Doctors
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Watch: Verbal spat b/w Nirbhaya's relatives and medical officer in UP's Ballia
News | Feb 12, 2020, 07:21 PM ISTA verbal spat erupted between Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of a primary healthcare center in Ballia and relatives of Nirbbhaya, the 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim.
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Doctors remove chicken bone stuck in 10-year-old's food pipe
India | Jan 12, 2020, 03:45 PM ISTDoctors at a leading hospital in Hyderabad removed a 2 cm-long chicken bone stuck into food pipe of a 10-year-old boy, thus saving his life.
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Doctors from private sector, those living overseas can now teach in medical colleges
India | Dec 30, 2019, 06:10 PM ISTMedical colleges can now appoint private doctors, including overseas citizens, on part-time basis to teach MBBS and post-graduate students, according to a government notification.
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UK confirms new fast-track visa for doctors from countries such as India
World | Dec 19, 2019, 09:05 PM ISTThe UK government on Thursday confirmed plans to introduce a new visa for qualified doctors and nurses from countries around the world, including India, to address workforce shortages in the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
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Unnao rape survivor has 90 per cent burn, is 'very serious': doctors
Crime | Dec 05, 2019, 02:19 PM IST"The condition of the girl who was set on fire and bought here at 10 am is very serious. She has 90 per cent burn injuries and we are taking utmost care. A team of doctors are observing her," Dr Ashutosh Dubey, medical superintendent of the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital, told PTI.
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2 doctors of Sahara Hospital to pay Rs 30 lakh to patient for medical negligence
India | Nov 19, 2019, 05:50 PM ISTThe National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Doctors Sandeep Agarwal and Muffazal Ahmed to pay Rs 20 lakh and Rs 10 lakh, respectively, to Gyan Mishra of Lucknow, who died during pendency of the consumer complaint.
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Will push Bill seeking upto 10 yrs jail for assault on doctors in winter session: Health Ministry
India | Nov 15, 2019, 04:06 PM ISTThe draft legislation has proposed imprisonment between three and ten years and imposition of fines between Rs 2 to Rs 10 lakh for those "grievously hurting" doctors and other healthcare professionals in clinical establishments.
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Tamil Nadu govt doctors continue strike, patient services affected
India | Oct 26, 2019, 11:03 PM ISTThe strike, alongside an indefinite fast by five doctors in the premises of Government Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital here, continued to be on.
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Indian-origin doctors link bladder pill to retinal damage
Science | Oct 13, 2019, 10:54 PM ISTA team of Indian-origin doctors in the US has found that a drug widely prescribed for a bladder condition for decades globally, now appears to be toxic to the retina.
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Dr Kafeel Khan cleared of all charges in 2017 Gorakhpur child deaths
India | Sep 27, 2019, 12:03 PM ISTA departmental inquiry has absolved paediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan of the charges of medical negligence, corruption and dereliction of duty on the day more than 60 children died at Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College due to oxygen shortage in August 2017.
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Doctors, nurses need not take TOEFL, IELTS exam to practice in UK
World | Sep 22, 2019, 04:14 PM ISTThe OET is an international English language test that assesses the language communication skills of healthcare professionals, who seek to register and practise in an English-speaking environment.
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Punjab extends age limit of doctors from 60 to 65 years
India | Sep 20, 2019, 04:41 PM ISTNow, the specialist doctors would serve in the Health and Family Welfare Department of Punjab even after their retirement.
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Delhi court convicts 4 people for assaulting doctors
India | Sep 20, 2019, 04:22 PM ISTAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pawan Singh Rajawat sentenced Bablu, Imran, Nuru and Rashid to six months in jail for the offences under section 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 427 (damage to public property by mischief) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
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SHOCKING: No power, doctor stitches up patient's wounds under cell phone flashlight in UP's Firozabad
India | Sep 01, 2019, 11:23 AM ISTIn a shocking incident, a doctor of District Combined Hospital of Uttar Pradesh was seen treating a patient under mobile phone flashlight in Shikohabad area in Firozabad district. There was no electricity when an elderly road accident survivor was brought to the hospital on Saturday.
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High Court asks Maharashtra government panel to resolve issues of resident doctors
India | Aug 28, 2019, 05:30 PM ISTA division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre said if resident doctors in future have any demands or problems, they shall serve notice to the director, Medical Health and Research, who is the member secretary of the committee.
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5 doctors summoned by Delhi court for negligence
India | Aug 27, 2019, 03:14 PM ISTAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Anuj Agrawal summoned four doctors of two different private hospitals and the medical superintendent of one of the hospitals under Section 304 (culpable homicide) of the Indian Penal Code.
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Posts of over 300 doctors, 1100 nurses vacant in Himachal Pradesh: Government
India | Aug 21, 2019, 07:48 PM ISTReplying to queries raised by Congress MLA Mohan Lal Brakta and BJP's Vinod Kumar during Question Hour, the Health Minister informed the Assembly that the posts of 319 doctors and 1106 staff nurses are lying vacant in the state.
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Gujarat government announces mandatory rural postings for new doctors, hikes penalty for refusing
India | Aug 14, 2019, 08:30 PM ISTThe government curtailed the mandatory three-year service in rural areas for new MBBS doctors to one year but raised the penalty amount to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 5 lakh now for refusing to serve in villages for the period.
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Rape survivors demand cancellation of license of doctors who still conduct two-finger test
India | Aug 09, 2019, 04:34 PM ISTThe letter was submitted by Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan (RGA), a survivor-centric forum with more than 12,000 survivors of sexual violence and their families. The two-finger test, to ascertain rape, was banned by the Supreme Court in 2013.
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Uttarakhand High Court asks docs to serve in remote areas or return fee subsidy with interest
India | Aug 01, 2019, 11:13 PM ISTA bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma gave the direction on a state government's petition seeking doctors to honour their prior agreement with the government to enjoy heavy concession in their fees to pursue MBBS from government medical colleges.