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Doctors remove 80 objects including keys, chains from man's stomach in Rajasthan
In an atypical case, doctors of a government hospital here have removed around 80 objects including 'chillam', keys and coins from a mentally-ill patient's stomach in Udaipur on Monday.A team of four doctors conducted the operation which took 90 minutes."This could be considered a strange case. The man was admitted in the hospital complaining about a severe stomach ache. He was asked to undergo Xray. We were stunned to see small and big metal objects including nails inside his stomach," Dr DK Sharma told ANIWithout any delay, doctors readied the patient for operation and removed the objects weighing in total 800 gm.Doctors discovered that the patient is mentally ill and an addict."He was mentally ill and addict. He would have swallowed everything. When he started complaining about continuous pain in the stomach, his family members brought him to the hospital" he added.Sharma said the patient is out of danger and is undergoing treatment.In a similar case last month, doctors had removed
Bengal's week-long health services logjam over as doctors end strike (Roundup)
The week-long junior doctors' strike across state-run hospitals in West Bengal was withdrawn on Monday shortly after a meeting between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and representatives of the agitating medics from various medical colleges.
Zydus update on clinical trial of Saroglitazar Magnesium in NASH
The trial will evaluate the percentage change from baseline in serum ALT levels in patients treated with Saroglitazar Magnesium as compared to placebo as the primary endpoint. The change in liver fat content as measured by magnetic resonance imaging will also be compared, along with several other secondary endpoints. This study is one of several EVIDENCES trials conducted to assess the effect of Saroglitazar Magnesium in various populations with NAFLD, including patients with NASH.
Cox & Kings gets revision in credit ratings from CARE
Commercial paper - CARE A1+ (Reaffirmed) Commercial paper (carved out) - CARE A1+ (Reaffirmed) Non convertible debenture issue - CARE AA-; Stable (Revised from CARE AA; Stable) Long term bank facilities - CARE AA-; Stable (Revised from CARE AA; Stable) Issuer ratings - CARE AA - (Is); Stable (Revised from CARE AA (Is); Stable)
Encephalitis, heat-wave claim 160 lives in Bihar
As many as 160 lives have been lost in Bihar due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) - 104 and heat-wave - 56 as per the official details available till late Monday night.As many as 32 deaths due to heat-waves have been reported from Aurangabad, seven from Nawada and 17 from Gaya in the state so far. The total toll due to AES has been pegged at 104 including 18 deaths at Kejriwal Hospital in Muzaffarpur.Speaking to media persons in Patna, Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar said: "The ambulance facility will be free of cost. If someone comes to the hospital in a private vehicle, the fare will be reimbursed to them.""Expenses of all treatment will be borne by the state government. Ex-gratia of Rs 4 Lakh each will be given to the families of the deceased," said Kumar.Further, all the government and government-aided schools have been asked to remain closed till June 22 in view of the prevailing heat conditions here on Monday."The state is suffering from severe and detrimental heat-wave ...
WB Guv KN Tripathi welcomes resolution of crisis caused by state-wide strike by doctors
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Monday welcomed the "resolution of crisis caused by the state-wide strike" which had been ongoing since June 10."Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi welcomes the resolution of crisis caused by the state-wide strike of doctors consequent upon recent incidents of violence on the doctors at NRS Medical College and Hospital. The Governor is happy that amicable settlement arrived at the meeting held today between the Chief Minister and doctors," the press release by Tripathi's press secretary read.Earlier, protesting doctors on Monday called off their strike after they had a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna earlier in the day.Tripathi appreciated the steps taken by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to solve the "impasse" and added that both the government and the doctors will continue doing their job."The Governor appreciates the initiative taken by the Chief Minister and also the junior doctors to resolve the impasse. He hopes ...
Healthy blood vessels may delay cognitive decline, study suggests
As part of a recent study, researchers have found that high blood pressure may affect conditions such as Alzheimer's disease by interfering with the brain's waste management system.According to the findings, hypertension causes stiffening and elasticity loss in blood vessels, which hinders the clearance of waste molecules from the brain.Using a rat model of hypertension, a team of researchers, studied how the condition affects the movement of cerebrospinal fluid into and interstitial fluid out of brain cells.The researchers, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, tracked the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and found that the hypertensive rats exhibited larger ventricles, decreased brain volume, and impaired fluid transport.They concluded that hypertension interferes with the clearance of macromolecules from the brain, such as the Alzheimer's pathology protein b-amyloid. Treatments targeting hypertension could, in turn, reduce b-amyloid buildup and delay the onset of Alzheimer's
High-level multi-disciplinary team for Bihar to deal with encephalitis menace
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said one more high-level multi-disciplinary team has been sent to Bihar for immediately undertaking the necessary groundwork to set up a state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary research centre at Muzaffarpur.Dr Vardhan on Monday also reviewed the situation arising from the reported cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) at a high-level meeting, which was also attended by senior officers of the Health Ministry, ICMR, and AIIMS. Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey was also present in the meeting."To establish the cause of the disease, there is an urgent need for an inter-disciplinary, high-quality research team. The research team shall work with the children suffering from AES looking at various aspects including periodicity, the cycle of disease, environmental factors, and metrological data, besides other factors," said Dr Vardhan.The interdisciplinary team consists of experts from ICMR, Delhi, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, ...
AIIMS resident doctor manhandled, 2 detained
A resident doctor of the AIIMS Trauma Centre working at the emergency ward was allegedly manhandled by attendants of a patient, resulting in his colleagues going on a strike till Tuesday.
West Bengal doctors end strike after meeting Mamata Banerjee
Doctors in West Bengal called off their week-long strike on Monday night after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee assured them of steps to scale up security at government hospitals in the state. A spokesperson of the joint forum of doctors told reporters here that the doctors will return to work as they want to give the state government some time to implement the promises. "Our meeting and discussion with the CM met a logical end. We temporarily withdraw from our ceasework. Considering everything we expect the government to solve the issues as discussed in due time," he said after a meeting of the governing body at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and hospital. The announcement came hours after Banerjee held a meeting with representatives of the striking doctors at the state secretariat. The junior doctors of Bengal had gone on strike on Tuesday protesting assault of their two colleagues by relatives and well wishers of a patient who died in NRS hospital on Monday last. During the ...
Waiting on pavement, eating leftovers ends as Bengal doctors call off strike
Chirashri Bhattacharya's ordeal of having to constantly boost the morale of her ailing mother, with whom she spent six days on the pavement outise the NRS hospital waiting for treatment, ended on Monday.
Doctors in Kolkata call off strike
Protesting doctors on Monday called off their strike after they had a meeeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna earlier in the day.One of the junior doctors of NRS Medical College and Hospital here said, "We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Chief Minister. After an enormous movement, the meeting and discussions with our Chief Minister met a logical end. Considering everything we expect the government to solve the issues as discussed in due time. We withdraw our strike.""We also extend our heartfelt gratitude to all seniors, juniors, patients, common people, intelligentsia and medical fraternity of the country who spontaneously extended their support and made this movement possible. We hope to maintain this unity in the future too," he added.The Chief Minister has accepted the proposal of doctors to set up a Grievance Redressal Cell in the government hospitals and also directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma to deploy a nodal police officer in every ...
Bihar: RJD to hold state-wide protests over AES deaths
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Mritunjay Tiwari on Monday said that his party has decided to hold protests across Bihar on June 24 in the wake of deaths of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)."An RJD team went to take stock of the situation at the hospitals. We will hold protests across Bihar on June 24," he said.According to official data, AES has claimed over 100 lives in Bihar. In Muzaffarpur, while 83 children died in Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), 17 lost their lives in Kejriwal hospital.Encephalitis is a viral disease, which causes mild flu-like symptoms such as high fever, convulsions, and headaches.Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to families of the deceased and given directions to the Health Department, district administration and doctors to take necessary measures to fight the disease.Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that the Centre would set up a state-of-the-art research centre here .
ICICI Prudential directed by NCDRC to pay Rs 5L to policy holder for denying claim
Apex consumer forum NCDRC has directed ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd to pay over Rs 5 lakh to a Maharashtra resident for providing deficient services by repudiating his claim for reimbursement of medical expenses on the ground that he had not disclosed a pre-existing disease. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) observed that ICICI Prudential had obtained and used a "suspicious medical certificate" for denying the claim. "It is an unfair and deceptive act and amounts to unfair trade practice", the commission said and directed the company to pay Dattatrey Bhivsan Gujar 75 per cent of his claimed amount, that is Rs 4,15,030, along with Rs 1 lakh for mental, financial and physical hardship. The NCDRC directed that the amount be paid within four weeks from June 14. Gujar had in 2008 taken an insurance policy named ICICI-Pru Hospital Care. He had no illness from 2008 to August 2012. On September 18, 2012, he was admitted in Bombay Hospital due to abdominal .
Tumour of the size of two footballs removed from Tanzanian man in rare surgery in Delhi
In a rare surgery, a malignant 24-kg tumour of the size of two footballs has been removed from the abdomen of a Tanzanian man in the national capital, doctors said Monday. During a press conference here, Aloyce John Jawe, a resident of Dar es Salaam, shared that he had been suffering pain in his abdomen since December 2017 and last year he underwent an "unsuccessful surgery" for removal of the tumour in his own country. "Jawe came to the hospital in a very weak condition with a life-threatening tumour which was huge and malignant and weighed 24 kg. It was a vascular tumour which means it was getting blood supplies and therefore quite dense. We operated on him on May 31 this year and he had to be put on a ventilator for four days post-surgery," said Pradeep Jain, Director, Gastrointestinal Oncology, Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh here. The procedure took six hours during which the patient lost close to four litres of blood. And to overcome the heavy blood loss the team was prepared ...
High-level team deployed to Bihar's Muzaffarpur to set up state-of-the-art research centre
Union minister Harsh Vardhan Monday issued directions for immediately sending another high-level team to Bihar's Muzaffarpur to set up a state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary research centre in the wake of deaths of 103 children due to suspected encephalitis. The health minister reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting which was attended by senior officers of the Health Ministry, Indian Council of Medical Researcg (ICMR) and AIIMS. Vardhan on Sunday visited the families of the children suffering from suspected acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Bihar where doctors' strike has paralysed medical and health services. Vardhan, his deputy Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey visited the SKMCH. "The Union health minister has directed for another high-level multi-disciplinary team to be sent to Bihar immediately. The team will undertake the necessary ground work for setting up state-of-the-art multi-disciplinary research centre at Muzaffarpur," the ministry ...
Bihar's encephalitis toll rises to 104
The toll due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) here rose to 104 on Monday. Fatality at Kejriwal Hospital, a private hospital in the city, has now reached 18.Speaking to media persons, Chief secretary Deepak Kumar said: "The ambulance facility will be free of cost. If someone comes to the hospital in a private vehicle, the fare will be reimbursed to them.""Expenses of all treatment will be borne by the state government. Ex-gratia of Rs 4 Lakh each will be given to families of the deceased," said Kumar.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held an internal meeting with the officials of the Health Department in Patna in the evening.The Chief Minister had also given directions to the Health Department, district administration and doctors to take necessary measures to fight the disease.AES is a viral disease, which causes mild flu-like symptoms such as high fever, convulsions, and headaches.Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said the Centre would set up a state-of-the-art ...
Six more children die in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, toll rises to 103
Six children died on Monday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, taking the toll due to suspected case of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) to 103. According to a release issued by the district administration, 18 deaths were reported from Kejriwal hospital in the district and 85 from Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), where Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan had visited the patients on Sunday and assured their families of all possible help from the Centre. While doctors have maintained that the deaths occurred due to AES, state officials claimed that most of the victims, below the age of 10, have fallen prey to hypoglycemia, a condition caused by low level of blood sugar, electrolyte imbalance due to high temperature and extreme humidity. On Monday, five more children died at SKMCH and one at the Kejriwal hospital, while the condition of 12 patients at the two hospitals was stated to be serious, the release said. Earlier in the day, the National Human Rights Commission ...
Impasse to end as Mamata, doctors term meeting 'positive'
The week-long junior doctors' strike across state-run hospitals in West Bengal seemed headed for a resolution on Monday after a meeting between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and representatives of the agitating medics from various medical colleges, which was broadcast live on television.
Willing to co-operate with ED, CBI in Antigua: Mehul Choksi
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Monday submitted an affidavit in the High Court here, stating that he is residing in Antigua and willing to co-operate in the investigation into Rs 13,000 crore PNB scam."I am willing to join the investigation and subject myself to interrogation in Antigua. I am also willing to appear before the special court and investigating officer through video conferencing," Choksi submitted in the affidavit.Showing his willingness to cooperate with the investigating agencies -- Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) -- he sought a direction to them to conduct the investigation in Antigua.Choksi also said that he will travel to India as soon as he is medically fit to travel."I am ready to undergo any medical examination by an authority to prove the veracity of the claims made by me," he added.He said that the claim made by the ED that he is not joining the probe is wrong.Citing his medical history, Choksi said: "I have not been .
