18 patients died between Dec 2-3 at the MIOT International Hospital in Chennai. The hospital has stated that loss of power and no timely help led to the death of those on ventilators. The government however says, it extended full support and is blaming the hospital. Following flooding across Chennai, the hospital’s compound wall broke […]
U.S paediatrician Robert Hamilton has revealed his magic method to soothe a crying baby. He calls it – The Hold. His video demonstration shows how this can be done. He says the technique only works with babies up to 3 months old What’s the Secret? There is no medical explanation. However, as most parents know, tiny babies […]
On World AIDS Day – Dec 1, 2015, here’s understanding how the HIV/AIDS virus is affecting India and the rest of the world. History of AIDS Scientists identified a type of chimpanzee in West Africa as the source of HIV infection in humans. They believe that the chimpanzee version of the immunodeficiency virus (called simian immunodeficiency […]
THE Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) withdrew its strike after the state government in a speeded up effort to deliver justice transferred Dr. Makrand Vyavhare, HoD of Forensic Science at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Nagpur to Chandrapur Government Medical College. MARD had been on strike demanding action against Vyavhare, who had […]
Resident doctors, interns and junior doctors at GMCH Nagpur are on an indefinite strike since Thursday demanding termination of Dr Makrand Vyawahare (former Vice Dean and head of the Forensic Sciences Department) who has been accused of harassing junior doctors, with one PG student even attempting suicide due to the harassment by Dr. Vyawahare. Another female […]
12 year old Grace Bunke who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rapidly progressing cancer in 2014 that has already progressed to her lungs, recently underwent a surgery to remove her foot and reattach it “in reverse” where her knee joint once was to allow Grace to do what she loved – Run ! Grace who […]
Grant Hasse was born with two very rare conditions — one that’s usually fatal, the other that should have left him unable to talk. Cartilage was blocking his airway, preventing fluid leaving his body. Doctors cleared his airway as he was delivered via C-section, inserting a breathing tube as he was pulled from his mother’s womb. Later, they […]
Days after the Paris attack, doctors and hospitals across Paris are still on their toes treating the injured from the attacked. 57 of the injured remain in the ICU of which 3 are in a critical state. One stunned French hospital staff called it “the surgery of war” Injuries like they were from World War […]
The Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS) evolved as a brainchild of a group of eight doctors from AIIMS who left Delhi to bring affordable healthcare to Chhattisgarh in 1997. JSS located in Bilaspur was setup in 1997 with a vision that comes from an inscription on a pillar outside the Rashtrapati Bhawan that reads, “In thought faith, in […]
Having a vision to run an emergency management & ambulance service across India is a one thing. Making it actually happen is another! The system that was put together in 2005 by the GVK Foundation in Hyderabad, like minded philanthrophists and with huge aid from the Stanford Medical School has just one goal in mind […]