A young woman and mother of two, Shailaja has been reduced to a completely vegetative state reportedly because of an anaesthesia overdose she underwent while in for a surgery. Today, she cannot eat, speak or move. She is completely immobile, all because her family say an overdose of anaesthesia. What should happen in such cases of medical negligence? Dr R Ramnarayan, a top neurosurgeon who has offered his help to...
06:39 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Women and Child Development ministry has planned an initiative under which hospitals in 100 districts would have one-stop crisis centres to resolve problems being faced by women. ...
02:12 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Normal life is likely to be affected in the national capital in view of the two-day nationwide strike beginning from Wednesday as various trade unions in the city have extended their support to the agitation. ...
02:06 AM, Feb 20, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the state government and health department to issue a directive to hospitals to attend to all trauma patients. This also applies to the private hospitals in the city too. ...
01:20 PM, Jan 31, 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
In a radical departure from over a century old dress code, female nurses in government hospitals in Kerala can now wear 'churidar and overcoat' as their uniform instead of sari. ...
12:21 PM, Nov 29, 2012
London: Malala Yousafzai, teenage Pakistani rights activist recovering in a UK hospital after being shot by Taliban in her country, today thanked millions of her well-wishers for their inspiring and humbling support. The Hospital in Birmingham, where 15-year-old Malala is undergoing treatment after being shot in the head by Taliban on October 9 for advocating girls' education in northwest Pakistan's Swat valley, today released her picture sitting and reading a...
11:16 PM, Nov 09, 2012
There have been 17,000 cases of dengue this year alone. At the moment dengue is spreading unchecked in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. ...
11:59 PM, Nov 01, 2012
New Delhi: Dengue cases in the capital were on a rise with 38 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease on Sunday, taking the total number of such cases this season to 910. All 37 cases were reported from three municipal corporations while there were no fresh cases either from the VVIP areas of the capital or from Delhi Cantt area. Two children have so far succumbed to dengue ever...
11:20 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Dengue fever continues to spread fast in the national capital with more than 750 people testing positive this season. Cases are on an all time rise in 2012. The sheer number of cases and the twin deaths have forced the MCD to act. South MCD PRO Mukesh Yadav said, "We are fumigating & also making the people aware." In September only, 50 cases were reported, dengue cases shot...
09:49 AM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: In a bizarre order, the Uttar Pradesh government has said it will carry out sting operations in government hospitals across the state. These orders have been issued by Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Ahmed Hasan. Sting operations are to be conducted to check the status of medical facilities in government hospitals. The operations will also aim at curbing the practice of government doctors in private hospitals. The state government...
01:21 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Hyderabad: Is there dengue or is there not? Patients suffering from fever of any sort are in a state of bewilderment with the state government blaming private hospitals for creating a dengue scare while the latter say they are indeed dealing with dengue. Health minister D L Ravindra Reddy recently lashed out at corporate hospitals for looting patients in the name of dengue fever. He accused them of stoking a...
01:46 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Kochi: DM Healthcare, a leading conglomerate in the country and the Middle East, Tuesday announced an investment of over Rs 2,150 crore to create 3,100 hospital beds in Kerala through eight different projects. The projects are in various stages of completion in Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Palakkad and Kannur districts, the company said. Most of these projects are expected to be operational in the next five years. DM Healthcare is recognized among...
12:13 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Bangalore: Portable incubators are providing a new lease of life to hundreds of newborns. Priced at a reasonable Rs 15,000, these incubators have been installed in hundreds of hospitals and ambulances across four states. A woman, Katyayini gave a premature birth to a child, who weighed 1.4 kg. The doctors advised the 23-year-old mother to keep the baby in an incubator till he gained weight. "He sleeps well in this...
09:13 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Kolkata: Medical facilities are under severe strain in Kolkata as there is a serious shortage of beds at hospitals for dengue patients, and both private as well as public hospitals have been fully occupied. The hospitals are running out of beds at a time when the city is witnessing the worst dengue outbreak in recent years. More than 700 people have tested positive for the virus while more than 1000...
07:31 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Chennai: Almost every State-run hospital underwent a mass cleaning exercise that left them almost unrecognizable, a day after the Chief Minister directed hospitals to increase the standards of hygiene. On Wednesday, squads of staff, conservancy workers and exterminators combed the premises of the major hospitals and ensured that they were animal-free zones. The Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital, where a childs disfigured body sparked uproar on Monday, looked the best of...
02:12 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Chennai: Taking quick action following the death of a female infant at the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children here, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced several measures for preventing the recurrence of such incidents and ensuring hygiene in government hospitals across the State. Jayalalithaa appealed for public cooperation with respect to the measures since they would help improve the condition of government-run hospitals. In a two-page...
01:15 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Kite flying, especially on Independence Day, may be a tradition, but it leaves hundreds of birds dead every year. However, now they have some hope as two brothers from Old Delhi have become their saviours. Nadeem Shehzaad and his NGO 'Wildlife Rescue' have treated over three thousand injured birds in the last eight years. Nadeem blames the use of the maanjha - or the glass-coated string used in...
08:17 AM, Aug 21, 2012
When Loretta Selvakumar was expecting her first child in 1994, she was elated. But nine months later, when she delivered a healthy baby boy in a government hospital in Bangalore, his life was cruelly cut short after he slipped off a table. She promised herself that no matter how costly, her next delivery would be at a private hospital with better care. Selvakumar has since had three children, all born...
06:02 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Chennai: The condition of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, undergoing treatment at a hospital here for serious liver ailment, is "stable", a top hospital executive said on Wednesday. "Yes, he is stable," K Ravindranath, Chairman and Managing Director of Global Hospitals told reporters in a brief comment on the condition of 67-year-old Deshmukh who was admitted to the hospital on Monday. Asked whether Deshmukh would be required to undergo a liver...
08:32 PM, Aug 08, 2012
