Mumbai is one of the few cities to see a surge in organ donations. Not only do they save lives but they are also generating a lot of funds. Experts say the healthcare sector could get richer by Rs 5,000 crore. ...
09:32 AM, Jan 17, 2013
Thirteen months after the deadly AMRI hospital fire tragedy in Kolkata that killed more than 90 people, the trial of the case has still not begun. Victims' families are demanding the case be fast-tracked and have also written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for justice. ...
07:19 AM, Jan 15, 2013
Former US President George HW Bush, who has been hospitalized in Houston since November, may be released from the facility in the coming days, a family spokesman said on Sunday. "We are hopeful that the president can be discharged this coming week, but we're still taking everything one day at a time," spokesman Jim McGrath said in an email. ...
10:20 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Four infants were severely injured when a fire broke out in the nursery ward of a state-run hospital in Bikaner in Rajasthan on Saturday night. ...
08:58 AM, Jan 13, 2013
Cheers, a standing ovation and a gag gift of protective headgear greeted US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she returned to work on Monday after a monthlong absence caused first by a stomach virus, then a fall and a concussion and finally a brief hospitalization for a blood clot near her brain. ...
08:46 AM, Jan 08, 2013
Cheers, a standing ovation and a gag gift of protective headgear greeted Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she returned to work on Monday after a monthlong absence caused first by a stomach virus, then a fall and a concussion and finally a brief hospitalization for a blood clot near her brain. ...
03:39 AM, Jan 08, 2013
Denying allegations made by the male friend of the Delhi braveheart in a television interview, Delhi Police on Saturday said there was no jurisdiction squabble as the sole witness of the case had claimed. ...
03:41 PM, Jan 05, 2013
The hearing in the horrific Delhi gangrape case is likely to begin in a special fast-track court on Saturday. On Friday, the male friend of the 23-year-old braveheart opened up about the incident in an exclusive interview to a TV channel. He criticised the police and passersby for their indifference and delay. ...
07:25 AM, Jan 05, 2013
The bravery and courage of young Pakistani education activist Malala Yousufzai, is an inspiration for all, the US said on Friday lauding the teenager who is to undergo a cranial surgery in the UK. ...
02:26 AM, Jan 05, 2013
An acid attack in Srinagar has left a young woman partially blind. The police have arrested two men and registered a case of attempt to murder with regard to the incident, even as the attack has triggered protests in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
08:31 PM, Jan 04, 2013
A Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education has been discharged from a specialist British hospital after doctors said she was well enough to spend some time recovering with her family. Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban in October, 2012 and brought to Britain for treatment, was discharged on Thursday but is due to be re-admitted in late January or early...
03:58 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls, will undergo cranial reconstructive surgery within weeks as part of her long-term recovery, doctors treating her at a United Kingdom hospital have said. Yousafzai, 15, was shot in Pakistan in October, 2012 and was later transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for specialist treatment and where she is currently...
11:24 AM, Jan 04, 2013
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is resting at home in New York after being treated for a potentially dangerous blood clot in her head, plans to return to her office next week, the State Department has said. "Some of the senior staff who spoke to her about half an hour ago say that she's sounding terrific, upbeat, raring to go. She's looking forward to getting back to the...
10:58 AM, Jan 04, 2013
The 30-year-old school teacher, who was attacked with acid by a youth in the city, will be flying to the national capital on Friday for plastic surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. ...
07:28 PM, Jan 03, 2013
A naked body of a girl has been found on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway. There was no cloth on the girl's body, which had several injury marks. The girl's age is between 20-25 years, sources say. ...
02:07 PM, Jan 03, 2013
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was discharged from a New York hospital on Wednesday after being treated for a blood clot near her brain and her doctors expect her to make a full recovery, the State Department said. Clinton, who has not been seen in public since December 7, was at New York-Presbyterian Hospital under treatment for a blood clot behind her right ear that stemmed from a concussion...
07:30 AM, Jan 03, 2013
The status report on Delhi gangrape and the 1000-page chargesheet prepared by the Delhi Police will be presented before a High Court bench on Wednesday, a day before it is submitted at the Saket district court which will hear the case. The police has said it will be charging all the accused for gangrape, murder, destruction of evidence and dacoity. ...
07:21 AM, Jan 02, 2013
"Meri bachchi ko mere paas rehne do, usey mujhse door mat karo (don't take my daughter away from me, let her remain with me)," was the cry of the distraught mother as the body of her young daughter was being taken for the funeral. ...
12:43 PM, Dec 31, 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was sent to the hospital on Sunday with a blood clot stemming from a concussion she suffered earlier in December and was being assessed by doctors, a State Department spokesman said. ...
08:02 AM, Dec 31, 2012
A differently-abled woman was allegedly raped by an employee of the Sadar hospital here in Bihar's East Champaran district, police said on Sunday. Acting on the complaint of locals, District Civil Surgeon Saroj Singh lodged an FIR against Ram Sakal Ram in the town police station, Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar said. ...
08:54 PM, Dec 30, 2012
