Health Bulletin 12/February/2024

Here are the top health stories for the day:

Surgeon and nursing home to compensate for removing minor patient's ovary without proper assessment

The Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dismissed a surgeon's appeal challenging a District Commission's order. The District Commission had held the doctor and a nursing home accountable for causing functional disability to a patient by unnecessarily removing her left ovary and tube without a proper pre-surgery assessment. The Commission affirmed the reasonable nature of the awarded compensation, amounting to Rs 6 lakh, despite acknowledging a possible lesser amount.

The State Commission clarified that if the doctor thought that the left ovarian tissue was necrotic or gangrenous, then it should be supported by a biopsy report and it needs to be diagnosed by blood tests.

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Minor Patient's Left Ovary, Tube Removed Without Necessary Preliminary Tests: Surgeon, Nursing Home Slapped Compensation

Parliamentary panel notes the need to increase MBBS and PG medical seats in India

There is a need to significantly increase medical seats in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, a parliamentary committee said, noting that the government's existing scheme of establishing new medical colleges attached to district or referral hospitals can help in achieving this goal.

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare in its its 157th report ''Quality of Medical Education in India'' presented in Rajya Sabha noted that the current situation regarding medical seats both in undergraduate and postgraduate courses is a critical issue that warrants immediate attention.

''With an annual influx of approximately 2 million aspiring medical students at UG and only 1/20 times available seats, the demand far exceeds the supply, similarly, the number of available seats at PG level is far less than the demand,'' the committee said in its report.

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Demand Far Exceeds Supply! Parliamentary Panel Notes Need To Increase MBBS, PG Medical Seats In India

Jajpur Medical College set to add 100 new MBBS seats

Bringing good news to the medical aspirants in Odisha, a total number of 100 MBBS seats are likely to be added to the seat matrix in Odisha as the State Government has decided to set a target to add these MBBS seats in the new Government Medical College and Hospital (MCH), Jajpur from the 2024-2025 academic session.

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Odisha Targets NMC Nod For 100 MBBS Seats At Jajpur Medical College

Successful treatment of Boerhaave Syndrome at Kauvery Hospital, Salem

Kauvery Hospital, Salem, which is part of a leading multi-specialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performs treatment for ''Boerhaave Syndrome''

A 65-year-old patient with chest pain, vomiting, and sweating was admitted to Kauvery Hospital, Salem three months ago. Despite tests for cardiac disease, all results were negative, and a cardiologist examined him, ruled out the possibility of cardiac disease.

The patient was then seen by a gastro-enterologist, when it was found that he experienced chest pain and sweating after he forcibly tried to vomit. These are classic symptoms of a tear in the oesophagus, and we immediately did a CT scan with contrast dye, which confirmed the tear in the lower part of the oesophagus, possibly due to internal pressure (Boerhaave Syndrome).

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Kauvery Hospital, Salem Successfully Treats Patient With Boerhaave Syndrome