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…

Apollo Hospital ditched Death by bringing Dead man alive

New Delhi: A heart would rarely revive to beat again after stopping for one hour. Even if it does, brain would not be alive by then and allow him to…

RK Damani’s Derive Investments buys 26.5 lakh shares of Fortis Healthcare

NEW DELHI: RK Damani’s Derive Investments on Monday bought 26.5 lakh shares of Fortis Healthcare. The firm bought 26,58,843 shares of Fortis Healthcare at Rs 144.50 apiece in a bulk…

Knowledge of NCD can save many lives

According to WHO, 40 million people died just because of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development is the recognition of NCDs as it kills 70%…

Patna High Court said yes to use spirit In Homeo clinics

In the hearing of four petitions, Patna HC’s division bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay has removed ‘denatured spirit’ from the intoxicant category. and allowed…

Cord-Blood Stem Cell Cryopreservation “Treatment is better than cure”

Discovery of new principals, advancement of technology and better understanding of stem-cell has led to the sophisticated yet effective treatment for life-threatening lifestyle/genes/age related disorders using the cord blood stem…

Heart rending story of a poor man’s Stent nipped in the bud

New Delhi: Late APJ Abdul Kalam was perhaps the first man whose heart bled to see exorbitant stents’ deep wounds on hapless heart patients. But the greedy triad of Multinational…