Pune : Private hospitals demand revised treatment rates
PUNE: Private hospitals in the city have demanded 50% rise in rates for treating ailing employees and corporators of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The demand has been made in…
Are robots making their mark in operation theatres?
The ubiquitous robots have come to the operation theatre too. They have become important in making surgeries minimally invasive, keeping hospitalisation of the patient at the minimum and making post-operative…
SevenHills admin office sealed over non-payment of Rs 9 crore property tax
MUMBAI: Adding to the ongoing woes of Marol’s SevenHills Hospital, the BMC sealed and attached its administrative office on Thursday over non-payment of Rs 9 crore property tax. Civic officials…
Aga Khan to set up children’s cancer hospital in city: Fadnavis
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, met governor C Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who had called on him at the Taj Mahal…
100 specialists set up Immuno-Oncological Society to outline treatment standards
An initiative by IIT-Bombay may help decrease the cost of a sort of immunotherapy used to treat blood tumor to a tenth of that in the US. Dr. Rahul Purwar…
Over 200 surgeries put off as strike cripples services
NEW DELHI: Health services were severely affected at Lok Nayak and Safdarjung hospitals on Tuesday because of a strike called by resident doctors. More than 200 routine surgeries were postponed…
North corporation to hand over 5 hospitals to Centre, cites cash crunch
NEW DELHI: Citing acute cash crunch, the north corporation is planning to hand over five of its major hospitals to the Centre. The standing committee is, however, yet to approve…
Unethical pricing and exploitation of patients by Private Hospitals still not stopped
Patients and help groups now actively seeking call for regulation of private hospital to prevent unethical pricing. A new evidence of Unethical pricing and exploitation of patients came in front…
Is Sir Ganga Ram Hospital an exception to Profiteering Private Hospitals?
New Delhi: One hospital Sir Ganga Ram, not a wee bit lesser in treatment and technology in comparison to big hospitals currently embroiled in excessive and unethical pricing, has come…
A few small cuts are enough to replace total knee replacement
New Delhi: Thanks to a dog cheap treatment catching up fast, knee replacement may be passé sooner than later. The name of the surging surgical technique which is almost replacing…
