Medical Care
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In India, over 56% of multidrug-resistant TB cases remain undetected and over 64% untreated
Less than 5% of eligible drug-resistant TB patients in India receive the appropriate WHO-recommended medication.
Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend.com
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Union Cabinet announces new AIIMS in Manethi, Haryana
The new AIIMS will have 100 undergraduate seats and 60 BSc (nursing) seats, the government said.
Scroll Staff
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Tripura: Six die of malaria in six months, health minister says outbreak has been controlled
State minister Sudip Roy Barman said 7,991 patients were found infected with since January.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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IPL 2022, Qualifier 2, RR v RCB as it happened: RR reach final, fourth ton of the season for Buttler
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Former Uttarakhand minister kills himself after police book him for molesting granddaughter
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Does US have evidence of aliens visiting us on Earth?
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Overcharging by Delhi hospitals: Competition Commission to probe all super-specialty facilities
The panel will investigate healthcare products and services provided by these medical facilities to in-patients.
Scroll Staff
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CAG criticises Centre for five-year delay in setting up six new AIIMS
The authority said deficient project and contract management, administrative laxity and weak monitoring were responsible for the delay.
Scroll Staff
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Not in the medical textbooks: How doctors find a way to tell families that their relative has died
Across hospitals in India, deaths of patients have led to altercations – often violent – between patients’ families and doctors.
Mrigank Warrier
Video
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Watch: Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle visits Uvalde, Texas to honour school shooting victims
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‘She was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong’: Father of student killed in Texas shooting
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Watch: Akila the temple elephant celebrates her twentieth birthday with a feast of fruits
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Watch: Nine-year-old boy discovers a puma in one of the toilet stalls at his school in Brazil
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Watch: Shikhar Dhawan mock-knocked out by father for not qualifying for IPL playoffs
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‘Human beings have the right to die with dignity’: Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia
The bench issued guidelines to govern the execution of living wills.
Scroll Staff
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Locals vs outsiders: Mumbai municipal hospitals to charge higher fees from non-residents
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has decided to raise hospital rates by 20% for residents and 30% for non-residents.
Priyanka Vora
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WHO suggests giving women more time during child birth, reducing interventions to accelerate labour
The department dismissed the previous benchmark set for cervical dilation rate at 1 cm/hour during the active first stage of labour as unrealistic.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Anek’ review: Political thriller muddles its way through the North East
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ review: Flights of nostalgia
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‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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Video: Why are patients asked to arrange for blood donors when it is the duty of the hospital?
Putting the onus of finding donors on the patient causes needless anxiety.
Shone Satheesh & Sanjeev Nair
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Doctors may not show empathy all the time, but it is a goal they must aspire to
Medical professionals have begun focusing too much on the wonders of medical technology and too little on bedside manner.
Fazlur Rahman
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India's just got its first joint replacement registry, but will it really help patients?
Data on joint replacements will help surgeons select better implants for their patients. But it's unclear if patients will be able to use registry data?
Menaka Rao
The Field
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IPL 2022, Qualifier 2, RR v RCB as it happened: RR reach final, fourth ton of the season for Buttler
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Champions League final: The economic tactics that drive Liverpool and Real Madrid off the field
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Athletics: ‘Great feeling,’ says Sreeshankar after 8.31m jump for first international gold of season
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Watch: When grandson took his 84-year-old grandfather with dementia to Man City’s title-winning game
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Football: Gokulam Kerala defend Indian Women’s League title after beating Sethu FC 3-1 on final day