Doctors
- 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…
- Telangana
Telangana: Junior docs urge health min to act on Osmania hospital, stipends
Hyderabad: Members of the Telangana Junior Doctors Association (T-JUDA) on Tuesday, December 12 urged the newly elected state health minister Damodar Raja Narasimha to take action on issues relating to stipends and…
- Technology
Apple Watch help save US woman & her baby’s life: Report
San Francisco: A US woman has credited the Apple Watch with saving her and her baby’s life when she was pregnant, the media reported. Veronica Williams, who was pregnant with her first…
- Health
Doctors remove over 60 live worms out of woman’s eyes in China
New Delhi: Doctors have extracted more than sixty live worms from a patient’s eyes during an operation in China. The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, had been experiencing itchy eyes…
- News
Docs want new Telangana health minister to be from their fraternity
Hyderabad: As many as 15 doctors were elected as MLAs during the recently concluded Telangana state elections of 2023 and doctors are now advocating for the appointment of a doctor to the…
- Telangana
15 super specialist doctors emerge victorious in Telangana elections 2023
Hyderabad: In a remarkable turn of events, 15 super specialist doctors, representing various political parties, secured victories in the Telangana Assembly Elections 2023 held on Sunday. Among the triumphant medical professionals, the…
- Business
New ChatGPT-like AI tool to accurately generate doctors’ notes: Study
New York: A new artificial intelligence (AI) computer programme can generate doctors’ notes so well that two physicians couldn’t tell the difference, according to a study, that may soon open the door…
- Health
Public health groups, doctors urge for hike in tobacco tax
New Delhi: Public health groups along with doctors and economists have urged the government to increase excise duty on all tobacco products in the Union Budget 2024-25 to generate additional revenue. In…
- World
WHO, doctors unite to condemn Israel for ‘near collapse’ of Gaza’s hospitals
New Delhi: Healthcare system in Gaza is on “its knees” and on the verge of “near collapse”, said the medical community while condemning attacks on hospitals, patients and healthcare workers in the…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy invited to doctors’ sports meet
Amaravati: The representatives of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Andhra Pradesh unit called on Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the camp office in Vijayawada on Wednesday and invited him to…
- Health
Youths should balance hard work with healthy diet, lifestyle: Doctors
New Delhi: Youths should learn to balance hard work with a healthy diet, proper sleep and timely exercise, doctors said while cautioning that overwork is leading to early onset of lifestyle diseases.…
- India
Sponge left inside woman’s abdomen after C-sec in Bihar hospital
Patna: In a case of medical negligence, doctors of a private hospital left a surgical sponge in a woman’s abdomen after a cesarean section in Bihar’s Vaishali district. The incident took place…
- Health
Rising ‘text-neck syndrome’ accounts for 70% OPD visits: Doctors
Faridabad: There has been a significant rise in “text-neck syndrome”, especially among the young adults, which account for about 70 percent in the outpatient department, said city doctors on Monday on the…
