FCRA licence of Sardar Patel-founded VS Hospital cancelled
Ahmedabad: The Union government has cancelled Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licence of Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai General Hospital & Sheth Chinai Maternity Hospital, the trust founded in 1927 by the…
No more credit for government hospitals beyond 90 days
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From March 31, suppliers of stents and other medical implants to government hospitals will not give credit for more than 90 days. This has been decided in the wake…
Liver Transplant in Apollo has become a child’s play
New Delhi: Eleven (11) month old Cambodian girl Angel Sroy is one of the 10 children who have been successfully liver transplanted in the last 3 months at Indraprasth Apollo…
Genetic disorders to hike health premiums?
Mumbai: Insurance companies say that they might need to go to the regulator and seek higher premiums if inclusion of genetic disorders increases their claims outgo. On Monday, the Insurance…
As assisted births rise, hospitals scale up infrastructure
BENGALURU: There has been a surge in demand for assisted reproductive technology (ART), including in-vitro fertilization (IVF), as lifestyle changes increase infertility rates and as more Indians shed their inhibitions…
Weight loss therapy leaves woman with brain disorder
A naturopathy-based weight loss programme, popular across a cross-section of society these days, has gone horribly wrong for Gauri Atre, such that the 33-year-old Nanded woman is now left with…
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.…
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…
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…
Through Shruti, Medtronic would serve 10 million people in India for ear care
According to recent reports, an estimated 75 million people are going to have a hearing disability in India. 75 % of them will get hearing disability just because of being…
