Only Medical colleges with three year functioning hospitals to be permitted by MCI: Report Garima16 April 2019 5:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: With numerous medical colleges failing inspections on the grounds of infrastructural and organizational deficiencies, the Medical Council...
UK experts collaborate with Indian Medicos to counter Surgical Infection Threat Medical Dialogues Bureau16 April 2019 10:00 AM ISTEach year, 4.2 million people die within 30 days of operation, half of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries such...
Total Shortage of 6 Lakh doctors, 20 Lakh nurses in India: Report Medical Dialogues Bureau15 April 2019 11:21 AM ISTIn India, there is one government doctor for every 10,189 people (the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a ratio of 1:1,000) or a deficit of...
Mental health experts mentored by AIIMS counsel 7,000 Tihar inmates Medical Dialogues Bureau14 April 2019 9:45 AM ISTThe Delhi Prison Administration in collaboration with an NGO - Mental Health Foundation and mentored by AIIMS had started the intensive counselling...
New York mandates vaccine to contain Brooklyn measles outbreak Medical Dialogues Bureau10 April 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe resurgence of the once-eradicated, highly-contagious disease is linked to a growing anti-vaccine movement in richer nations -- which the World...
Quality Primary Care key to Advancing Universal Health Coverage: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau7 April 2019 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Quality health care services at the community level, without financial hardship, is fundamental to advancing universal health coverage, the...
Union Health Ministry pledges to Universal Health Coverage: Forms Human Chain Medical Dialogues Bureau5 April 2019 11:00 AM ISTApril 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. This year’s World Health Day will focus on equity and solidarity.New Delhi: Ministry...
1 in 4 Healthcare Facilities lacks Basic Water Services: UNICEF, WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau4 April 2019 10:00 AM ISTGeneva: One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 billion people, according to a new report by...
Dr Vikram Patel conferred with prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Medical Dialogues Bureau3 April 2019 9:30 AM IST"This prize is a recognition of the tremendous effort of innovators in low resource settings to transform our understanding of mental health problems...
Path breaking policy changes introduced to make India TB-Free by 2025: Health Sec Medical Dialogues Bureau26 March 2019 9:44 AM IST"Universal drug susceptibility testing has been rolled out, shorter and newer treatment regimen has been expanded countrywide. India is moving towards...
IMA calls for unity among stakeholders to eliminate TB by 2025 Medical Dialogues Bureau25 March 2019 1:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Medical Association Sunday organised a mass awareness program on World Tuberculosis Day and appealed to all stakeholders to work...
Fighting Opioid Addiction: AIIMS launches mobile methadone vans to take treatment to inner city neighbourhoods Medical Dialogues Bureau23 March 2019 2:04 PM ISTAIIMS mobile methadone dispensing unit plans to bridge this gap and improve retention of patients into treatment enabling them to work and lead a...
