Poor Healthcare
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Infant deaths in Kota were not sudden. JK Lon Hospital has always been understaffed and ill-equipped
The average occupancy of the hospital is 220%, meaning that at least two patients share each bed.
Sadhika Tiwari, HealthCheck.in
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Jharkhand: Pregnant woman carried on bike to hospital, family claims ambulance was not available
The Latehar district civil surgeon claimed the family had called for an ambulance but did not wait for it to reach them.
Scroll Staff
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Johnson & Johnson hip implants: Panel to review claims of 15 patients from Tuesday, says report
The government has also asked principal and health secretaries to form state-level committees to examine the details of affected patients.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Johnson & Johnson got Justice BN Srikrishna’s clean chit in 2014, submitted it to police: Report
The Mahim police in Mumbai had registered an FIR against the company based on a complaint filed by the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration.
Scroll Staff
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Regulator took two years to ban import of Johnson & Johnson’s faulty hip implants: Indian Express
The company recalled the faulty devices globally in 2010 but its import licence was active till April 2012, documents show.
Scroll Staff
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Johnson & Johnson should compensate those affected by faulty hip implants, says Centre
The health ministry directed the company to comply with all the recommendations of an expert panel that inquired into the matter.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Patients with faulty hip implants underwent revision surgery due to pain: Johnson & Johnson report
In a majority of cases, doctors remained silent on the revision surgery. Only two doctors explicitly said they believe ‘the event is device related’.
Scroll Staff
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Interview: ‘We need a medical regulator that is more like a tribunal and not the consumer court’
Shailaja Chandra, former secretary in the health ministry, says existing laws have failed to regulate India’s healthcare sector.
Nayantara Narayanan
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Loophole in HIV/AIDS Bill passed by Rajya Sabha draws criticism from patients, health experts
A controversial clause remains in the bill that promises access to treatment to the infected only 'as far as possible'.
Menaka Rao & Priyanka Vora
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