Health Bulletin 30/July/ 2025 - Video
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Here is the top health news for today:
Premature newborn loses fingers- Gynaecologist, hospital ordered to pay Rs 33.75 compensation
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, North Chennai, recently directed a gynaecologist and a city-based hospital to pay Rs 33.75 lakh compensation to a woman, a dentist by profession, after finding them guilty of medical negligence causing severe and permanent injuries to her newborn baby.
It was alleged that the doctor and the hospital conducted a cervical pessary procedure (which is a non-invasive insertion of a silicone ring in the vagina to support the cervix) without obtaining due consent. This, allegedly, resulted in the preterm delivery of the infant at 24 weeks, and the newborn baby boy also lost five fingers due to gangrene.
PTI has reported that the Commission observed that the hospital and the doctor "failed to justify the emergency nature of the procedure or explain why consent was bypassed."
Holding the city hospital and gynaecologist liable for negligence, the District Consumer Court has ordered the hospital and the doctor to pay Rs 23.65 lakh spent on treatment, Rs 10 lakh compensation for pain and suffering and Rs 10,000 as litigation costs.
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Doctor linked to baby-selling racket practised without valid license? Telangana Medical Council responds
Doctors familiar with the development informed the Daily that the accused doctor's registration number with the combined Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Medical Council was 37457.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported how Hyderabad police arrested eight individuals, including a fertility specialist and the owner of a chain of clinics across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Dr. A Namratha was the prime accused doctor and the owner of the fertility clinic.
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Primary Health Services to be accessible within 3 km in 4 Years: CM Fadnavis
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday announced a comprehensive plan to develop the country's best health services in Maharashtra in the next four years. The initiative aims to provide primary facilities to every person within a 3-kilometre radius.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Late Bhanutai Gadkari Memorial Diagnostic Centre here, he said the cost of treatment is going up along with advancements in technology, which highlighted the need to give more people affordable and subsidised care under the government health system.
The Maharashtra government and the Centre are working on this aspect, Fadnavis added.
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Primary Health Services to be available within 3 km radius in 4 Years: CM Fadnavis
Rs 19 crore lost over 90 days: Gujarat doctor breaks FDs, sells house in Digital Arrest Scam
The extent of the manipulation was so extreme that the doctor was forced to break her Fixed Deposits (FDs), sell the gold she had at home, take loans against the gold kept in her bank locker, sell her house, and even dispose of the shares in her stock market portfolio to pay the accused over Rs 19 crore.
What happened?
On March 15, 2025, the doctor received a call from someone identifying herself as Jyoti Vishwanath of the Department of Telecommunications. Within hours, other callers posing as Police Sub-Inspector Mohan Singh, Public Prosecutor Deepak Saini, Public Prosecutor Venkateswara, and Notary Officer Pawan Kumar began calling her. The victim was called from different numbers.
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From FDs to House Sale: How a Gujarat doctor lost Rs 19 crore in Digital Arrest Scam
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