Doctors

Doctors ask patients to buy medicines from outside at district hospital

District Magistrate D K Singh told reporters that a complainant alleged that doctors at the district hospital were asking people to purchase medicines from the market and not from the medical store at the hospital.

Mar 05, 2017, 11:58 AM IST

Scam in Arvind Kejriwal's 'Mohalla Clinic'? Vigilance Department initiates probe over doctors earning Rs 4 lakh/month

After receiving several complaints against Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government's 'Mohalla Clinic', the Vigilance Department has initiated an investigation to probe into the matter.

Feb 22, 2017, 16:01 PM IST

Infants require five times more nutrition during first three years, say doctors

They said iron is one of the critical elements, not just for production of haemoglobin but also for brain development.

Feb 19, 2017, 21:22 PM IST

Delhi doctors lose license for six months after operating on patients wrong foot

A report says that the doctors failed to exercise reasonable degree of skill, knowledge and care which are expected of an prudent doctor in treatment of patients.

Feb 16, 2017, 10:54 AM IST

Seven-year-old Hyderabad girl fed infected IV by doctors, dies

Her parents are claiming that she was fed with infected IV which had fungus and an insect in the saline bottle.

Feb 08, 2017, 10:18 AM IST

Manipal: Doctors remove 'massive' 16kg ovarian tumour from woman

The patients however is doing well and on road to recovery, claim the doctors.

Feb 01, 2017, 10:46 AM IST

14 new developmental disorders identified; diagnosis provided for some rare conditions

The team focused on spontaneous new mutations that arise as DNA is passed on from parents to children.

Jan 26, 2017, 15:56 PM IST

35-year-old Delhi woman suffering from ectopic pregnancy gets life

In ectopic pregnancy, the fertilised egg implants outside the uterus .

Jan 25, 2017, 16:36 PM IST

Rare surgery enables bed-ridden lungs-spine cancer patient walk again

When Jiwan Chandra, from Pithorgarh, Uttarakhand, was brought to the team of doctors, he had a spinal fracture and was practically bed-ridden due to severe pain.

Jan 17, 2017, 22:35 PM IST

Doctors remove scissors from man's stomach after 18 years

Vietnamese doctors removed a pair of scissors lodged in a man's stomach for 18 years, authorities said.

Jan 03, 2017, 21:56 PM IST

Stopping exercises in winter increases cholesterol storage: Doctors

Stopping physical exercise during the winter season increases the storage of cholesterol in the body, medical experts here said on Thursday.

Dec 23, 2016, 00:44 AM IST

Two doctors convicted for extending medical asylum to wanted ex-MLA

Two doctors, who extended "medical asylum" to a wanted former MLA by allowing him to remain in hospital for 527 days without any justifiable reason, have been held guilty of contempt by the Supreme Court which said they had "obstructed" in administration of justice.

Dec 22, 2016, 15:14 PM IST

Low thyroid linked to negative reproductive health of women: Doctors

According to them, Hypothyroidism -- when the thyroid gland doesn`t produce enough thyroid hormone -- is more common a cause for infertility and miscarriage in women than most of them realize.

Dec 19, 2016, 21:06 PM IST

Twenty percent of brain stroke patients aged 40 or less

As per some globally-renowned neuroscience around the world, the existing rate of patients with brain stroke is on the rise and the average age is considered to be 40 years or less.

Dec 03, 2016, 10:53 AM IST

Child trafficking: Two more doctors arrested in West Bengal

Two more doctors alleged to be actively involved in the international child trafficking racket in the state have been arrested by the CID.

Nov 30, 2016, 11:54 AM IST

World Anti-Obesity Day: Lifestyle modification key to fight obesity, say doctors

Out of 1470 doctors who replied, 950 or 64.6 percent said lifestyle modification is the key to fight obesity.

Nov 26, 2016, 15:16 PM IST

Doctors at Delhi hospital cure ligament damage by stitching

Doctors at Safdarjung hospital cured a teenager, who was suffering with severe ligament avulsion fracture through stitches instead of using any implant like screws or endo button.

Nov 25, 2016, 23:35 PM IST

Delhi hospital performs first scar-less surgery in India

Doctors at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute performed the first scar-less surgery in India on an 18-year-old boy from Uzbekistan who developed a congenital heart defect.

Nov 22, 2016, 22:20 PM IST

Doctors remove needle from man's body after 22 years

Kiran Kumar (34), then aged 12, was playing as a child when the needle accidentally penetrated his body.Though he was rushed to a hospital, doctors could not trace it and the family eventually forgot about it.

Nov 20, 2016, 13:09 PM IST

26-year-old brain dead man's kin donate his kidneys; gift life to two

Manoj, who is from Patiala met with an accident this week on Zirakpur-Patiala highway and was admitted to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in a serious condition

Oct 22, 2016, 12:51 PM IST