Health Bulletin 06/ June/ 2022

Here are the top health stories of the day:

2 years jail to Karnataka doctor for lending signatures to Mumbai Pathlab

A Karnataka based pathologist has been sentenced to two-year imprisonment for lending his signature to a Mumbai based pathology lab that thereafter gave reports signed with the signature to the patients

Holding two accused guilty for issuing lab reports without verification by an MD Pathologist, the Court of Civil Judge, Navi Mumbai recently sentenced them to imprisonment of two years. The duo, the Karnataka-based doctor as well as the DMLT who was running the Mumbai pathlab, had issued the forged pathology report for blood and urine tests to a doctor who is also a member of a state association of pathologists and microbiologists.

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2 Years Jail To Karnataka Doctor For Lending Signatures To Mumbai Pathlab

DCGI asks all blood banks to register on E-RaktKosh

Doctor's mood increases the chance of medical negligence: Study

The changes of medical negligence and consequently being sued for the same, does depend on the doctors mood at the time of work, a recent study in BMJ has shown

A study which was done on Australian doctors showed that doctors are more likely to be sued for medical negligence if they are unhappy, overworked, working in rural areas, or if they have suffered a recent injury or illness. The said research came from the University of Melbourne.

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Doctor's mood increases the chance of medical negligence: Study

Rare surgery at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Delhi brings back voice of teenage boy after seven years

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital department of Thoracic Surgery and department of ENT has received a 13 year old male Srikanth (name changed) from Rajasthan in last week of April 2022. The patient had Tracheostomy tube inserted in his breathing wind pipe for more than 10 years. Due to long period of Tracheostomy and a portion of missing wind pipe, there was no airway for him to breathe normally. The child had neither spoken nor eaten normally for last 7 years.

On 23 April 2022, the child was wheeled inside the Operation Theatre. The teams from department of Thoracic Surgery, ENT and Anesthesia worked together for six and half hours.

The surgery was totally successful, but the challenges were still there. The post surgery management was very important.

Monkey pox: WHO reports 780 laboratory confirmed cases from 27 countries

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday said that 780 laboratory confirmed cases of monkey pox from 27 countries have been reported between May 13 and June 2. These countries are not endemic to the monkey pox virus. However, there have been no deaths associated with the current monkey pox outbreak.