‘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…
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%…
