Mirror Expose: How grieving families of dead are fleeced by the hearse mafia
Dozens of privately run ambulances doubling as hearses outside public hospitals are driving the unregulated industry of transporting the dead in Mumbai, profiting from heartbroken families’ need to promptly take…
Govt hosps flouting norms in appointing anaesthesia technicians: Paramedical union
Tirupur: While private hospitals are sticking to the Medical Council of India (MCI) norms in recruiting anaesthesia technicians, most of the government hospitals do not have such a post and…
Expert: Over 65% kids born with Vitamin D deficiency
NAGPUR: Over the last decade, more research on Vitamin D has brought to fore the severity of problems associated with its deficiency, said Pune-based Dr Pramod Jog, chairman of International…
Good news for Sun Pharma, bad news for Aurobindo: Amit Rajan, Prosfora Tech
Talking to ET Now, Amit Rajan, MD, Prosfora Tech, says Sun Pharma’s oral approvals technically will start from next month itself. Edited excerpts: What do you make of the observations…
Pune to get state’s first 50-bed Ayush hospital
Work on Rs 9-crore project to start in two months in Aundh; govt promises state-of-the-art facilities Maharashtra’s first 50-bed hospital dedicated to Ayush — ayurveda, yoga, unani, siddha and homeopathy…
3 children die due to ‘expired’ measles vaccines in Pakistan
Karachi, Mar 4 : Three children have died in Pakistan’s Sindh province after they were administered expired vaccines for measles, officials said today. The deaths were reported at the Peoples…
App to link volunteers working with stray dogs
Pune: The city-based non-governmental organization Sare Jahan se Acha Socio Eco Pol Foundation has developed a mobile application called Indies to connect volunteers working with stray dogs. Volunteers involved in…
NEET compulsory for MBBS overseas: Parents of medical students studying abroad threaten to go to High Court
After NEET was made compulsory even for students pursuing medical courses abroad, parents of nearly 100 students who are studying in Phillippines met at Maninagar on Sunday to decide on…
The curious case of USFDA observations and skyrocketing stock prices
The question no one is asking: Why isn’t the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) ordering Indian pharmaceutical companies to disclose to Indian stock exchanges the details of the…
Disability rights crusader Javed Abidi dies at 53
NEW DELHI: India’s global face of disability rights movement, Javed Abidi, died of chest infection on Sunday. He was 53. Abidi, who founded the Disability Rights Group (DRG), and was…
