In response to yet another assault on a resident doctor of the GMC, Aurangabad, MARD doctors have gone on an indefinite strike since today morning. This is after the police failed to take action against three accused involved in attacking resident duty doctor Dr. Sunil Kamble on Sunday. The patient, 80-year-old Syed Khwaja Moinuddin was […]

New Delhi: Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences have successfully removed a rare goiter weighing 2.9 kg from a 60 year old woman, at the end of a 6 hour long surgery. The doctors claimed that this is the largest removal recorded in India. The patient Noorjahan, who is a resident of Moradabad […]

Doctors at Xiangya Hospital in China have successfully re-implanted a severed hand. The patient had lost his hand due to a workplace injury a month back. He was then rushed to a local hospital, from where he was transferred to Xiangya Hospital. The surgeons could not reattach the severed limb on the first attempt due to […]

Drug firm Wockhardt is recalling 1,62,142 cartons of various drugs in the US market due to deviations in current good manufacturing practice norms laid down by the American health regulator. The drugs being recalled were used in the treatment of ailments like high blood pressure and ulcer. As per information available on the US Food […]

When a 16 year old boy battling cerebral palsy writes to Nike, one of the world’s leading sports footwear, apparel and equipment manufacturers, one usually doesn’t expect a response. But what if it can lead to a collaboration of minds towards a medical solution? Florida’s Matthew Walzer (now 19 years old), was born with cerebral palsy- a […]

A first year female resident doctor of KEM Hospital was positively diagnosed with TB on Wednesday. However, according to the Maharashtra Association Resident Doctors (MARD), she is only being granted 15 days of leave. This is despite the fact, that TB requires 2 months of intensive treatment and care to reduce the risk of side […]

Amidst concerns over allowing Ayush and other non-allopathic doctors to conduct abortion, the Government may not present the proposed amendment bill that extends the gestation period in the monsoon session of the Parliament. The bill has already been tangled in a debate on patient safety versus broader access to healthcare for women, with the addition […]

A Supreme Court order has dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) seeking to restrain Ayurvedic and Homeopathic practitioners from prescribing allopathic medicines. In June last year, the Maharashtra Government had given its approval to the bill that allowed homeopaths and ayush doctors to practice allopathy after a one-year bridge course […]

Microsoft has posted a bit of CG describing what it will feel like to use the HoloLens their augmented reality helmet, in real life. The resulting video, shot at Case Western Reserve University, shows doctors examining bodies as they float in midair, creating a new way to teach anatomy. DailyroundsMore Posts Follow Me:    Send article […]