Taking action against a Surat-based doctor from Guru Nanak Hospital, the Gujarat Medical Council (GMC) has suspended his licence for three months for his alleged negligent approach while treating a patient, who ultimately died. Even though the patient, who was initially taken to the hospital for treatment of common cold and fever, was physically weak, […]
New Delhi: Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Shri Pema Khandu laid the foundation stones for capacity expansion at the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh today. With a total investment of ₹53 crores, […]
Delhi Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday directed the health secretary to make alternative arrangements for the five drugs that failed quality standard tests and will be withdrawn. In an official communication, the minister also asked the official to prepare within a fortnight a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure that drugs and consumables procured […]
India’s Maiden Pharmaceuticals, whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of children in Gambia, on Saturday denied it had tampered with test samples or bribed officials to do so, as alleged in a complaint under investigation by local health officials. An investigator with the state of Haryana’s Food and Drug Administration told Reuters […]
A study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital sheds light on the incidence of prediabetes and diabetes in childhood cancer survivors for better prevention and treatment. At a younger age, childhood cancer survivors can experience chronic conditions such as diabetes, typically associated with older individuals. Researchers found survivors have twice the risk of developing prediabetes […]
New Delhi: Delhi Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday directed the health secretary to make alternative arrangements for the five drugs that failed quality standard tests and will be withdrawn. In an official communication, the minister also asked the official to prepare within a fortnight a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure that drugs and consumables […]
After MBBS and BDS, the National Exit Test (NExT) has also been mandatory for AYUSH courses. This has been confirmed in the newly introduced National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (National Examinations for Indian System of Medicine) Regulations, 2023, which were published in the Gazette notification dated 20.12.2023. The AYUSH NExT will be held […]
Dehradun: The Provincial Medical and Health Services Association (PMHS) Uttarakhand, the largest umbrella body of government doctors has suspended the membership of 400 doctors who have been inactive. The association members made the significant decision to suspend the membership of the doctors after discovering that the newly joined and existing doctors had not renewed their membership […]
वैद्यराज नमस्तुभ्यं यमराज सहोदर । यमस्तु हरति प्राणान् वैद्यो प्राणान् धनानि च ॥ This is an ancient saying which means “O vaidya (doctor), brother of Yama (God of Death), I bow down to you. Yama only steals away one’s life, but the vaidya steals one’s life as well as money.” It is obvious that it […]
Kozhikode: In connection with the alleged medical negligence case at Government Medical College Hospital (GMC) Kozhikode, where forceps were reportedly left inside a female patient’s abdomen, the Kerala Health Department has authorized the police to initiate legal proceedings against all four accused in the case. The Principal Secretary of the Health Department issued the instruction […]