Doctors
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More docs, paramedics to be deployed to tackle dengue
India | Sep 13, 2015, 02:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: With spurt in dengue cases in the national capital, authorities are planning to deploy more doctors and technicians at tertiary care hospitals to deal with the ituation.Doctors and technicians from dispensaries and primaryhospitals
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Delhi government imposes ESMA on striking resident doctors
India | Jun 23, 2015, 05:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi government today imposed Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) on around 15,000 resident doctors who continued their strike on the second day.The doctors belonging to Delhi government, Central government and MCD run hospitals
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Doctors' demands genuine, should have been addressed earlier: Kejriwal
National | Jun 22, 2015, 04:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: With over 2,000 doctors of Delhi hospitals launching an indefinite strike, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said most demands of the striking doctors are “genuine” and that he has directed the Health Department
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Delhi: Resident doctors proceed on indefinite strike
India | Jun 22, 2015, 02:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: Resident doctors doctors of Delhi have decided to call off work until their demands are met.Around 15,000 resident doctors have proceeded on an indefinite strike from Monday over several issues, including adequate life
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Govt mulling exit exam for MBBS doctors
India | Jun 01, 2015, 12:56 PM ISTNew Delhi: As the concern over the quality of doctors in the country grows, the government is planning an exit exam for MBBS students passing out of medical colleges.The health ministry is also planning to
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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