Patna: In a significant move to enhance healthcare facilities for the railway employees of five divisions — Danapur, Sonepur, Samastipur, DDU, and Dhanbad under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Central Railway (ECR), GM Chhatrasal Singh inaugurated six additional beds in the emergency ward of the ECR’s super speciality hospital at Karbigahiya in Patna on Wednesday […]
Bengaluru: The Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (Phana) in Karnataka conferred Apollo Hospitals’ founder-chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy with ‘Man of the Millennial’ award at the 4th National Health Summit held in the city. The event celebrated Dr Reddy’s contributions to transforming India’s healthcare landscape and his dedication to fostering a healthier and more […]
Hyderabad: Cyberabad economic offences wing registered a case against three persons from Kolkata for allegedly duping a woman from Hyderabad of Rs 80 lakh under the pretext of arranging a kidney transplant for her husband. The couple presently lives in the United States. The case was registered on Dec 9 based on complaint filed by […]
Thiruvananthapuram: The Emergency Medicine Department at Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital has been selected by the central government as a Centre of Excellence. It is one of five medical colleges chosen by NITI Aayog and ICMR for a study on emergency care in India. As a result, the hospital will receive Rs 2 crore annually. […]
New Delhi: A 63-year-old woman, who was afflicted with a rare disorder, called abdominal elephantiasis, for 10 years, underwent a complex tummy tuck operation in a private hospital in Faridabad. The procedure resulted in the removal of 1 kg of surplus skin and fat deposits. The operation involved the extraction of adipose tissue, skin folds […]
Kolkata: The ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh has adversely impacted the inflow of patients from the neighbouring country to Kolkata hospitals primarily due to delays in issuance of visas and fear psychosis among them, officials said. “The Peerless Hospital has seen a drastic drop in the footfall of patients from Bangladesh, and the impact is […]
Kolkata: Senior advocate Vrinda Grover will no longer be representing the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder victim’s family, sources said on Thursday. They said that the concerned trial court, before which the trial in the rape-murder case is being held, has been informed accordingly and that the counsels stand discharged from the matter. The […]
New Delhi: Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) successfully performed a surgery to remove a 9.2-kg tumour from a 49-year-old woman with ovarian cancer, which is expected to increase her life expectancy remarkably. Without the surgical intervention, the patient would have survived about six months. Professor MD Ray from the department of […]
Coimbatore: More than 10 months after it was inaugurated by PM Modi, the ESI hospital in Tirupur is yet to be fully operational, causing difficulties in providing treatment to patients. The hospital on Pooluvapatti Ring Road in Tiruppur which was inaugurated through videoconferencing on February 25, is a 100-bed facility, with 32 residential quarters for […]
New Delhi: Delhi AIIMS on Tuesday announced a new formal mechanism to gather patients’ feedback on the hospital’s therapeutic and general diets given in their wards, which will come into operation before December 31. This initiative is expected to create a continuous loop of inputs from patients to improve aspects such as food quality and […]
