Punjab expands in-patient care programme
Chandigarh, July 2 (IANS) The second phase of the Care Companion Programme in all medical and surgical care units of district hospitals for in-patient care …
Doctor manhandled in Delhi hospital after patient dies
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Alleging medical negligence over a woman’s death, her angry relatives manhandled the doctor who was treating her and vandalized the …
Home nutrition care keeps patient out of hospital
New York, June 24 (IANS) Researchers have found that implementing a nutrition care plan at home for patients at risk for malnutrition had a dramatic …
Probe on if Kerala Nipah patient got it from eating guava
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (IANS) A central team of medical professionals is looking into whether the only confirmed patient of Nipah in Kerala got it after …
Doctor-patient video goes viral in J&K, four booked
Jammu, June 8 (IANS) Four doctors have been booked for allegedly filming a female patient while she came in for a medical examination and releasing …
Video of doctor beating patient in Jaipur hospital goes viral
Jaipur, June 3 (IANS) A video went viral on social media on Monday in which a resident doctor at the SMS Hospital here was seen …
Facial recognition tech helps develop patient safety tool
“Using images of a patient’s face and eyes we were able to train computer systems to recognise high-risk arm movement,” said study lead author Akane …
Cancer-patient moves SC for last wish to ‘die in mother’s lap’
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) A cancer patient lodged in a Rajasthan jail moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking bail to fulfil his last …
SC notice to Rajasthan government on a cancer patient’s bail plea
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Rajasthan government on the bail plea of an accused who …
Every fourth patient visiting AIIMS dissatisfied: Survey
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) In a shocking result, a government survey has found that every fourth patient visiting the AIIMS is dissatisfied with treatment …
Patient’s kin attack doctor at Hyderabad hospital
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) Relatives of a patient attacked a doctor at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here in the early hours of Monday …
Patient killed in Jaipur hospital blaze: Family
Jaipur, May 10 (IANS) A patient was killed after a massive blaze broke out at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital here on Friday, her family …
CRPF to probe patient’s death during NH traffic curbs
Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into the death last week of a patient due to …
US Fed ‘patient’ on further rate hike: FOMC minutes
Washington, April 11 (IANS) The latest minutes of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy meeting showed that the central bank was still “patient” on …
Woman patient gang raped by hospital staff
Meerut, March 25 (IANS) A woman admitted to a private hospital in Meerut was allegedly gang raped by three staffers, police said on Monday. A …
Six-year-old West Nile Virus patient dead in Kerala
Kozhikode (Kerala) March 18 (IANS) A six-year-old boy, who was being treated for West Nile Virus (WNV) disease here, passed away on Monday, said Kerala …
‘Patient’ India to get Azhar branded as global terrorist
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) India will show patience for as long as it takes to get Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar designated as global terrorist …
Fortis doctors save patient from severe dengue type disorder
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A 12-year-old boy from Gurugram got a new lease of life after doctors successfully treated the patient suffering from a …
Fortis doctors save swine flu patient, her foetus
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) managed to protect a 24-week foetus from swine flu by treating the would-be …
Doctors at Hyderabad’s NIMS leave forceps in patient’s abdomen
Hyderabad, Feb 9 (IANS) In a shocking incident, doctors at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) here, left artery forceps in a patient’s abdomen during …
Patient with largest in-situ tumour undergoes successful surgery at Ganga Ram
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) An 18-year-old patient who was carrying a tumour weighing 12 kg underwent a successfull surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital …
Doctor loses licence for being intimate with patient
It took a while but finally The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario upheld its decision to revoke Dr. Suganthan Kayilasanathan’s medical licence, after …
Young doctors should treat every patient with compassion: Naidu
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that young doctors need to uphold medical ethics and treat every patient …
Process of prosthetics has made me calmer, patient: Akshay Kumar
Mumbai, Nov 26 (IANS) Akshay Kumar, who features as the antagonist in the much-awaited, high-budget entertainer “2.0”, went through an elaborate prosthetic make-up process for …
Doctor suspended for sexual abuse, writing notes to help patient avoid exams
Dr. Suganthan Kayilasanathan, a Toronto doctor, has been suspended for sexually abusing a patient, in addition to that, he also stands accused of writing two …
New genetic disorder identified in human patient
New York, Sep 22 (IANS) In a first, US researchers have identified a new genetic disorder, which was previously described in animal models, in a …
AI technique used to treat metastatic cancer patient: Study
Singapore, Sep 2 (IANS) Singaporean researchers have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to successfully treat a patient with advanced cancer, completely halting disease …
In public poll, ‘The English Patient’ wins the Golden Booker
London, July 9 (IANS) Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, essayist and novelist Michael Ondaatjes bestselling novel “The English Patient” — which moves between a nurse tending …
‘The English Patient’ wins Golden Man Booker Prize
London, July 9 (IANS) “The English Patient” by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury) has been crowned the best work of fiction from the last five decades of …
Neuroscientists decode brain of blind patient who can see motion
Toronto, June 13 (IANS) In an extremely rare case, neuroscientists have mapped the brain of a Scottish woman who is blind but has developed the …
Iron rod removed from Kolkata’s youth’s skull, patient discharged
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) A 3.5-feet-long iron rod was successfully removed by doctors here from the skull of a youth, who suffered severe brain damage …
Better doctor-patient relation key to improve healcare: LG
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Saturday said both patients and doctors need to understand each other better to improve …
Heart transplant patient stable, progressing well: Hospital
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) A man, who underwent a heart transplant said to be the first such human-to-human surgery in eastern India, is stable, the …
Thalassemia patient gets transfusion-free life after high-risk transplant
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Thanks to his donor brother, a 25-year-old thalassemia patient is now living a transfusion-free life after undergoing a high-risk bone …
Pakistani patient receives stem cell transplant in Shanghai
Shanghai, April 26 (IANS) A Pakistani patient has received a stem cell transplant at a Shanghai hospital, authorities said on Thursday. “The procedure was a …
How office colleagues helped save brain stroke patient
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) At a time of growing distrust and general indifference to human suffering, doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital here on Thursday …
Bedside chart may ease cancer patient’s pain
London, March 26 (IANS) Patients suffering from cancer can ease the level of their pain by using a simple pen and paper bedside chart, a …
Physicians may be co-located for better patient care: Minister
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Jitendra Singh, the Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DONER), on Saturday said that physicians of any system of …
Two tumours weighing over 1 kg each removed from Tanzanian patient
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Doctors at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SRGH) here have removed two tumours — both weighing over 1 kg each …
ILBS has given hope to millions of people in terms of patient care
New Delhi, Jan. 14 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) has given hope to millions …