BRS Group highest bidder for SevenHills hospital
MUMBAI: Billionaire BR Shetty’s Dubai-based group, owner of London-listed NMC Healthcare, has emerged as the highest bidder for debtridden SevenHills Hospital, multiple sources have confirmed to ET. Philanthropic initiative Reliance…
Delhi: Maimed by doctor’s injection, patient to get Rs 20 lakh
New Delhi: The Vimhans Hospital, New Delhi and a doctor have been ordered to pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation for medical negligence while treating a 12-year-old boy in 2001.…
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital heralds golden age of Knee Replacement
New Delhi: Gilded knee implant replacement is fast catching up, not as a mark of luxury but for better outcomes. Indraprastha Apollo happens to be the first hospital in India…
The billionaires and the guru: A family burns through $2 billion
Along the river Beas in North India sits a sprawling spiritual commune that’s somewhere between a traditional ashram and a Florida gated community. There’s a grand meeting hall with tiered…
A rare cross border alliance to save 3 year old Afghani girl
New Delhi, August 14, 2018: It was a heart warming cross border alliance to save a 3 year old Afghani girl, Hadia Nesari. Indraparastha Apollo hospital did a successful liver…
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…
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…
China to slap tit-for-tat tariffs on $16bn worth of US goods
BEIJING: China is slapping additional tariffs of 25% on $16 billion worth of US imports from fuel and steel products to autos and medical equipment, the country’s commerce ministry said,…
Govt tells Parliament India has 8.6 lakhs doctors, but no one really knows
How many doctors does India have? Going by data given to Parliament by the Medical Council of India (MCI), there are more than 10.8 lakh doctors registered. In reality, no…
