Health Bulletin 11/September/2025 - Video
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Here are the top health stories of the day:
Assam doctor gets patent for low-cost self-breast examination model
In an important step towards enhancing breast cancer awareness and promoting early detection, Dr Gayatri Gogoi, a renowned breast cancer researcher, has received a design patent from the Government of India for her innovative Breast Self-Examination (BSE) demonstration model.
Dr Gogoi, who works as an Associate Professor at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh, and is also an Adjunct Researcher at the ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre, Northeast, developed the model using simple materials like cotton cloth and wool. It is lightweight, eco-friendly, safe to use, and costs only about Rs 150 to produce.
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Assam doctor awarded patent for affordable breast self-examination model
Delhi HC directs real-time availability of bed, doctor data on HMIS
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to consider how the citizens in Delhi will get to know about the availability of beds and doctors in emergencies using the Health Management Information System (HMIS) software.
A division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Prabha M. Singh and Justice Maneet Pritam Singh Arora was hearing a suo motu PIL filed in 2017 over rising instances of violence against doctors and the non-availability of ICU beds.
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Provide online info on hospital beds, doctors availability through HMIS: Delhi HC tells govt
Infants Sold through Fake Adoption Papers; Doctor, 9 others arrested
An interstate child trafficking and illegal adoption racket was busted across multiple cities, revealing a gang involving a doctor and 9 others who allegedly sold infants, unwanted by their parents, to childless couples for amounts ranging between Rs 1.8 lakh and Rs 7.5 lakh using forged adoption papers, police said on Monday.
A total of 10 people were arrested, including a doctor, and six infants, all aged below one year, were rescued from various locations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, according to police.
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Infants sold for Lakhs using fake adoption papers; doctor, 9 others arrested
Lilavati Hospital Performs India’s First Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided TAVR Procedure
Lilavati Hospital has emerged as one of the first hospitals in the country to successfully perform an Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)-guided Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure using the Edwards Sapien III Resilia valve.
The pathbreaking procedure was conducted on a 77-year-old patient from Surat suffering from severe aortic stenosis who was unfit for open-heart surgery due to age, prior heart surgeries, multiple stents and complications.
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