Dear doctors take due note- Public may face hardships in procuring medicines on October 14 across the country, as the All India Chemists and Druggists Association has called for a protest, condemning the online sales of drugs. The Central Government in a move to promote e-commerce of medicines is pushing for these to be sold […]
How do you save the life of a 2 year old boy 30,000 feet above the Eart with nothing but the in-flight oxygen mask, a water bottle and a disposable cup? Ask Dr. Khurshid Guru from Kashmir! He saved the life of a 2-year-old boy who suffered an asthma attack onboard a transatlantic flight by […]
Syrian doctors were able to save a pregnant woman and her baby after arriving at a local hospital with shrapnel wounds, CNN reported. Amira, was with three of her children in Aleppo, Syria — the country’s capital city most torn by its 5-year-long civil war when a missle strike hit their home. Amira’s children didn’t […]
Dr. Punit Garg (one of the residents who was attacked by the relatives of a Dengue patient) speaks about what happened at that night : There's a lot of bullshit going around in the media about the assault on me and 2 of my colleagues .This is my side of… Posted by Punit Garg on Friday, September 25, […]
Resident doctors take beatings from patient relatives after death of a 3 year old Sufian. As a response to it resident doctors of King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM) and the Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College have planned to boycott work on Monday as a sign of protest. Abu Sufian a 3 year old boy bought […]
Union Minister for Health J.P. Nadda released the National Health Profile 2015 prepared by the Central Bureau for Health Intelligence (CBHI) on Tuesday along with officials of the Ministry, the Directorate General of Health Services and the CBHI. Here are the 7 key takeaways from the report- 1. Alleopathy, AYUSH and Nurses India has a […]
Karnataka government agrees to ‘part of’ PG students demands, starting with increased stipends. Karnataka was ranked 22nd in the country when it came to stipend paid to medical students. The increase in stipends of Post-Graduate students would be-by Rs 5,000 to Rs 30,000 (first year students), Rs 35,000 (second year) and Rs 40,000 (third year), […]
Even as Delhi reels under the dengue outbreak, the latest set of victims? 15 doctors who are treating the sick. While the overall death toll as of Friday has gone up to 20, the shortage of beds and continous patient inflow is making life very difficult for hospitals across Delhi. Doctors contract dengue Now the […]
This year’s Miss America 2015 beauty pageant saw a different talent presented by Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson, when she stepped on stage donned in scrubs and stethoscope around her neck. In a short but moving monologue she talked about her Alzheimer’s patient and how she helped him recognize that he wasn’t Alzheimer’s but a person […]
Last week, the United States Ambassador to India, Richard Varma launched the ‘Mumbai Dialogue: Towards a TB-free India’ along with Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Trusts. The Call to Action for a TB-Free India campaign is an initiative led by GoI to engage corporate, civil society and community leaders to end […]