Health Bulletin 08/November/2023

Here are the top health stories for the day:

UK Surgeons perform Combined C-Sec, Ovarian cancer surgery on 4 women

In a groundbreaking medical procedure, four women in the UK successfully underwent a combined surgery, in which they gave birth by caesarean section (C-sec) and at the same time had surgery to reduce their risk of ovarian cancer.

The women were all carriers of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene alterations, which puts them at a lifetime higher risk of ovarian cancer.

Risk-reducing surgery for these patients, known as a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO), is the only proven way to reduce ovarian cancer mortality. It reduces ovarian cancer risk by at least 95 per cent.

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UK Surgeons Perform Combined C-Sec, Ovarian Cancer Surgery On 4 Women

New govt medical college with 100 MBBS seats to be set up in Hingoli, admissions likely from next year

Bringing good news to the medical aspirants in Maharashtra, the State Government has granted its permission to set up a new government medical college. With an intake capacity of 100 MBBS seats and a strength of 430 beds, this new medical college will be constituted in the Hingoli district of the State. These seats are likely to be added for admissions in the next academic year.

Already, the State Medical Education Department issued a Government Resolution (GR) in this regard on Friday and granted the final approval to the medical college. Rs 485 crore of budgetary allocation has been granted for the construction of the new medical institute.

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New Govt Medical College With 100 MBBS Seats To Be Set Up In Hingoli, Admissions Likely From Next Year

Nagpur: Doctor sedates 4 patients, leaves them in OT for 4-hour tea break

In a concerning incident at a government-aided tubectomy camp in Khat village, situated 40 kilometers from Nagpur, the safety and well-being of patients were put at risk. Four women were left unattended and sedated for a period of at least four hours after the surgeon administered anaesthesia and left for a long tea break in a makeshift operating theatre. 

Doctor parades HIV patients 'cured by biomolecules

A cardiac surgeon, Dr. Dhani Ram Baruah, based in Sonapur near Guwahati, has made bold claims about curing HIV, removing heart blockages, and treating cancer patients using isolated "biomolecules" extracted from edible medicinal plants found in Northeast India. These biomolecules, termed Baruah small interfering RNAs (Baruah siRNAs), are designed to target mutated microRNAs (miRNAs) responsible for the disease    .