Two hospitals fail to detect newborn’s birth defect, family files complaint
Greater Noida: The family members of a four-day-old baby boy filed a police complaint against two hospitals in Dadri, alleging that they failed to detect a birth defect of the…
Mumbai gets second civic-run centre for transplant of bone marrow
MUMBAI: In a few weeks, a second civic-run centre will start performing bone marrow transplants in the city. The eight-bed centre housed inside Borivli’s new super-speciality hospital will offer the…
Doctors work on heart pump that can be had for 5 lakh
CHENNAI: The research wing of a city hospital is working on a low-cost heart pump, which can cut the cost of the device from 1 crore to 5 lakh. Mediville,…
‘Take action against errant hospitals’
NEW DELHI : Two days after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) released its report confirming profiteering by four top private hospitals in medicine and consumable cost to patients, the…
Patna : New Medanta neuroscience clinic opens at Kankerbagh
PATNA: The Gurugram-based Medanta Hospital on Thursday launched a neuroscience OPD and telemedicine unit at Kankerbagh here. With the inauguration of the facility, patients from Bihar can now consult with…
Kolkata : At government hospitals, women being given IUDS without consent
KOLKATA: A 22-year-old Tollygunge resident returned home from a south Kolkata government-run hospital after delivering a girl in May 2017. It was after a few days, when she went to…
Free cosmetic breast surgery at govt hospital
CHENNAI: The world of cosmetic surgery, particularly breast reduction or augmentation, will no longer be limited to celebrities and the wealthy in Tamil Nadu. The state health department on Wednesday…
Parents lie to swap their baby girl with boy; DNA test reveals truth
CUTTACK: The DNA test of the infant girl, whose parents had refused to accept her claiming the woman had given birth to a son, has found the couple to be…
World’s largest brain tumour removed in Mumbai hospital
Mumbai, In a rare and complicated surgery, doctors at a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) hospital have successfully extricated a brain tumour from a 31-year-old blind man from Uttar Pradesh. The…
Private hospitals making up to 1,737% profit on drugs, finds NPPA study
NEW DELHI: An analysis of bills from four reputed private hospitals in Delhi and NCR by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has revealed that they are making profits of…
