Doctors
- Telangana
Junior doctors seek stipends in Telangana medical colleges
Hyderabad: Telangana Juniour Doctors Association (TJUDA) has expressed solidarity with interns and postgraduate students of private medical colleges across the state in their demand for fair and regular stipends. The association raised…
- Health
World Malaria Day: Hyderabad doctors stress early action, prevention
Hyderabad: Observed annually on April 25th, World Malaria Day serves as a potent reminder of the pervasive threat this mosquito-borne illness poses to global health. Beyond the immediate fevers and chills, malaria…
- Telangana
Telangana CM praises Osmania Hospital doctors for saving youth’s life
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has praised doctors of government-run Osmania General Hospital for saving the life of a youth from Andhra Pradesh after a private hospital refused to admit…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad doctors perform India’s first laparoscopic surgery to save woman’s kidneys
Hyderabad: In a groundbreaking medical achievement, doctors at Preeti Urology have successfully performed India’s first-ever bilateral ureteral reconstruction using a complete laparoscopic approach. The 9.5-hour surgery saved the kidneys of a 52-year-old…
- Telangana
Telangana govt doctor removed for diverting patients to private hospitals
Hyderabad: A gynaecologist at the Government Area Hospital in Zaheerabad has been removed from service for allegedly redirecting pregnant women to private hospitals, as reported by TOI. Two other doctors from primary…
- World
Pope’s doctors weighed halting treatment after breathing crisis
Rome: Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a February 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive course that put his organs at risk, the doctor coordinating the…
- Hyderabad
NIMS Hyderabad to hold walk-ins for medical officers, senior residents on Mar 17
Hyderabad: The Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) is conducting walk-in interviews for medical officers in emergency medicine, and senior residents in emergency medicine, radio-diagnosis and anaesthesiology on March 17. The interviews…
- India
Doctors, WHO, sportspersons endorse PM Modi’s call to fight obesity in India
New Delhi: Amid rising levels of obesity — a precursor to a host of diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and cancers — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent clarion call to fight obesity and…
- Kolkata
Kolkata court verdict on RG Kar murder case sparks public appeals for justice
Kolkata: With just a few hours left for a special court in Kolkata to deliver its verdict on the rape and murder of a woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Doctors perform ‘keyhole surgery’ to save KSA’s newborn
Hyderabad: A team of specialists in Hyderabad successfully performed a rare, minimally invasive keyhole surgery to save a newborn with a severe birth defect. The baby was born without a diaphragm, a…
- Hyderabad
TGMC notice to hospital in Hyderabad for promoting ‘fake’ doctors
Hyderabad: The Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) has issued a notice to Rush Care Hospital, located in LB Nagar, Hyderabad following allegations that the hospital promoted fake doctors. The notice issued by TGMC…
- India
RG Kar case: Police deny permission for extension of protest by doctors
Kolkata: Kolkata Police have denied permission to a doctors’ association seeking an extension of their protest in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case. The protest has been going on to condemn…
- India
Medical seats should not go to waste when country faces doctor shortage: SC
New Delhi: Precious medical seats should not go in waste when the country was facing acute shortage of doctors, the Supreme Court on Friday said and directed the authorities to hold fresh…
- India
WB Doctors plan sit-in in kolkata over bail granted in RG Kar case
Kolkata: The West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors (WBJPD) was planning to begin a sit-in demonstration in the heart of Kolkata from Tuesday over the CBI investigation into the RG Kar hospital…
- News
Act fast, save lives: Experts urge public awareness on strokes, their consequences
Hyderabad: On World Stroke Day, October 29, experts in neurology made an urgent appeal to create public awareness about strokes. The strokes are life-threatening, specialists in the field said. Speaking at a…