Doctors
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I-T unearths doctor 'referral fee' nexus in Bengaluru, Rs 100 cr black money detected
India | Dec 02, 2017, 09:40 PM ISTWhile the labs searches have declared an undisclosed income of over Rs 100 crore, the amount of referral fee in case of a single lab is more than Rs 200 crore.
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Union Cabinet raises retirement age of central govt doctors to 65 years
National | Sep 27, 2017, 07:29 PM ISTUnion Cabinet today decided to increase the retirement age of all doctors working under different department of the central government to 65 years.
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Farrukhabad hospital deaths: Doctors go on mass leave to protest FIR against colleagues
India | Sep 05, 2017, 01:18 PM ISTOffice bearers of the medical associations in the state informed that they have decided to be on leave till September 7, but added that emergency and post-mortem services would not be disturbed
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Gorakhpur tragedy: Doctors at BRD Hospital busy running private practices, says report
India | Aug 15, 2017, 10:33 AM ISTA shocking revelation has exposed that several doctors at the hospital offer private services to the patients at their residence, despite strict restriction on it by the government
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32-year-old Bengaluru man plays guitar while doctors perform surgery on his brain
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PM Modi ensures laws to push doctors to prescribe cheap, generic drugs
India | Apr 18, 2017, 08:50 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday indicated that his government may bring in a legal framework under which doctors will have to prescribe generic medicines, which are cheaper than equivalent branded drugs, to patients.
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India TV impact: Govt doctors found running private clinics on camera, Health Minister orders suspension
India | Apr 08, 2017, 03:59 PM ISTUttar Pradesh government on Saturday ordered suspension of government doctors who were caught running private practice on camera by India TV.
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All doctors must practice in rural areas for two years, says Yogi Adityanath
National | Apr 06, 2017, 04:59 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday requested MBBS graduates to offer their services in rural areas for at least two years saying it will make the services better in these areas besides cutting off the urban load.
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Maharashtra doctors withdraw mass leave agitation
India | Mar 23, 2017, 11:53 PM ISTHours after the Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to provide security in state-run hospitals and ordered all resident doctors to return to duty immediately, their mass casual leave agitation continued for the fourth
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This is how Google Glass is helping doctors during emergency
Sep 25, 2016, 04:11 PM ISTThe eye wearable device Google Glass is helping Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and paramedics communicate with ease with doctors during emergencies. The augmented-reality headset is being used by paramedics and EMTs assessing patients and them
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With soaring cases, even doctors in Delhi falling prey to dengue and chikungunya
India | Sep 02, 2016, 10:37 AM ISTAs dengue and chikungunya cases continue to soar, affecting hundreds in the national capital, many doctors in the city hospitals are also suffering from the vector-borne diseases. Authorities told media on Thursday that they
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Kidney racket: Hiranandani hospital CEO, 4 other doctors arrested
India | Aug 10, 2016, 10:20 AM ISTThe Chief Executive Officer and four other doctors of the L H Hiranandani Hospital were arrested by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday in connection with the alleged kidney racket, which came to light last month.
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Doctors remove 3.5kg foetus from one-year-old girl's stomach in Tamil Nadu
India | Aug 09, 2016, 04:31 PM ISTIn a rare medical condition, doctors at a private hospital in Mettupalayam removed a 3.5 Kg foetus from the abdomen of an one-year-old girl after a two-hour long operation. This foetus which was removed
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80 pc of head, neck cancers could be prevented by stopping the use of tobacco, say doctors
Lifestyle | Jul 28, 2016, 01:31 PM ISTStopping the use of tobacco and adopting a healthy lifestyle could prevent almost 80 pc of head and neck cancer cases in India, say doctors. According to a consolidated report of Bengaluru's National Centre for
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Remote-controlled mini robots to replace doctors for medical operations
Jul 26, 2016, 05:38 PM ISTNever failing to surprise us with creations beyond our imagination, technology has indeed come a long way. In their continuous quest for innovation, scientists have now created soft, remote-controlled microrobots which can be used for
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Pakistan’s brazen infiltration ploy: ‘Doctors, nurses’ from Hafiz Saeed’s JuD seek Indian visa to ‘help Kashmiris’
India | Jul 25, 2016, 01:47 PM ISTnurses and other paramedical staff belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) have applied for an Indian visa.
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Over half of India’s allopathic doctors have no medical degree: WHO
India | Jul 19, 2016, 12:28 PM ISTA recent WHO report has made a shocking revelation claiming that only 31 per cent of the proclaimed allopathic doctors in India in 2001 were educated only up to the secondary level and 57 per cent did not have any medical qualification degree.
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Hospital fined Rs 8 lakh compensation for doing wrong hip surgery
India | Jul 18, 2016, 08:32 AM ISTChennai: A consumer court has directed a city hospital to pay its former patient a compensation of 8.38 lakh for conducting a hip surgery wrongly by using bad quality plates, delaying treatment and also carrying
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In India, 46 pc female cancer patients are below 50 years: Doctors
Lifestyle | Jul 18, 2016, 07:44 AM ISTVadodara: Nearly forty-six pc of women who are suffering from cancer are under 50 years of age, said doctors deending on the current worrying trend that's likely to continue in the coming years due to
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This is how doctors can now predict whether coma patients will wake up in a year
Lifestyle | Jul 17, 2016, 06:26 PM ISTScientists have found a new measure which will not only help in measuring the level of awareness in a brain-injured person who is in coma, but also predict whether they will recover consciousness within a year.