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- Telangana
Telangana Medical Council suspends registration of 2 doctors over negligence
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Medical Council has issued orders suspending the registration of two doctors for medical negligence. According to the orders issued on April 12, Dr Karan M Patel’s name is…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad doctor suspended for operating on wrong leg
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Medical Council has suspended the license of a private doctor for six months for operating on the healthy right leg of a patient instead of the left leg.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad-based doctor was paid Rs 9K/month 16 yrs post-MBBS
Hyderabad: 20 years into practice, a Hyderabad-based doctor disclosed that he earned a salary of Rs 9,000, even 16 years post-completion of MBBS. Dr Sudhir Kumar, a neurologist at Apollo Hospitals in…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh launches Family Doctor Programme
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday formally launched the Family Doctor Programme aimed at taking the healthcare to the doorstep of the people. Under the programme,…
- India
Fake Max hospital website looking for potential kidney sellers; FIR lodged
Gurugram: Max healthcare has filed a police complaint against unknown people for creating a fake website in its name soliciting kidney sellers online. The website also mentions the name of Dinesh Khullar,…
- India
Karauli Baba’s ‘miracles’: Doctor who questioned seer assaulted; lands in hospital
A video has gone viral after a doctor hailing from Noida questioned Santosh Singh Bhadoria alias Karauli Baba about his “miracles”. The doctor was later allegedly thrashed by associates of the religious…
- India
SC quashes criminal proceedings against doctor accused of stocking medicines for sale
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed criminal proceedings against a doctor accused of stocking medicines for sale, saying the “extremely small” quantity of medicines which was seized can easily be…
- Pakistan
Driver slits Hindu doctor’s throat in Pakistan, arrested
In a ghastly incident, a renowned Hindu dermatologist from Hyderabad, Pakistan was allegedly murdered by his driver on March 7 after an altercation broke out between the two. According to a statement…
- Featured News
Azra Raza: A doctor who is poet at heart
Hyderabad: Her prefix is doctor. But it could well have been an author. Faced with a career choice, she picked up the stethoscope. But later she plunged for the pen as well.…
- World
Indian-American doctor admits healthcare fraud conspiracy
New York: An Indian-American doctor has admitted defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefit programmes and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions. Saurabh Patel, 51, who owns…
- India
Dad killed by Maoists, daughter beats bone tumour, returns home to serve tribals
Gadchiroli: Way back in 2002, a 17-year-old Bharti M Bogami felt her world crumbling when her father, a Congress leader and Sarpanch, Malu Kopa Bogami was sprayed with bullets by Maoists –…
- World
British-Indian doc blames UK hospital for her suicide: Report
London: A 35-year-old British-Indian doctor, who ended her life in June last year, had blamed the hospital where she worked for her death, according to a suicide note shared by her parents.…
- World
British-Indian doctor saves man’s life twice on flight to India
London: A British-Indian doctor battled for five hours to save a fellow passenger, who almost died twice during a 10-hour Air India flight. Vishwaraj Vemala, a consultant hepatologist at University Hospitals Birmingham…
- India
24-year-old resident doctor dies by suicide in Bhopal
Bhopal: A 24-year-old post-graduate resident doctor working at Bhopal’s Hamidia Hospital, allegedly committed suicide by injecting some suspicious chemical into her body. The police claimed to have recovered a suicide note, in…
- World
British Sikh MP calls for independent bullying probe after Indian-origin doctor’s suicide
London: Britain’s first female Sikh MP has written to the UK government calling for an independent inquiry into a state-funded National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust in Birmingham following the suicide of…
