Govt to rid 6 hospitals of red tape, make health minister chairman
NEW DELHI: Delhi government will soon restructure the governing councils of six hospitals and make the health minister the chairman of the institutions to give them “financial and functional autonomy”.…
Indian Holistic Medicine practitioners treating cancers think as good as got Nobel
New Delhi: Holistic Medicine practitioners in India have for long been telling and practising what this year’s recipients of Nobel for medicine have claimed as a new principle of cancer…
Hopes abound about effectiveness of Stem Cell Therapy
New Delhi: The takeaways from Stem Cell Awareness week, which took place from October 8 to October 11, is bound to give a lot of boost to regenerative medicine. It…
PATNA: 50-bed facility for HIV positive people in state
PATNA: The state health department on Friday signed a non-financial memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Spain based Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to run a 50-bed hospital in Patna for…
Pune: Doctors on 108 ambulance deny transport to a swine flu patient
The unavailability of safety gears for doctors of 108 ambulance services is directly affecting the patients, who are not being taken aboard after presenting with flu-like symptoms. In one such…
Dialysis at discounted rate facility
Pune: A facility to offer dialysis at the discounted rate of Rs400 would be made available at the Pune Municipal Corporation-run Balasaheb Thackeray hospital near Mitramandal Chowk. The standing committee…
No MRI at GB Pant hospital: NHRC notice to Centre, Delhi
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the chief secretary of Delhi and the Union health secretary over a TOI report dated October 4 that highlighted…
SSG hospital warned of sealing X-ray facility
Vadodara: As teams from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) – the nuclear watchdog of the country – has started conducting surprise inspections of medical diagnostic centres across major cities…
Family alleges negligence by pvt hospital led to 3-yr-old child’s death
Noida (UP): A family from Delhi Tuesday accused a private hospital here of negligence in treatment which resulted in the death of their three-year-old child, police said. In a complaint…
Will examine if AAP govt pilot project at GTB Hospital violates fundamental rights of others: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday said it will examine whether the AAP government’s pilot project at the GTB Hospital to give preferential treatment to city residents was…
