A hospital based in Coimbatore has performed a rare microneurosurgery on a 29 year old Bangladeshi army man. The patient was earlier diagnosed with brain aneurysm. The patient was first admitted to a hospital in Dhaka about three months ago with severe headache. Even though he was discharged a week after, the headache recurred. This […]
The Madras High Court made the observation that in many medico legal cases, those in the medical professions face unnecessary harassment. The observation was made in the context of a case regarding two doctors at the SP Hospital who treated an acid attack victim. The HC said that professionals including doctors are hesitant to appear […]
We are pretty sure that this isn’t a comprehensive list. Bringing together ALL the stories of doctors getting assaulted by irate relatives of patients etc. in the year so far would probably give our staff writer a serious case of depression. For there are so many grim instances that have materialized in the year that’s […]
The World Health Organization, in an event held in Delhi presented India the certificates that declare the elimination of yaws, maternal and neonatal tetanus. At the event, Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, World Health Organziation South-East Asia Region said that what made this possible are the focused approach the country adopted to make maternal and […]
The frequent call of ‘negligence!’ and the subsequent assaults on doctors in India have one overwhelming reason- the public’s perception of the medical field. Unless they are aware of the constraints under which the doctors do their job in the country, the scenario will largely remain unchanged. And one of the main causes for the […]
Dr. Gouri Shankar Mahapatra of the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital(CNMCH) was attacked by the relatives of a patient on Wednesday. It happened after the patient, 60 year old Mohammad Kamaluddin died in the hospital. The relatives of Kamaluddin claimed that the death was due to negligence. Dr. Gauri Shankar, a post graduate trainee […]
Researchers of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Public Health Foundation of India and Emory University in the United States have come together to conduct a new trial across 10 clinical centers in India and Pakistan. The trial reveals that using only medicine to control the rising costs and poor quality of life from […]
About 140 members of the Kannatthu family in Alappuzha, Kerala have webbed hands. The anomaly which has persisted in the family for two generations has attracted some media attention in recent times. Though the medical condition, syndactyly can be surgically treated the family members are not too keen on it. 65 year old Jagadamma who […]
An article titled ‘Doctor patient relationship: Changing scenario in India’ was published in the Asian Journal of Medical Sciences on the 1st of this month. It was co-written by Sourabh Pau, Senior Resident and Vikas Bhatia, Dean, Professor and Head of Department of Community & Family Medicine of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. The article explores the reasons […]
Four days since street violence has erupted in the Kashmir valley, the hospitals in the state are grappling with caring for the injured. According to official reports the number or injured are 1,365. But the number is dramatically escalating with every day. The violent street protests by ordinary people came in the wake of the […]