Medical Malpractice
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Indian medical representatives are giving quacks cash and gifts to sell antibiotics
These quacks, in turn, are unwittingly speeding up the creation of superbugs by offering incomplete or unnecessary antibiotics treatments.
Madlen Davies, Rahul Meesaraganda and Ben Stockton, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
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One year after 7-year-old girl’s death created a furore, Fortis hospital escapes the police net
A Haryana-appointed panel recommended that three doctors be held accountable for medical negligence and found forgery charges against hospital to be credible.
Vidya Krishnan
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Watchdog for patients’ rights: Health activists to launch website to monitor private hospitals
The online forum aims to fight rampant medical malpractices and corruption in the private sector.
Aarefa Johari
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bihar government slashes compensation for 702 women who have lost their wombs
The compensation mandated by the human rights commission for unnecessary hysterectomies has been reduced from Rs 2.5 lakhs to Rs 50,000.
Menaka Rao
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Drug companies are buying doctors – for as little as a $16 meal
A new study in the US has found doctors who receive just one cheap meal from a drug company tend to prescribe a lot more of that company's products.
Ray Moynihan, The Conversation
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In Karnataka, doctors perform unwarranted hysterectomies by telling women 'uterus kharab hua'
Fear and misinformation have allowed private hospitals to perform unwarranted hysterectomies on women in Karnataka’s Kalaburgi district.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist