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.
Notably, the world's largest health insurance scheme ‘Ayushman Bharat’ also underwent a rebranding exercise. The Indian government's strategic decision led to the rechristening of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres as 'Ayushman Arogya Mandir', adorned with the empowering tagline 'ArogyamParmam Dhanam.'
A 23-year-old international patient travelled to Kolkata recently to get operated for the world’s largest complex pancreatic tumour, approximately 40 cm in size.
The state health department closed down a nursing home in Habra in North 24-Parganas after the death of four newborn babies in November.
Thousands of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers staged a 24-hour nationwide strike in Italy, demanding better working conditions and improvements to the public health system.
OpenAI's AI chatbot ChatGPT might be better than a doctor at following recognised treatment standards for clinical depression, and without any of the gender or social class biases sometimes seen in the primary care doctor-patient relationship, a new study has shown.
