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KEM horror: What could have gone wrong
The recent case of medical malpractice has put civic run KEM hospital, Mumbai in the spot light again. The BMC run hospital has initiated an inquiry into the alleged case of negligence in which a...
View ArticleOnly 21 percent foreign-educated doctors can practice in India: Azad
Only 21.76 percent of Indian doctors trained abroad have qualified to practice in the country, parliament was informed on Tuesday. A total of 14,476 doctors who completed their medical degrees abroad...
View ArticleHimachal Pradesh grapple with shortage of doctors, to hold walk-in interview
Himachal Pradesh will recruit 100 doctors through walk-in interviews to overcome the acute shortage of doctors in the state, Health Minister Kaul Singh said. The cabinet at its last meeting gave the...
View ArticleMumbai’s public hospital doctors go on indefinite strike
Mumbai city might be hit by another wave of strikes. Around 3,000 doctors from the city’s public hospitals are planning to go on mass ‘casual leave’. Their decision to go on an indefinite strike came...
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Why are the Maharashtra docs striking?
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors’ (MARD) strike has seen residential doctors all over the state refuse to turn up for work and the strike has affected hospitals all over Maharashtra...
View ArticleReturn to work or face music: Bombay HC to striking docs
The Bombay High court on Wednesday asked the striking doctors all over Maharashtra to return to work failing which they asked the state government to take appropriate action against the residential...
View ArticleMaharashtra government doctors on strike for third day
Around 3,500 resident doctors in government hospitals in the state continued their strike for the third day and plan to start parallel Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) for the benefit of poor patients, a...
View ArticleMaharashtra doctors’ strike: 4-day-old strike called off
An official in Mumbai said that around 3,500 resident doctors in all government-run hospitals in Maharashtra have called off their four-day-old strike on Friday. ‘We have decided to call off the strike...
View ArticleIndian origin docs to meet in Chicago
Over 2,000 doctors are expected to attend the five-day annual convention of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) – the largest ethnic medical organization in the US and a very...
View ArticleMajority feel medical profession is commercialised: Survey
New Delhi (IANS) An overwhelming majority of people feel the medical profession has been commercialised, and that there is need to ensure affordable treatment for common people, a survey has revealed....
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Are you listening Mr Azad? – India.com Health readers react to health...
After hearing about health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s plan to make doctors sign bonds that will force them to come back to India after completing their education in the USA, this is what the...
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Satyamev Jayate: Episode 4 deals with medical malpractice
The fourth episode of Satyamev Jayate dealt with medical malpractice. Aamir Khan’s show had earlier dealt with burning issues like female foeticide and child sex abuse which had actually seen a...
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Forget three, J & K docs to serve 10 years’ rural service
Serving a rural posting has been made compulsory for government doctors in Jammu and Kashmir to better address the problems of the people in far-flung areas, a minister says. ”I have made a minimum...
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Maha Govt’s non-MBBS decision – readers react
Recently the Maharashtra government passed a motion that’ll allow ayurvedic, unani and homeopathy doctors to practice allopathy. For that they’d have to pass a one-year course. We from India.com Health...
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Why doctors need to de-stress too
The white coat, those knowing eyes, that reassuring voice when in pain, a mere glimpse of a doctor puts us at ease. Little does one realise that their back-breaking schedule, odd working hours and...
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Why are doctors leaving the armed forces?
Earlier this year, AIIMS was in the news for a critical shortage of doctors and on Friday a CAG report suggested that the country’s defence services are facing a similar situation. The report, tabled...
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The Padma awardees from the medical field
108 eminent personalities made it to the list of the highest civilian awards of the country – the Padma Awards. The list included 14 doctors who made outstanding contribution in the medical field....
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Did you sterilise your stethoscope, doctor?
Could the stethoscope that a healthcare worker uses to examine a patient could be a source of additional trouble? Yes, especially for patients who are admitted in intensive care units (ICUs) and wards,...
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Why do doctors disrespect their patients?
Most of us have had the experience of waiting for hours for our doctor to spend a measly five minutes listening to our complains. In some cases the doctor may even be rude or downright insulting in...
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AIIMS doc’s procedure likely to revolutionise minimally invasive spinal...
A spinal surgery is usually fraught with perils. Not only can one small mistake render a patient paralysed for life, but a miscalculation can cause the entire procedure to fail – irreparably. So, when...
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