Medical Crisis
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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
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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.
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Trending
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I was on the WHO team that went to Wuhan to study the origins of coronavirus. Here’s what we found
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Bengal is seeing a Sushant Rajput-style moral panic over BJP leader’s arrest with cocaine
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Motera: Time-lapse video shows construction of world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad
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India vs England, 3rd Test, Day 2 Live: Ashwin, Axar star as visitors get bowled out for 81
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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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.
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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.
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Video
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Watch: Bisons return to this Canadian territory for the first time in over a century
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi enjoys a swim with fishermen of Kerala
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Watch: Comedian Munawar Faruqui is back with a joke after spending over a month in prison
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Watch: Milan Fashion Week 2021 goes digital. Here’s how a fashion brand celebrated ‘normal life’
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Watch: Korean band BTS performs ‘Life Goes On’ on television show
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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
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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.
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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
The Reel
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‘The Good Traitor’ trailer: A diplomat turns his back on his country to fight the Nazis
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Watch: Animated film ‘What Is Your Brown Number?’ satirises our obsession with fair skin
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‘Time to Dance’ trailer: Starring Sooraj Pancholi and Isabelle Kaif
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Who was Gangubai Kathiawadi, played by Alia Bhatt in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie?
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‘Pagglait’ teaser: Sanya Malhotra-led drama will be streamed on Netflix on March 26
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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
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Doctors recommend life-saving surgery for the Medical Council of India
Coalition of doctors say the Medical Council Act must be scrapped in order to overhaul medical education and boost public health systems.
Scroll Staff
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Health experts meet in Geneva to consider fast-tracking Ebola drugs
The WHO wants to rush out potential cures like ZMapp. But it could take until the end of the year for new stocks to become available.
AFP
The Field
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India vs England: R Ashwin becomes second quickest bowler of all time to pick up 400 Test wickets
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ISL qualification scenarios: Who needs what in the race for semi-final and AFC Champions League spot
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Who would have imagined this: Reactions to India’s batting collapse on day two of third Test
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Lleyton Hewitt named to Tennis Hall of Fame, Original 9 of WTA first group to be inducted
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Pro Kabaddi: Mashal Sports set to invite bids for media rights of next five editions