Doctors
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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
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Motive was to kill Sarabjit, say doctors
India | May 03, 2013, 06:42 PM ISTAmritsar, May 3: Refuting the theory put up by Pakistani authorities that Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was fatally injured in a "scuffle" of prisoners, Indian doctors who conducted a second autopsy on him Friday said
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Sheila Dikshit's recovery satisfactory: Doctors
National | Apr 22, 2013, 07:54 AM ISTNew Delhi, April 22 : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who underwent surgery for sinusitis two days ago, has recovered successfully, a doctor said Sunday."Mrs. Sheila Dikshit has had uncomplicated recovery since her sinus surgery
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Candle, bottle poked into rape victim's genitals: Doctors
India | Apr 20, 2013, 07:49 AM ISTNew Delhi, April 20: The five-year-old girl, who is undergoing treatment here after she was brutally raped for two days during which a 200 ml bottle and pieces of candle were inserted into her private
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Delhi gangrape victim showing composure, health is better, says doctors
India | Dec 22, 2012, 09:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 22: Despite the mindless violence she went through, the 23-year-old rape victim is psychologically “composed and optimistic” about her future and has started communicating, with doctors saying that her health condition is
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Mehndi containing chemicals can cause serious skin infections, say doctors
India | Nov 11, 2012, 12:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 11 : During this festive season, applying 'mehndi' (henna) on the hands can cause serious side effects as it contains chemicals that causes skin infections, doctors said, cautioning girls and women against
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Shot Pakistani teenager Malala 'standing with help': Doctors
World | Oct 19, 2012, 08:42 PM ISTLondon, Oct 19: Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by Taliban, has managed to stand with help for the first time and is also able to write, doctors treating her at
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Delhi DDU hospital appoints bouncers to protect doctors
India | Sep 13, 2012, 01:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 13 : At first sight, they pass off as just security guards at a hospital but their strong built and tough looks indicate that they are bouncers kept to ward off agitated
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10 ways how doctors in India loot patients
India | Sep 21, 2015, 09:06 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sept 10 : A renowned physician Dr B M Hegde has shown how a large number of doctors working in five-star hospitals shortchange patients in order to keep their management happy and enrich
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Govt to crack whip on unscrupulous doctors
India | Aug 18, 2012, 11:24 AM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 18: Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said government would crac the whip on doctors found prescribing medicines in return for gifts or favours from pharmaceutical companies.Azad said 702 such
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Doctors baffled as woman grows fingernails instead of hair
World | Aug 18, 2012, 10:40 AM ISTNew York, Aug 16: A 28-year-old woman from Memphis, Shanyna Isom has been labelled a medical mystery after falling victim to an unidentified illness which causes human nails to grow out of her hair follicles.Shanyna
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Another incident of ward boys turning doctors in UP
India | Jul 12, 2012, 05:10 PM ISTMeerut, Jul 12: In yet another incident reflecting the dismal state of healthcare in Uttar Pradesh, under trained staff of a government hospital here were caught on camera carrying out postmortem.According to local media reports,
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Six injured as police lathicharge protesting doctors in Lucknow
India | Jul 02, 2012, 06:14 PM ISTLucknow, Jul 2: At least six persons, including a police sub inspector, were today injured when members of National Integrated Medical Association clashed with police demanding amendment to UP Indian Medicine Act. Members of NIMA,
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Doctors extract stem cells to grow bones
India | Jun 30, 2012, 06:27 PM ISTHyderabad, Jun 30: Three doctors, attached with some of the premier hospitals in the country, claimed to have evolved a teeth implantation procedure which could prove boon mainly for senior citizens.The doctors used stem cells,
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Surgeons from India, abroad separate conjoined sisters Stuti-Aradhana after 12 hour surgery
India | Jun 20, 2012, 10:33 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 20: The team of 34 medical experts from India and abroad today successfully separate conjoined twins - Stuti and Aradhana - after a 12-hour marathon surgery at Mission Hospital, Padhar in Betul
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Doctors perform rare surgery with patient remaining awake
India | Jun 19, 2012, 10:10 PM ISTKolkata, Jun 19: Doctors at a private hospital in Kolkata have performed a rare brain surgery where a patient remains awake during the operation.Dr Amitabha Chanda, neurosurgeon at a city-based private hospital, had the operation