NEW DELHI: Putting the onus of deciding whether life support should be withdrawn from a terminally ill patient or not would impose undue stress on doctors, Indian Medical Association has said.According to Dr R V Asokan, IMA’s national president, such clinical decisions have always been taken in good faith by doctors. “Our job is to…
NEW DELHI: Life support can be withdrawn from a terminally ill patient if both the primary and secondary medical boards constituted by a hospital, as well as the family or surrogate of the patient, give their consent, the health ministry has suggested.In draft guidelines released for public comment, the ministry states that many patients in…
NEW DELHI: A 38-year-old man undergoing treatment in Kerala‘s Malappuram was confirmed with monkeypox (Mpox) infection on Wednesday after showing symptoms of the disease, following his return from Dubai, the State health department said.Earlier on Tuesday, the State health minister Veena George said that the man had taken precautionary measures by isolating himself from his…
NEW DELHI: The government has directed all Centre-run hospitals to allow only one or two attendants with a patient at any time, including visiting hours.It has also suggested creating a pass system for attendants to prevent overcrowding and monitoring of all visitors. The direction, which has been sent to the heads of all central govt…
NEW DELHI: The union health ministry has instructed all airports and land ports on the borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan to remain vigilant for international passengers showing symptoms of Mpox, according to a PTI report citing official sources.Designated hospitals for MpoxThe ministry has designated three Centre-run hospitals in Delhi- Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital,…
NEW DELHI: Amid widespread protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the health ministry on Friday said the heads of institutions will be responsible for filing an ‘institutional FIR’ within six hours of any incident of violence against any healthcare worker on duty.In an office memorandum issued to directors and…
NEW DELHI: NEET counselling for allocating undergraduate medical seats will be conducted in four rounds, starting August 14.As per the notification issued by the medical counselling committee constituted under health ministry, the first round of allotment of seats will be carried out between August 14 and August 31; second round from September 4 to 22;…
NEW DELHI: At least 41 people were killed on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait.The incident was reported to authorities at 6:00 a.m. local time (0300 GMT), Major General Eid Rashed Hamad said.“The building in which the fire occurred was used to…
NEW DELHI: Assessment of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Yojana has revealed that tuberculosis patients with Ni-kshay Mitra support recorded a 95% successful treatment outcome, compared to 90% for those without one.Health ministry‘s ‘India TB Report, 2024′ shows that at present there are 13.46 lakh TB patients on treatment, of which 9.57 lakh are receiving…
