Heart-attack patients likelier to survive if the doctor’s away
A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that those who had a heart attack when their cardiologists were away at big cardiology conferences fared…
NGO fundraiser for kids afflicted with cancer on March 22
MUMBAI: NGO Cherish Life India Foundation is back with its annual fundraiser to support the treatment of cancer-afflicted children at the civic-run Sion Hospital. Musicians Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy will…
Madurai : Pulse polio vaccination drive begins, 3L kids to be covered
Madurai: As many as 3.08 lakh children are to be covered under the second phase of pulse polio vaccination drive at Madurai city as the vaccination drive commenced on Sunday.…
Glaucoma Awareness Week at L V Prasad Eye Institute
Hyderabad, March 9, 2018: L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) plans a series of activities to commemorate World Glaucoma Week, from March 11 -17, 2018, to bring public focus on…
Passive euthanasia: Doctors welcome SC judgement
MANGALURU: Doctors in medical hub have welcomed the Supreme Court’s legal sanction to passive euthanasia permitting ‘living will’ by patients on withdrawing medical support if they slip into irreversible coma.…
Doctors divided over euthanasia in health role-model state Kerala
KOCHI: Doctors in Kerala — India’s role-model state for healthcare development with basic health indicators matching many developed countries — are divided on the issue of passive euthanasia. While few…
Thousands of eggs, embryos possibly damaged at Ohio hospital
CLEVELAND – Officials say approximately 2,000 frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged due to a storage tank malfunction at an Ohio hospital fertility clinic. The Plain Dealer reports…
In country of poor, why force costly life support, asks SC
NEW DELHI: In the process of building a constitutional link between right to life and right to die, the Supreme Court said the economics of extending the life of a…
Once go-to for dignitaries and CMs, government hospitals now not fit, says HC
HYDERABAD: Lamenting that government hospitals, which used to be the choice of chief ministers and other dignitaries for treatment four decades ago, are not fit enough to perform that role…
Supreme Court’s verdict on passive euthanasia today
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Friday on a plea seeking legal sanction for passive euthanasia under which a person suffering from a terminal disease and…
