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…
IMA on all out nationwide Yatra against NMC Bill
New Delhi: The taste of the initial success in its efforts to stall controversial medical education National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill has enthused Indian Medical Association which is opposing it…
SMT announces completion of patient enrolment of EverOCT Trial
Mumbai : SMT has announced the enrolment completion of EverOCT – Tetrilimus Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Study. EverOCT study aims to evaluate the mal-apposition, degree of strut coverage and vessel…
Kolkata : Organ donation drive hits mistrust bump
Kolkata: Fears of the consequence in declaring a patient brain dead in an atmosphere of mistrust and violence that plagued private hospitals last year led to the latter pulling the…
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…
