Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane speaks to a doctor during a visit to Goa Medical College and Hospital. (PTI Photo) A day after Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane directed the suspension of a senior doctor at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday that the doctor would not be…
Goa Health Minister Controversy: गोवा के स्वास्थ्य मंत्री विश्वजीत राणे एक बार फिर सुर्खियों में हैं. उन्होंने गोवा मेडिकल कॉलेज एंड हॉस्पिटल (GMCH) के एक वरिष्ठ डॉक्टर को ड्यूटी के दौरान मरीज से दुर्व्यवहार के आरोप में निलंबित कर दिया. यह कदम मंत्री ने एक वरिष्ठ पत्रकार की शिकायत के बाद उठाया जिन्होंने बताया कि…
Tonmoy Sharma, a 61-year-old doctor originally from Bamunimaidam in Guwahati, Assam, has been arrested in the US for allegedly orchestrating a $149-million healthcare fraud, one of the largest cases of its kind. He was taken into custody at the Los Angeles International Airport while allegedly preparing to move to Dubai. Sharma is the founder and…
File photo: Jammu and Kashmir’s lone AAP MLA, Mehraj Malik (Picture credit: ANI) JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir’s lone AAP MLA, Mehraj Malik, has been booked for alleged defamation, criminal intimidation, and insulting the modesty of a woman doctor in Doda district. An FIR was lodged against him after Madhu Chib, head of the gynaecology and…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra police have launched a probe against a senior doctor in Latur for allegedly directing a colleague to “kill” a Covid patient during the pandemic in 2021.According to officials, the probe follows the release of an audio clip of a conversation between the accused, Dr. Shashikant Deshpande, and Dr. Shashikant Dange on social…
Kolkata-born US-based physician Dr Ananda Bandyopadhyay, known for his significant contributions to India’s polio elimination efforts and measles surveillance initiatives, has been awarded the prestigious IVI–SK Bioscience Park MahnHoon Award. Bandyopadhyay, 45, of Gates Foundation, was jointly honoured with Professor Pierre Van Damme of the University of Antwerp. The duo was recognised for their groundbreaking…
An Indian-origin doctor, Mohanadas Balasingham, was barred in Sydney, Australia, from practising for three years after he allegedly asked a female patient about her sexual history and touched her inappropriately. Balasingham has denied all the allegations and filed an AUD 20-million counter-claim against the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), which debarred him…
A nine-month-old baby boy, who was born with a rare and life-threatening genetic disease, was successfully treated with an customised gene-editing treatment made just for him. Indian-origin cardiologist Kiran Musunuru was in the team of doctors who became the first to treat the baby using the customised gene-editing therapy. The baby was diagnosed with a…
President Donald Trump has named Dr. Casey Means as the United States Surgeon General nominee. In a statement that he posted on Truth Social, Trump characterized Dr. Means as having “impeccable MAHA credentials” and praised her background, saying she had the potential to become “one of the greatest Surgeon Generals in United States history.” He…
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने कहा है कि डॉक्टरों से अपने पर्चे में सिर्फ जेनेरिक दवा लिखने को कहना चाहिए. यह अहम टिप्पणी कोर्ट ने एक ऐसे मामले को सुनते हुए की है जिसमें दवाओं की मार्केटिंग से जुड़े नियमों को कानूनी रूप बाध्यकारी बनाने की मांग की गई है. फेडरेशन ऑफ मेडिकल एंड सेल्स रिप्रेजेंटेटिव्स एसोसिएशन…