At least 13 villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada have suffered severe eye infections, with many at risk of being blinded, after botched cataract surgeries at a govt hospital on October 18 and October 22. Preliminary probe indicates the surgeries were carried out in unhygienic conditions, the operation theatre was not sanitised, and there was fungus on…
NEW DELHI: Union health minister J P Nadda on Tuesday urged more hospitals to adopt digital technology to manage healthcare data. He said this will help to ensure that patient’s information remains secure and easily accessible.“Today, when patient data is transferred from one hospital to another, several challenges occur which include data security, interoperability, and…
NEW DELHI: Union health minister JP Nadda on Saturday chaired a meeting with senior officials of the ministry to evaluate the monkeypox situation and country’s preparedness.“In the meeting chaired by the Union health minister, it was decided that as a matter of abundant caution, certain measures such as sensitizing the health units at all the…
KOZHIKODE: State govt on Saturday confirmed Nipah virus infection in a 14-year-old boy hailing from Pandikkad in Malappuram. The parents or relatives of the boy didn’t have any symptoms as on Saturday evening. The area within the 3km radius of the epicentre of the infection has been declared as containment zone.As many as 60 contacts…
CHENNAI/PUDUCHERRY: A 26-year-old man, weighing 150 kg, died from complications during a weight-loss surgery at a private hospital in Chennai, prompting Tamil Nadu govt to order an enquiry, health minister Ma Subramanian informed his parents on Thursday. Hemachandran, from Puducherry, was carted into Pammal’s BP Jain Hospital operation theatre for metabolic and bariatric surgery at…
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing row, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday presented a letter in which the Director General of Tihar jail requested AIIMS hospital for a diabetologist the previous day, contradicting Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) claims of adequate medical provisions being available inside the jail for Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.Party spokesperson and…
