Tag: Doctors

The family and relatives of a 4-year-old boy staging protest in Jammu on Saturday. -Excelsior/Rakesh Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 12: A 4-year-old child died today in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Jammu allegedly due to negligence of doctors leading to protest by the family members and their relatives.According ...

As India’s surging coronavirus caseload becomes an increasing worry for the globe, another health disaster is silently unfolding. The world’s strictest lockdown crippled both routine and critical health services. More than a million children have missed crucial immunizations and hospital births have shown a sharp decline, indicating many women ...

More than 80 per cent of newly qualified doctors in one part of India have quit after their wages were slashed despite the desperate need for medics as the country faces the world's fastest-growing Covid-19 epidemic. Almost 900 of the 1080 graduates in the southern state of Kerala, all ...

Anantnag: While they were still mourning the death of a senior colleague, described as “the backbone of the hospital”, doctors and other staff members at Sub-District Hospital (SDH) in Seer Hamdan area of Anantnag district were forced to suspend work and hold a protest demonstration on Monday against ‘manhandling’ ...

Tens of thousands of patients across England who depend on regular doses of steroids to live will be issued with a new emergency card to warn hospital staff of their condition, after more than 300 incidents and four deaths in two years. A patient safety alert to hospitals has ...

Srinagar, Aug 17: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Monday reviewed the functioning of Health & Medical Education Department here at Raj Bhavan. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lt Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary;  Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education and other senior officers attended the meeting. The Lt Governor directed the concerned ...

Srinagar: For the five months of the administration’s fight against Covid-19, more than four months have been under tight lockdown, yet the number of cases and deaths is only skyrocketing in Srinagar.It essentially means that the lockdown is not working, said a senior pulmonary doctor, wishing not be named ...

The wearing of face masks is causing a cacophony of human argument around the world. Here, a selection of voices from the global debate.“To the best of my knowledge, the face mask has spread faster and wider than any other item in the history of dress.” — Valerie Steele, ...