Odisha struggling with shortage of doctors
The national average of doctor-population ratio stands at 1: 811 while the World Health Organization's prescribed norm specifies the posting of one doctor for 1,000 people.
The national average of doctor-population ratio stands at 1: 811 while the World Health Organization's prescribed norm specifies the posting of one doctor for 1,000 people.
Five doctors were killed in a tragic road accident here on Lucknow - Agra expressway early Wednesday.
Three doctors of the Bhagwan Das Khetan Government Hospital of Jhunjhunu city of Rajasthan were suspended for wrongly declaring a patient dead, and subsequently performing postmortem the same day.
The largest South Korean doctors' advocacy group voted on Sunday to impeach its chief, holding him responsible for poor responses to a prolonged walkout by junior doctors and various other controversies.
It pertains to six-point suggestions to the government on how to improve state-run healthcare services.
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday said that as medical professionals, doctors often face challenging situations and advised them to learn to control their emotions to face these challenges.
A simple blood test could help doctors identify women in labour who are at the risk for preeclampsia — a leading cause of maternal death.
The outdoor services will remain suspended both in private and government hospitals, cold operations (planned surgeries) will also remain suspended for two days. However, emergency services will be on.
The indefinite hunger strike by two junior doctors at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital entered its eighth day, with no signs of a resolution. The strike was initiated by postgraduate trainees, Souvik and Aloke, to press for the implementation of a 10-point charter of demands.
One more junior doctor on a fast-unto-death demonstration at Esplanade in central Kolkata over the rape and murder of a…
