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  Only one allopathic govt doctor for 10,926 people in India: Report

  India | October 31, 2019 23:46 IST

    There is only one allopathic government doctor for every 10,926 people in India against the WHO's recommended doctor-population ratio of 1:1000, stated a government report.  

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  Doctor with account in scam-hit PMC Bank kills self; cops deny link

  India | October 15, 2019 22:14 IST

  An official, however, said police "did not think" the suicide was related to the crisis at PMC Bank and financial woes it had subjected thousands of depositors to.

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  Doctor arrested for raping, threatening patient in Mumbai

  Crime | October 14, 2019 13:23 IST

  The 27-year-old woman, a resident of Jogeshwari area, came in contact with the accused - Vanshraj Dwivedi - in 2015, an official at Meghwadi police station said. 

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  This UP’s 'Munnabhai' did ‘thousands of surgeries’ using fake degree

  Crime | October 01, 2019 12:50 IST

  "But, Om Pal -- who was a well-known figure in Deoband -- was so confident about his infallibility that he refused to budge and informed police," News agency IANS quoted police official as saying.

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  Doctors thrashed at Safdarjung, RDA calls for strike

  India | August 29, 2019 23:45 IST

  A case has been registered with the doctors demanding arrest of the accused persons. The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has also extended its support to the doctors, demanding strict action in the matter.

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  Maharashtra: Court upholds doctor's conviction in molestation case

  India | August 15, 2019 11:41 IST

  A court here has upheld the conviction of a 44-year-old doctor in a case of molesting a woman patient in 2013. A magisterial court had earlier pronounced the accused, Jayant S Jadhav, guilty under Indian Penal Code Section 354 (molestation) and sentenced him to one-year rigorous imprisonment on December 27, 2016.

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  Doctor battles for life after being shot by criminals

  Crime | August 08, 2019 16:17 IST

  Following the incident, local residents blocked National Highway 327 demanding the arrest of the criminals.

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  Doctor faces probe for prescribing condoms for stomach pain in Jharkhand

  India | July 28, 2019 15:43 IST

  A class 4-grade woman employee went to Asraf Badar for stomach pain treatment on July 23 at the Ghatshila government hospital of West Singhbhum district in Ranchi. Asraf who works on contract in the hospital allegedly prescribed condoms to the woman. 

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  Unani doctor held for raping nurse in Hyderabad

  India | July 25, 2019 16:29 IST

  A 30-year-old woman has been sexually assaulted by a unani doctor at a private hospital here, police said on Thursday.

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  US-based Kashmiri doctors to launch critical care ambulance service in Valley

  India | July 18, 2019 9:21 IST

  To save lives, a group of Kashmiri doctors named "Kashmera" based in the US in collaboration with the state government and few NGOs, have launched a programme to provide ambulances to ferry the injured to the two premier hospitals in Srinagar. 

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  Health ministry forms committee to consider central law for doctors' security

  India | July 10, 2019 17:43 IST

  The Union Health Ministry has formed a 10-member committee to examine the "pros and cons" of bringing central legislation against the assault on doctors on duty and violence in clinical establishments.

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  Doctor shot dead; ex-employee among three suspects arrested

  India | July 07, 2019 19:38 IST

  Three people, including a former employee of the victim, were arrested on Sunday in connection with murder of a well-known doctor and social worker in Haryana's Karnal town, police said.

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  56-year-old doctor shot dead in Haryana

  July 07, 2019 16:12 IST

  A 56-year-old doctor was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne persons here, the Haryana Police said on Sunday. Rajiv Gupta, who owned a hospital, was shot when he was going towards a market in his car on Saturday and he succumbed to injures at a hospital, police said. 

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  SC seeks details from doctor alleging hospitals declare patients brain dead in Kerala to harvest organs

  India | July 02, 2019 21:25 IST

  The apex court said it can examine the allegations if some evidence is brought on record by naming certain hospitals which are purportedly declaring patients as brain dead in order to harvest their organs for transplant.

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  Doctor manhandled in Delhi hospital after patient dies

  India | June 30, 2019 21:35 IST

  A group of people including the husband and son of woman patient, Rajbala, 45, smashed glass and broke other equipment after they were informed about her death.

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  Truck driver's son set to join medical college, become doctor

  India | June 27, 2019 19:53 IST

  Abhishek, son of a truck driver from a small village in Rajasthan, is on his way to achieve his dream of becoming a doctor as he cleared the NEET 2019.

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  Shiv Sena's Neelam Gorhe elected Dy. Chairperson of Maharashtra Council

  India | June 24, 2019 21:25 IST

  A medico by profession, she will be the 14th incumbent to the post, which was lying vacant for almost a year after the end of tenure of Congress MLC Manikrao Thakre.

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  Woman doctor assaulted in Himachal, colleagues threaten stir

  India | June 17, 2019 18:24 IST

  The woman doctor was allegedly assaulted by unidentified people at a primary health centre in Seraj, the home assembly constituency of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.

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  College girl dies, parents seek Siddha doctor's arrest

  India | June 17, 2019 16:05 IST

  The 20-year-old Sathyapriya, a student of Government Arts College, had been suffering from menstrual problem for the last one year and approached the Siddha practitioner here for treatment, after failing to get a cure from different doctors.

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  Win for junior doctors as Mamata blinks first and accepts all demands

  India | June 15, 2019 23:37 IST

  The TMC Chief appealed to the doctors to now resume their work as all their demands had been met and thousands of people were awaiting medical treatment.