The data put out by the Delhi Medical Council reveals that fake doctors are having a great time continuing to treat unsuspecting patients in the nation’s capital. Police inaction is cited as the major reason. Almost 400 police complaints have been filed by the Council. Of these, just a fourth have been converted to first […]
It’s been ten days since Sarvanan Ganeshan, a Junior Resident Doctor pursuing his MD at AIIMS was found dead in his South Delhi apartment. The media has frequently used the phrase ‘under mysterious circumstance’ in relation to the death. The death happened just 10 days after he enrolled for his MD. The Delhi police suspects […]
Doctors at the Government Medical College in Amritsar were attacked by relatives of a patient who died in the hospital. The attack was so severe that the arm of one of the doctors-Jagbir Singh was broken. Two other doctors- Sukhdeep Singh and Inderjot Kaur were also attacked. The junior resident doctors of the hospital had […]
Recently the Economic Times carried a report about the rise of ‘faceless’ e-consulting in India. The article mentions the case of a 28 year old entrepreneur based in Noida. He had the issue of premature ejaculation for months but he wasn’t confident enough to talk about it to a doctor about it. However, when he […]
In 2015, the number of premature deaths from diabetes, lung diseases, heart ailments and cancer has increased to 70 percent of all global deaths compared to 42 percent in 2012. As per WHO’s most recent assessment of non-communicable diseases, this poses a huge threat to the sustainable developments of nations. As for India, one in […]
A non-government organization has urged the central as well as Assam governments to have all hospital departments and procedures under CCTV surveillance. The call was made by Anamika Ray Trust of Assam. It sought for the keeping of surgery/medical procedure record by medical institutions for a minimum of 100 days. A statement issued by the […]
The controversial order by the Rajastan health department that only women gynaecologist and staff are to treat female patients stayed in place for only ten days. For on Monday, the body withdrew the order. Earlier, the order has attracted its fair share of criticism from doctors across the state. The order was withdrawn after the […]
A hospital in Ahmedabad offers a special offer for parents whose child is a baby girl. Parents of baby girls born in the hospital won’t have to pay the hospital fee- an offer that should be seen in the context of the present child sex ratio in Gujarat: 890 girls for every 1,000 boys. The […]
This is a voluntary code of Marketing Practices for Indian Pharmaceutical Industry for the present and its implementation will be reviewed after a period of six months after the period of issue. If it is found that it has not been implemented effectively by the Pharma Associations/Companies, the Government may consider making it a […]
It’s estimated that 9% of Indians are active social media users. A report put out by the digital agency, We Are Social says that Facebook and WhatsApp are the dominant social platforms after which come Google Plus and Twitter. And doctors in India are taking to the social platforms like Twitter and Facebook to connect […]