Doctors
- 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…
- Hyderabad
Amer Ali Khan emphasizes legal awareness for future doctors at award ceremony
Hyderabad: In a grand award ceremony organized by The Siasat Daily and MS Educational Academy, over 810 Muslim students who secured admission to MBBS programs through NEET 2024 were recognized for their…
- India
RG Kar issue: Junior doctors fast-unto-death enters 12th day
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors continued their fast-unto-death for the 12th consecutive day on Wednesday demanding justice for the deceased woman colleague of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and workplace security. Sourav…
- Kolkata
RG Kar protest: Another Doctor on hunger strike falls unconscious, hospitalised
Kolkata: Calcutta Medical College and Hospital’s woman junior doctor Tanaya Panja, who was on a fast-unto-death agitation, along with other protesting junior doctors, since October 5 against the ghastly rape and murder…
- India
LF asks Bengal CM to hold immediate meeting with agitating junior doctors
Kolkata: The Left Front on Monday demanded that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “call the agitating junior doctors for a meeting immediately to resolve their demands.” In an open letter to…
