported a spike in cases of respiratory diseases, even as dust storm in neighbouring states raised levels of PM2.5 to the ‘poor’ level from Sunday. Last Wednesday’s…

Latest bid for India’s Fortis “more risky”, says Manipal CEO

India’s privately held Manipal Hospitals had to take a “more risky” approach in its latest bid for domestic rival Fortis Healthcare to see off rival suitors, Manipal’s Chief Executive Ranjan…