It’s ironic that while hospitals have counselors for patients, the same provision is often lacking for the doctors. Stretching his limits to the utmost, serving more number of patients a day than could be considered sane, the Indian doctor works under extreme stress. And it’s showing. Emotionally exhausted, high on stress As Dr.Keerthi Pai, a […]
A response made by PGIMER(Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research), Chandigarh to an application by The Indian Express under the RTI ACT shows that between 1994 and December 31, 2014 six resident doctors had contracted tuberculosis among mortuary staffers. One came down with Hepatitis B. Though the various AIIMS and PGIMER hospitals across […]
Drama unfolded at the Christian Medical College and Hospital(CMCH) in Ludhiana when a patient’s relatives protested for more than two hours, alleging negligence. The incident occurred on Monday. 42 year old Hazara Singh was a resident of the Bonkar Village, Mattewara. He was admitted to CMCH on 7th June after a heart attack he suffered […]
The government spending “a measly” Rs.82 to provide a doctor with food during duty hours is “quite unfair.” It has to be raised to Rs.150 so that better quality of food could be served in hygienic conditions- something said by Dr.G. Srinivas, the president of the Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association. The doctor made the statement […]
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently put out an article that apparently mentions that even a free pizza can influence a doc’s prescription. The article was cited in the news by major media houses in India over the last days. The original article looked into the aspect of around 2,70,000 physicians receiving $1.4 […]
The cease work initiated by the junior doctors of SSKM Hospital,Kolkata following the assault on a colleague by a patient’s relative has yielded result. Following the cease work which lasted around 16 hours, the hospital authorities have assured that proper security measures will be installed within the hospital premises. But the authorities did not agree […]
Government doctors have met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to demand for a revision of the recommendations made by the 7th Pay Commission. The representatives of Joint Action Council of Service Doctor Organization(JACSDO) and the Federation of Resident Doctors Association(FORDA) met the Minister on June 20. The demands were raised mentioning that the recommendations of the […]
On Saturday, an unvaccinated 15 year old boy died in kerala’s Malappuram district due to diphtheria. Malappuram has attracted attention in recent times for its Muslim community with a strong reluctance to adopt immunization. According to Medical officer Dr.Ummer Farook, this year, two clinically confirmed cases of diphtheria have been recorded. The boy who died […]
Dr.Sunil Noothi found himself jobless once he was forced to move back to India after working as a research scientist in a US university for under three years. The reason he had to come back- the refusal of the Centre to issue him a no obligation to return to India(NORI) certificate. The refusal came in […]
The government doctors in Punjab are expressing their distress about recruiting doctors under the Punjab Civil Medical Services on just the basic pay. In this regard, the state body of the Punjab Civil Medical Services Association(PCMSA) has said that a state level protest rally will be held against the government today at Jalandhar. The decision […]