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Senior Doctor Assaulted with Liquor Bottle at GTB Hospital Campus, Accused in Police Custody
In a shocking incident, a senior faculty member from the Medicine Department of Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital was assaulted yesterday by three unidentified men near Gate 12 of the GTB Campus.
Due to the attack, Dr. Kuldeep Kumar, who is an Associate Professor at the institute, received a head injury.
Police have arrested three accused involved in the incident, the President of the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dr. Rajat Sharma, informed Medical Dialogues. All the accused are currently in police custody.
The incident took place at around 9 PM on Friday. At that time, Dr. Kuldeep Kumar, who is also the Hostel Warden, was doing rounds inside the campus. He found the three accused publicly drinking on the campus.
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Can Dentists Perform Hair Transplants? Conflicting Notices Stir Confusion in Telangana
A day after the Telangana Medical Council announced that dentists, dental surgeons, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons do not possess the required qualifications to perform aesthetic procedures and hair transplants, the Telangana Dental Council has now presented a completely contradictory stand in this regard.
Issuing a public notice today, the Dental Council, Telangana, clarified that duly registered Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, trained under the standards prescribed by the Dental Council of India, are fully qualified and authorized to perform facial aesthetic procedures and hair transplantation.
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Karnataka HC Orders FIR Against Doctors Over Alleged Medical Negligence Leading to Patient Death
The Karnataka High Court has issued an order to register a medical negligence FIR against two doctors attached to private hospitals, including Fortis Hospital Bengaluru and GM Hospitals, for allegedly operating on a patient without obtaining proper consent. After undergoing two operations at two hospitals, the patient passed away.
Approaching the High Court bench, the patient's son alleged that even though the accused doctor at Bengaluru-based GM Hospital obtained consent for inserting a catheter on the right side of his father's body, the procedure was conducted on the left side.
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