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Pune doctor suffering from cancer pleads for euthanasia

The family has approached a lawyer to finalise a petition on euthanasia to be submitted before the Bombay High Court. "We hold the health department responsible for pushing us to take this decision," Sangeeta says.

India's biggest bladder stone weighing 1.4 kg removed: Doctor

Watch: Man refuses to pay Rs. 150 bribe for wheelchair, uses kid’s tricycle to reach doctor’s ward

In a shocking piece of news reported from Hyderabad, a patient was seen using a kid’s tricycle to reach doctor’s ward after he was denied a wheelchair by hospital authorities. According to news agency ANI,

Doctor’s remove 6-ft-long worm in man’s intestine through his mouth

In November 2014, a 48-year-old man from northeast India visited the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, complaining of “abdominal discomfort”. Initial examination indicated that he was suffering from anaemia but later it was reveale

Allahabad doctor killed in his own hospital, assailants pretended as patients

With less than a month left for upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, a renowned doctor in Allahabad was killed by unknown assailants in his own hospital on Thursday. The culprits pretended to be patients

Kill him; prescribe him blood, will run away on his own: Doctor directs junior over phone

a senior doctor at Agra’s SN Medical College has been caught on tape allegedly telling his junior colleague, who refused to admit a TB patient with a bleeding stomach ulcer, that he could “kill the man, make it so difficult for him that he runs away

AIIMS doctor, Ritu Mankotia, commits suicide by injecting drugs

A resident doctor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) committed suicide at her home, police said today. Ritu Mankotia, 29, was working with the anaesthesia department of the AIIMS Trauma Centre. As

Medical wonder: UK doctors stop 9-month-old infant's heart for 15 hours to perform life-saving surgery

A nine-month-old UK baby survived against all odds after doctors stopped his tiny heart for 15 hours. Nathan Byrne, who was born with a large hole in his heart and faced certain death, has

UP: Doctor fined as woman gets pregnant after sterilisation operation

In a surprising incident, a woman found herself pregnant despite undergoing a sterilisation operation, following which, the doctor who carried out the procedure has been slapped a fine of Rs 1,12,000 by the consumer court.

Muhammad Ali's family didn't consider donating brain for research, says doctor

Louisville: Muhammad Ali and his family never seriously considered donating the boxing great's brain for research, according to the doctor who treated him. "Not really," was Dr. Abe Lieberman's answer when he was asked Monday

Doctor 'thrashed', wife 'molested' by men drinking in restaurant's toilet

New Delhi: A surgeon from Gangaram hospital was allegedly thrashed and his wife molested by three men after he objected to their drinking in washroom of a restaurant in posh Rajouri Garden in west Delhi.

Doctor hacked to death in Bangladesh, IS claims responsibility

Dhaka: Police say a doctor has been hacked to death and his friend critically wounded in the latest of several attacks in Bangladesh against atheist bloggers, minorities and others who promote liberal views. Local police

Sikh doctor shot dead in Pakistan

Peshawar: A prominent Pakistani Sikh doctor and politician was shot dead by unidentified gunmen here today. Sardar Sooran Singh, who was also the Special Assistant to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Minority Affairs, was assassinated

Neurologist sents pateint lover a naked selfie, escapes punishment

London: A leading British neurologist escaped disciplinary action for sending a woman patient a naked selfie video from his hospital email account after they started an affair, a media report said. Simon Shields, 47, sent

AIIMS doc who committed suicide was served memo two days before death

New Delhi:The 34-year-old AIIMS doctor, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances a few days ago, was issued a memo two days before he ended his life for not presenting his thesis progress work despite

Did Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif visit the doctor together?

Ex-lovers Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif visited the doctor together, as per media reports.

Doctor contradicts Smriti Irani's claim over Rohith Vemula's death

Hyderabad: The doctor at the University of Hyderabad health centre has rejected the claim of HRD minister Smriti Irani over Rohith Vemula's death.Irani lashed out at opposition by saying, “no doctor was allowed near the

Doctors, engineers lead the list of black money declarants during compliance period

Mumbai: A total of Rs 4,147 crore were declared in the 628 disclosures made during the 90-day black money compliance window that ended on September 30.Surprisingly, against the popular perception, professionals including Doctors, engineers and

How a cobbler's daughter pursued her dream of becoming a doctor!

New Delhi: In a moving tale that will warm your heart, a cobbler's daughter in Bangalore is on course to achieve her childhood dream of becoming a doctor. Her father Saravanan has been patching up the

PIO doctor saves toddler's life on plane

New York : A quick-thinking Indian-origin doctor in the US saved the life of a 2-year-old boy who suffered an asthma attack onboard a transatlantic flight by creating a makeshift inhaler out of a cup