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 […]
The Benaulim Residents and Consumer Forum (BRCF) this past Saturday urged authorities of the Hospicio Hospital (Margao) to ‘end violation of human rights of doctors and patients’ by allowing doctors to work reasonable working hours The forum’s convenor, “On several visits to patients at Hospicio hospital, sometimes at odd hours, what was noticed was the […]
30 year old Ponnar is back on his feet after undergoing possibly Asia’s first en bloc heart and liver transplant surgery at Apollo Hospitals. K.P Ponnar (30) who has a master’s degree in Engineering was brought to Apollo Hospitals in March with symptoms of liver and heart failure caused by high pressure in a vein connecting […]
Dr. Ted Rummel an orthopedic surgeon in Missouri, U.S.A beat unbelievable odds by returning to the OR after a blood filled cyst in his spine burst and left him paralysed waist down. Dr. Rummel lost his ability to stand or walk in 2010 when a cyst on his spine burst, leaving him paralysed. However, […]
The Resident Medical Officer (RMO) of the Kollam district hospital in Kerala was assaulted by a group of people who accompanied an accident victim. Dr. Anil Kumar, the RMO who was attacked suffered broken fingers on his right hand. The incident happened on Tuesday around 3 pm when five persons brought an accident victim to […]
The Indian Medical Association has postponed its ‘Satyagraha’ scheduled for November 16, after receiving assurance from the Centre that its demands will be studied and implemented. The IMA had asked its members to keep their clinics closed on Monday morning (Nov 16) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. as a part of its National Protest […]