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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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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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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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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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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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement