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.
Under pressure of agitating medical practitioner’ fraternity Kolkata Police on Monday finally withdrew its summons made to two senior doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarna Goswami separately.
The junior doctors distributed and tied black rakhi bands bearing representational images of the slain R G Kar Medical College student today to mark their protest against slow progress in investigation.
The Chowk, which is a popular venue for protests in the city, was today teeming with white coat professionals. Private and government run hospitals and health care professionals today wholeheartedly supported the daylong boycott call given by the Indian Medical Association.
The protest by doctors in Delhi over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata entered its fifth day on Friday, with all elective services remaining suspended.
More than 250 junior doctors of the state run Gandhi Medical College (GMC) in Bhopal announced a strike, leading to disruption of medical services in the affiliated Hamidia Hospital.
