In a victory for patients’ rights, the National Medical Commission has decided that it will take up appeals of patients in cases against doctors. For almost five years, since the NMC was constituted in September 2020, it has been rejecting patients’ appeals stating that only doctors have the right to appeal against decisions of state…
JAMMU: Not taking any chances with the health of eight patients from Badhaal village in J&K’s Rajouri district who recently recovered from the “mystery illness” after being treated with atropine medication, Rajouri Government Medical College and Hospital authorities Tuesday delayed their discharge until the final report on the toxins they had ingested was made available…
Can Paxlovid treat long Covid? A new report suggests it might help some patients, but which patients might benefit remains unclear. The report, published Monday in the journal Communications Medicine, describes the cases of 13 long Covid patients who took extended courses of the antiviral drug. Results were decidedly mixed: Nine patients reported some improvement,…
The Gaza Health Ministry on Friday said that Israeli forces entered Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, forcing patients and staff outside amid winter, news agency Associated Press reported. The hospital, one of the few still functioning in the area, has been hit multiple times during the ongoing conflict. The Health Ministry said that Israeli…
New Delhi: In a move that will benefit tuberculosis patients, Indian Patent Office (IPO) has denied the US giant Johnson & Johnson’s request to extend its patent on the life-saving TB drug Bedaquiline. This ruling potentially facilitates the entry of affordable versions of the long-acting injectable Bedaquiline over the next few years, improving access for…
NEW DELHI: Every year, on a specific day, some hospitals affiliated with medical colleges admit healthy individuals as patients. This trick is employed to deceive inspection teams that come to assess the facilities for granting approval to establish a new medical college or to increase the number of MBBS seats in an existing one. In…