Doctors
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2 Kerala doctors died in Nepal earthquake
India | Apr 28, 2015, 11:44 PM ISTKathmandu/Thiruvananthapuram: A pleasure trip to Nepal by three young doctors from Kerala turned tragic with two of them losing their lives in the killer earthquake and another managing to survive with serious injuries."There are
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India can become world leader in healthcare : Devi Shetty
India | Apr 11, 2015, 05:59 PM ISTJamshedpur: India has the potential to become world leader in healthcare by utilising its IT services which are at par with the US and European nations, eminent cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty said today.Use of IT
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MCI for suspension of 15 Madhya Pradesh doctors for sponsored foreign visits
India | Feb 23, 2015, 09:41 AM ISTIndore: 15 doctors of Madhya Pradesh who went for pharma company sponsored foreign visits have come under the scanner of Medical Council of India (MCI).A MCI letter listed the names of 15 doctors and recommended
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India needs 3.5 mn hospital beds, 3 mn doctors by 2034
India | Jan 27, 2015, 07:27 PM ISTMumbai: The Indian healthcare delivery system, which suffers from acute problem of limited resources, will need an investment of around USD 245 billion through traditional means to deliver desired outcome in next two decades, according
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Modi for more accountability for doctors
National | Jan 09, 2015, 07:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday instructed the health ministry to set up mechanisms for ensuring more accountability for doctors and health officials in the public sector.“In order to achieve the desired goal of
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J&K Floods: Centre to send doctors to prevent outbreak of diseases
India | Sep 15, 2014, 09:28 AM ISTSrinagar: The Centre has assured all medical help, including sending doctors and paramedic staff, to Jammu and Kashmir to prevent the outbreak of diseases in the flood-ravaged state.Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who toured the
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FIFA World Cup: Doctors veto Neymar wanting to play in final
Football | Jul 07, 2014, 05:34 PM ISTBelo Horizonte (Brazil): Neymar has reportedly told family and friends that he wants to play in the World Cup final, should Brazil defeat Germany in Tuesday's semifinal.But Selecao medical staff is set to veto the
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Lawyers dominate Modi's cabinet
India | Jun 08, 2014, 10:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: One-third of the Union Council of Ministers are law degree holders while two are doctors and nine graduates in various other streams.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh are among 12
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AIIMS doctors protest against killing of doc in Assam
India | May 13, 2014, 09:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: Resident doctors at AIIMS today observed a ‘black badge day' to protest the gruesome murder of a postgraduate student of Assam Medical College in hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) possibly after a failed
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Indian doctors more likely to be struck off in UK, latest report says
World | May 06, 2014, 09:18 PM ISTLondon: Indian doctors are at least four times more likely to be struck off from practising in UK than medics who are trained locally, according to latest figures. According to statistics from the General Medical
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Only a miracle can save Schumacher, say doctors
Other Sports | Mar 08, 2014, 01:05 PM ISTThe doctors treating F1 legend Michael Schumacher, have told his family that the chances of recovery are now so slim that only 'a miracle' can save him.Today the 45-year-old winner of seven grand prix titles
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Doctors in Dehradun go on strike to express solidarity with medicos in Kanpur
India | Mar 06, 2014, 07:09 PM ISTDehradun: Health services in the city were affected today as doctors went on a day's strike in protest against the brutal assault on medical students in Kanpur.OPDs were closed and only emergency services were kept
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Doctors call off strike in Uttar Pradesh
India | Mar 06, 2014, 02:13 PM ISTLucknow: Doctors in Uttar Pradesh called off their strike Thursday morning, a day after the Allahabad High Court directed them to return to work, an official said.The Lucknow bench of the high court Wednesday also
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Doctors find hundreds of gold needles in South Korean woman's knees
World | Jan 16, 2014, 12:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Doctors have found hundreds of gold needles nested in a 65-year-old South Korean woman's knees. The woman suffers from osteoarthritis, so she visited an acupuncturist to relieve her pain. The acupuncturist thought it
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Doctors must be dealt with strictly for medical negligence: SC
India | Oct 24, 2013, 09:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Doctors and medical establishments must be dealt with strictly for their negligence in giving treatment to patients, the Supreme Court today held and asked the government to enact laws for effective functioning of
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HC put on hold Odisha govt's notification on PG guidelines
India | Jul 25, 2013, 09:52 AM ISTCuttack, July 25: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday put on hold the state government's attempt to reduce the service period of MBBS doctors for consideration as in-service candidates for medical PG admissions.In May, the
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Woman dies during sterilisation operation, probe ordered
India | Jul 25, 2013, 08:02 AM ISTJalandhar, July 25 : A woman died during a tubectomy camp here allegedly due to negligence by the doctors who were operating on her, sources said.The condition of the victim, who hailed from Uttar Pradesh,
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Doctors rejected turning off Mandela life support: Friend
World | Jul 06, 2013, 08:33 PM ISTJohannesburg, Jul 6: Nelson Mandela's doctors have dismissed the idea of switching off the ailing anti-apartheid icon's life support until there was a genuine state of organ failure, a close friend of the South African
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Justice Tatia lauds doctors for their dedicated services
India | Jul 02, 2013, 07:09 AM ISTRanchi, July 2: Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Prakash Chandra Tatia yesterday commended the Indian Medical Association of Ranchi for volunteering its services to the calamity-hit Uttarakhand. "This shows the humanitarian side of the doctors,
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Doctors for low-cost devices to reduce maternal mortality
India | Jun 11, 2013, 01:59 PM ISTBangalore, June 11: Specialist doctors favour low-cost devices to reduce maternal mortality and ensure better healthcare for women in India."By using low-cost devices, quality healthcare can be provided to reduce the maternal mortality ratio in