Doctors
- India
Porsche crash blood sample swap: 2 doctors suspended, dean sent on leave
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday suspended two doctors of state-run Sassoon General Hospital after they were arrested in connection with the alleged manipulation of blood samples of the minor driver involved…
- India
Pune car crash: 2 doctors held on charges of manipulating evidence
Pune: The Pune police have arrested two doctors of the Sassoon General Hospital here for alleged manipulation of blood samples and destruction of evidence in the case of a car accident involving…
- Hyderabad
TSMC cracks down on quacks in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: In a major crackdown, the Telangana State Medical Council (TSMC) has conducted inspections at the centers of unqualified quacks operating in the Chintal, Shapur, and IDPL areas of Hyderabad. The council…
- Telangana
Telangana: Power cut forces doctors to use phone torchlights at govt hospital
Hyderabad: On Wednesday night, a prolonged power outage at the Bhuvanagiri Government Hospital left patients and staff in darkness for several hours, forcing doctors to treat patients using mobile phone torchlights. The…
- News
At least 1 in 5 new mothers experiences postpartum depression: Doctors
While parenthood comes as a blessing for many, for more than 20 percent of mothers, the new chapter of life creates stress, anxiety, and postpartum depression, which can turn fatal for both…
- Middle East
Two doctors killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Gaza: Two doctors were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported on Sunday. Muhammad Nimr Qazat…
- Top Stories
Delhi painter to hold brush again thanks to organ donation, doctors’ efforts
A painter who lost his hands in a train accident underwent a successful bilateral hand transplant at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. This achievement was made possible through organ donation and the…
- India
Bihar: Junior doctors observe strike against student’s molestation
Patna: Junior doctors of Anugraha Narayan Magadh Medical College (ANMMC) in Gaya, Bihar observed strike on Tuesday following the alleged molestation of a female intern MBBS student. A written complaint has also…
- Hyderabad
Doctors warn of surge in male infertility rates in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Unlike in the past, when it was mostly women facing difficulties in getting pregnant, nowadays both men and women are equally struggling with a rise in infertility rates in Hyderabad. The…
- Telangana
Telangana HC suspends monetary bond of PG medical students
Hyderabad: In a respite to postgraduate super speciality medical students, the Telangana High Court on Monday temporarily suspended a notification issued by the director of medical education that sought a monetary bond…
- World
Junior doctors in England begin longest strike in NHS history
London: Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England have started six days of industrial action over pay disputes, marking the longest strike in the National Health Service’s (NHS) 75-year history. “All…
- Bangalore
Karnataka grappling with major shortage of doctors in govt hospitals
Bengaluru: Karnataka is grappling with a significant shortage of doctors in government hospitals, particularly in rural areas, resulting in more than 1,500 permanent doctor positions lying vacant. This dearth of medical professionals…
- Opinions
Decriminalising medical negligence
Decriminalising medical negligence in the new criminal Bill, the government may have taken an unpopular decision but they have tried to make it clear that doctors cannot be treated at par with…
- India
Bilaspur: 7-yr after patient’s death, 4 doctors arrested for negligence
Bilaspur: Seven years after the death of a 29-year-old man at a private hospital in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur city, four senior doctors were arrested for alleged negligence, police said on Saturday. Doctors Devendra…
- India
RMLIMS doctors perform rare brain surgery to save woman
Lucknow: Doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) saved the life of a woman suffering from a complex brain condition called carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) by successfully performing a…
