Stent price Cap: Stents Withdrawal, Artificial Shortage, delayed angioplasties Meghna A Singhania17 Feb 2017 3:13 PM ISTThe recent decision of the NPPA defining price ceiling on BMS and DES/BVS stents as Rs 7,260 and Rs 29600, respectively has immediately fallen into a...
Kayakalp Awards : AIIMS Delhi wins Rs 5 crore for cleanliness savita17 Feb 2017 10:32 AM ISTÂ AIIMS Delhi gets first prize, NEIGRIHMS second, PGI ThirdNew Delhi: Premier health institute AIIMS, New Delhi, has won the first prize, and a cash...
Fortis and Manipal in for a merger?? Meghna A Singhania16 Feb 2017 4:21 PM ISTIn a development that may lead to the creation of one of the biggest healthcare giants in the country, it is reported that Fortis and Manipal might be...
100 people mob vandalise Calcutta Medical Research Institute Hospital, beat up staff savita16 Feb 2017 11:44 AM ISTKolkata: A nearly 100 strong mob vandalised a private hospital  and beat up a number of staff following the death of a patient. “The CMRI Hospital at...
Indication to Blunt traumatic pancreatic injuries named after AIIMS Surgeon savita16 Feb 2017 9:23 AM ISTNew Delhi Missed traumatic pancreatic injuries especially injury to the main pancreatic duct (MPD) is a small but significant cause for morbidity and...
Doctor not negligent for leaving drill bit inside patient: District Consumer Forum Meghna A Singhania15 Feb 2017 4:30 PM ISTChennai: In a case, that questioned the fact whether leaving an instrument inside the patient during a surgical operation amounts to medical...
UK: Indian origin Surgeon banned for writing love letter to patient savita15 Feb 2017 3:02 PM ISTLondon: An Indian-origin surgeon has been banned from practising medicine after a UK medical tribunal found him guilty of abusing his professional...
Finance Ministry clarifies on service tax on healthcare savita15 Feb 2017 9:36 AM ISTPlaying down the buzz in social media, the government made it clear that there is no proposal in 2017-18 Budget to levy 5 percent service tax on...
Degrees of 634 doctors Cancelled by Supreme Court savita14 Feb 2017 3:13 PM ISTNew Delhi : Taking a strong stance against the mass medical admissions scam, that had taken place in the state of Madhya Pradesh between 2009 and...
Stent Prices Capped at Rs 29,600, profits slashed Meghna A Singhania14 Feb 2017 3:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: In what appears to be a Valentines day gift by the government to the heart patients across the country, the National Pharmaceuticals...
Oops: Alive Patient Declared dead savita13 Feb 2017 11:52 AM ISTAgartala: Â In a bizarre incident, an attending doctor of Dharmanagar hospital in North Tripura declared an unconscious girl as dead and later when she...
Sterilization operation cannot guarantee 100 percent result, hence no negligence in such cases : NCDRC Meghna A Singhania13 Feb 2017 10:48 AM IST“A Woman becoming pregnant after 4 years of Sterilisation operation, cannot be attributed as Medical Negligence, as no such operation guarantees 100%...
