Medical Crisis
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How the Centre’s ill-defined reservation criteria led to a massive doctors’ strike
Medical admissions have been paralysed by the government’s inability to offer a rationale for the income criteria used to define economically weaker sections
Umang Poddar
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Massive protest over delay in NEET counselling, doctors call for shutdown after Delhi Police action
Resident doctors alleged that they were brutally thrashed, dragged and detained by the police during their agitation.
Scroll Staff
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Bengaluru: Woman delivers stillborn in auto outside hospital after being turned away by 3 facilities
KC General Hospital Medical Superintendent Venkateshiah said doctors observed that the baby died days ago and not during labour.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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This holiday season, who’s ‘Uninvited’ from Goa?
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A new book examines the ‘jali’ – from 17th-century Mughal architecture to modern designs
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‘No data’ and other tactics: How the government is dodging RTI queries on health pacts with Big Tech
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What does the summary expulsion of an Opposition MP say about Parliamentary democracy in India?
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‘The Muslim Secular’: This book argues that Muslims contribute equally to Indian secularism
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The West’s myopic policies for eradication of typhoid are coming back to haunt it
Drug-resistant variants of the deadly disease are spreading across international borders. Should rich countries be surprised?
Claas Kirchelle and Samantha Vanderslott, The Conversation
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Kerala: 12 donors to be tested after child with cancer contracts HIV
The nine-year-old’s parents had alleged that she contracted the virus during blood transfusions at the Regional Cancer Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.
Scroll Staff
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Kerala: Nine-year-old with cancer contracts HIV after blood transfusion, inquiry ordered
The hospital where she had her transfusions at claimed they had had no blood donors who were carrying the virus.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Eco India, Episode 246: How protecting our oceans could help us in the battle against climate change
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Caught on camera: Mobile tower collapses in Bengaluru, bringing down building on which it stood
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‘At top of the very good boy list’: King Charles gets Santa’s approval ahead of Christmas
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Watch: Actors Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway reminisce about working together in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’
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Caught on CCTV: Close shave for shoppers as speeding SUV crashes through glass doors of UK store
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Initial probe blames lack of oxygen for deaths of 49 children in a month at Farrukhabad hospital
Doctors at district government hospitals have gone on mass leave till September 7, alleging that the UP government was blaming innocent medical practitioners.
Scroll Staff
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Jharkhand: 52 infants die in Jamshedpur hospital over 30 days
The superintendent has said malnutrition caused the deaths.
Scroll Staff
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US nursing homes flush away drugs worth millions because they don’t know how to redistribute them
In a country where healthcare is costly and thousands cannot afford medicines, this is a sad waste. But Iowa’s case shows there is hope.
Marshall Allen, ProPublica
The Reel
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In Ken Loach’s ‘The Old Oak’, a solidarity that transcends differences
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In animated film ‘The Siren’, a reminder that ‘democracy and peace are never eternal’
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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ review: A cheerfully meandering comedy
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‘Kadak Singh’ review: A soft look at deception
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‘Joram’ review: Man-on-the-run thriller stumbles to its destination
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Delhi: AIIMS nurses go on mass leave to demand better pay, ER services shut down
Only essential surgeries have been carried out on Friday at the premier hospital.
Scroll Staff
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After Mumbai arrests, nervous doctors pull back from transplant surgeries
Public health experts ask if the medical community is overreacting to the arrests in the LH Hiranandani organ racket case.
Priyanka Vora
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Already overworked, doctors in state hospitals are often beaten up – but no help is coming
Most attacks take place in emergency rooms and intensive care units, where tensions run high over critically-ill patients.
Nayantara Narayanan
The Field
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FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup: India beat Canada to enter quarter-finals
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Badminton, Guwahati Masters Super 100: Ashwini Ponnappa/Tanisha Crasto reach women’s doubles final
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Football: Mumbai City FC appoint Petr Kratky as head coach
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Football: Bengaluru FC part ways with head coach Simon Grayson after poor start to ISL season
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WPL 2024 auction, as it happened: Kashvee Gautam to GG, Annabel Sutherland to DC finish as top buys