Patna: Critically injured patients at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) could soon receive coordinated trauma care within 15 minutes of arrival, with the hospital preparing a proposal to establish a Level-1 trauma centre. The proposal is being developed by the PMCH Department of Orthopaedics and aims to bring multiple specialist services under a single integrated trauma-care system. The proposed facility would coordinate neurosurgery, orthopaedics, general surgery, anaesthesia, radiology and plastic surgery to speed up the assessment and treatment of seriously injured patients. Integrated Trauma Care System Proposed at PMCH The planned Level-1 trauma centre would provide coordinated access to operation…
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Agartala: A young woman died while undergoing treatment at GB Pant Hospital in Agartala, with her family alleging that a delay in shifting her to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) contributed to the deterioration of her condition. According to news reports, the deceased was a resident of Gandhigram, while her in-laws’ home is located in the Tepania area of Udaipur. Her family said she was initially admitted to a hospital in Udaipur after developing fever. Her condition subsequently deteriorated after she developed respiratory complications. Patient Shifted to GB Pant Hospital for Further Treatment Seeking better medical care, the family subsequently shifted…
Jammu & Kashmir: Newly appointed Medical Officers under the Jammu and Kashmir Department of Health and Medical Education received their appointment orders from Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at a ceremony held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) on Tuesday. Personally handing over the appointment orders to doctors posted across Jammu and Kashmir, Abdullah congratulated them on entering government service and urged them to view their appointments as the beginning of a new chapter focused on serving the people. Omar Abdullah Urges Doctors to Serve Remote Areas Addressing the gathering, the Chief Minister said the appointments marked the culmination of years…
Guwahati: Police are investigating the death of a 41-year-old physician who was found unresponsive inside a private super-speciality hospital in Guwahati, with his family alleging that repeated harassment and threats by a woman with whom he had been in a relationship and her husband had affected his mental well-being. The doctor’s father has filed a complaint against the woman and her husband, alleging repeated phone calls, WhatsApp messages and threats. Police have registered an FIR and are investigating the allegations as well as the circumstances surrounding the physician’s death. Doctor Found Unresponsive Inside ICU Chamber The physician had been working at…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Thursday inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Bladder Diagnostics in the Department of Urology and new PET-CT and SPECT-CT facilities in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. During his visit, Nadda also inspected the Heart Command Centre and Sports Injury Centre at Safdarjung Hospital and reviewed the services and activities being carried out at the facilities. Nadda Reviews Safdarjung Hospital Projects and Services During a detailed review of the hospital’s functioning and ongoing projects, Nadda emphasised the need for regular reviews and periodic…
The Delhi High Court has held that Indian students who obtain medical education across multiple foreign medical institutions cannot be treated as eligible to appear in the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE). The Court observed that such fragmented medical education could compromise the quality of medical professionals and denied relief to foreign medical graduates whose studies were disrupted by circumstances including COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine war and personal reasons. The bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia also upheld the requirement for authentication of foreign medical degrees and agreed with the National Board of Examinations (NBE) that…
Kerala’s public healthcare system is facing a significant shortage of doctors, with 783 medical officer posts lying vacant across the state even as the government has launched an initiative to provide round-the-clock specialist services at selected hospitals. Doctors’ associations have warned that redeploying existing staff to these centres without fresh appointments could further strain peripheral health facilities. The shortage is particularly severe at the assistant surgeon level, while hundreds of specialist positions also remain vacant across multiple cadres and departments. 431 Assistant Surgeon Posts Vacant Across Kerala Of the 783 vacant medical officer posts, 431 are at the assistant surgeon…
A 34-year-old private doctor from Kothapet allegedly lost Rs 1.49 crore after investing through a fake stock market trading platform. The Malkajgiri cybercrime police have registered a case based on his complaint and launched an investigation into the alleged fraud. Doctor Joined Telegram Trading Group According to the complaint, the doctor joined a Telegram group related to stock trading and investment opportunities on May 4. He was subsequently contacted on WhatsApp by several individuals who claimed to be investment and trading professionals associated with a stock trading group. The accused allegedly persuaded him to invest through a trading platform that…
The canteen at the BMC-run Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa has been temporarily shut following a complaint that a cockroach was allegedly found in food served to a patient. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has inspected the canteen kitchen and collected food samples for examination. Hospital authorities said the canteen will remain closed for the next two to three days. Temporary arrangements have been made to ensure that patients continue to receive meals without interruption while the FDA inspection and further action are underway. Food Samples Collected for Examination The action follows an incident reported on August 28,…
The Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) has designated Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru as the nodal centre for verifying relatives and collecting DNA samples from first-degree relatives of Karnataka residents reported missing in the Nepal-Tibet flash floods. The initiative is intended to assist in identifying unidentified mortal remains recovered in Nepal and facilitate their repatriation to the families. The Government of Nepal and the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu have initiated the process of identifying bodies and handing them over to the respective families. Relatives Can Approach Designated Hospital for DNA Sampling Under the arrangement, fathers, mothers, sons,…