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Odisha doctors join nationwide strike
Healthcare services were affected in Odisha on Monday as doctors resorted to 24-hour cease-work, joining the nationwide protest against the recent assault on their counterparts in West Bengal.
Doctors boycott work for 2 hours in govt hospitals across Kerala, ops at private hospitals also hit
Healthcare services across Kerala were affected as doctors of state-run hospitals boycotted work for two hours on Monday and those of the private hospitals supporting the 24-hour nationwide strike being observed in support of the protests in West Bengal. Long queues near Outpatient Departments (OPDs) were seen in several government hospitals across the state in the early hours of the day. Some patients said they didn't know of the strike and have been waiting for hours. "We left our homes at 3 am and do not know if the doctors will attend on us," a patient at the government hospital here said. A bystander said she had come with her relative who had breathing problems early this morning and no doctors had attended her till 10 am. The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association (KGMCTA) participated in the boycott for an hour from 10 am. Indian Medical Association's Kerala unit Secretary, Dr Sulphi Noohu, said only emergency services and casualty wing will function at private
'Virtual biopsy' device can non-invasively detect skin tumours
Scientists have developed a 'virtual biopsy' device that can quickly and non-invasively determine whether a skin tumour is cancerous and needs to be removed surgically. Using sound vibrations and pulses of near-infrared light, the device can determine a skin lesion's depth and potential malignancy without using a scalpel, according to the researchers from a Rutgers University in the US. The ability to analyse a skin tumour non-invasively could make biopsies much less risky and distressing to patients. Currently, physicians who perform surgical biopsies often do not know the extent of a lesion -- and whether it will be necessary to refer the patient to a specialist for extensive tissue removal or plastic surgery -- until surgery has already begun. The first-of-its-kind experimental procedure, called vibrational optical coherence tomography (VOCT), creates a 3D map of the legion's width and depth under the skin with a tiny laser diode. It also uses soundwaves to test the lesion's ...
Doctors take out silent protest march in Goa
Several doctors in Goa boycotted work on Monday and took out a 'silent protest march' here to condemn the attack on some of their colleagues in West Bengal. In response to the strike call given by their apex body IMA, the non-essential medical services were suspended in various government and private hospitals of the coastal state, an official said. A number of doctors participated in the silent protest march taken out from the Azad Maidan to Panjim market in the state capital. Shekhar Salkar, the former chief of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Goa, who took part in the protest march, said, "Doctors were striking work in the coastal state to express solidarity with their colleagues who were recently attacked in West Bengal." He demanded that armed security personnel be deployed outside all casualty wards in government-run hospitals. The private hospitals should also take care to protect their doctors from unwarranted attacks, he said. In Goa, he said, there were very ...
SC to hear on Tuesday plea for safety, security of doctors at govt hospitals
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on June 18 a plea seeking safety and security of doctors in government hospitals across the country. A vacation bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant agreed to list the matter for Tuesday after the counsel appearing for the petitioner, advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, sought urgent hearing. The plea was filed on Friday in the wake of protests by doctors in West Bengal against assault on their colleagues allegedly by the relatives of a patient, who died on June 10 at a Kolkata hospital. The petition has also sought directions to Union ministries of home affairs and health and West Bengal to depute government-appointed security personnel at all state-run hospitals to ensure safety and security of doctors. Due to the protests, healthcare services in the country have been badly disrupted and many people are dying because of absence of doctors, the plea said. "The Indian Medical Association has supported the agitation of the doctors and .
Medical services in K'taka hit as doctors protest
Hundreds of private hospitals, nursing homes and clinics in Karnataka suspended outpatient services on Monday following a call by the Indian Medical Association to hold a day-long strike in solidarity with the doctors sitting on a protest in West Bengal. The strike had a telling effect as people were seen struggling to get medical aid in private hospitals. However, the government hospitals remained open as usual following a circular by the Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare. Health department sources said there was heavy rush at government hospitals since morning. The IMA did not heed to state Health Minister S S Patil's appeal to keep the strike symbolic and not cause much trouble to people. "Almost all private hospitals and clinics have shut their OPD services. Emergency and pregnancy cases were taken up," Karnataka IMA president N Dhanpal told PTI. Prominent hospitals in Bengaluru which joined the strike were Apollo Hospitals, St John's Hospital, Narayana Hrudayalaya and ...
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AIIMS doctors go on strike today
Doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday announced that they go on a strike in solidarity with doctors across the country who are boycotting work in protest against violence against them in West Bengal.AIIMS doctors who had earlier said they would not be participating in the strike, said they will withdraw elective services from 12 noon today till 6 am on Tuesday, a statement issued by the Resident Doctor's Association (RDA) of AIIMS said today.Emergency services including Casualty, ICU and Labour room services will however not be affected.The decision by AIIMS doctors was taken in an emergency meeting early today and comes amid allegations that a junior resident doctor at the Emergency Department of Jai Prakash Narain Apex Trauma Centre (JPNATC) at AIIMS, Delhi was abused by the relatives of a patient at around 1:30 am on Sunday for "performing his rightful duty of giving preferential care to a critical patient.""We remain dedicated to the primary ...
Trump to roll out new healthcare plan in few months
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will roll out a new healthcare plan in the next few months.
40,000 doctors boycott work in Maharashtra
More than 40,000 doctors in Maharashtra are boycotting work on Monday as part of a strike call given by their apex body IMA in support of their agitating colleagues in West Bengal, an official said. Doctors, from various government and private hospitals in the state, are mainly boycotting the OPD (Out-Patient Department) and other non-essential health services, he said. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) earlier gave the strike call for Monday, with withdrawal of non-essential health services across the country in the wake of the recent assault on doctors in West Bengal. "Over 40,000 doctors and other medical practitioners in Maharashtra have decided to support their colleagues in West Bengal who are protesting against their Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee," an IMA official here said. However, the emergency services will not be affected and those already hospitalised will continue to get all the necessary medication and attention, he said. "The OPD services have been ...
Muzaffarpur: Encephalitis death toll mounts to 100
At least 100 children have lost their lives due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) here, officials said on Monday.Sunil Kumar Shahi, Superintendent at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), said, "Death toll due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur has risen to 100."According to official data, 83 children have died in Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), while 17 have lost their lives in Kejriwal hospital in the city.In the wake of fatalities due to AES, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to families of the deceased.He 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.Last week, Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey had said a team that was formed to ascertain the cause of this disease concluded that sleeping ...
Muzaffarpur: Encephalitis death toll mounts to 96
As many as 96 children have lost their lives due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) here, officials said on Monday.According to official data, 79 children have died in Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), while 17 have lost their lives in Kejriwal hospital in the city.In the wake of fatalities due to AES, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to families of the deceased.He 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.Last week, Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey had said a team that was formed to ascertain the cause of this disease concluded that sleeping empty stomach at night, dehydration due to humidity and eating lychee on empty stomach were some of the causes of encephalitis.
Aster DM Healthcare gains after revision in credit rating
Aster DM Healthcare was up 3.54% to Rs 138.95 at 9:31 IST on the BSE after ICRA revised ratings of the company's total credit facility of Rs 168 crore.
Healthcare services in Delhi to take a hit as doctors go on strike
Healthcare services at several government and private hospitals in the national capital will be hit on Monday as scores of doctors have decided to boycott work for a day in support of their striking colleagues in West Bengal. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had given the strike call with the withdrawal of non-essential health services across the country. IMA members will also stage a dharna at its headquarters here. Doctors at the Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital, RML Hospital, as well as Delhi government facilities such as GTB Hospital, Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital are joining the strike. The apex medical body, IMA, said all outpatient departments (OPDs), routine operation theatre services and ward visits will be withdrawn for 24 hours from 6 am on Monday to 6 am Tuesday. Emergency and casualty services will continue to function, it said. Resident Doctors' Association ..
Lucknow doctors go on 24-hour strike
Health care services in the Uttar Pradesh capital were largely crippled on Monday as over 10,000 doctors proceeded on strike in support of their counterparts in West Bengal.
Doctors on strike in Kerala
Doctors in Kerala from both private and state-run hospitals went on a token strike on Monday in the wake of the recent assault on their counterparts in West Bengal.
AIIMS doctors to hold hour-long protest over attacks on medicos
AIIMS, Resident Doctor's Association will organise a protest on Monday morning in solidarity with the Kolkata doctors who have been agitating following an alleged attack on a junior doctor in West Bengal's capital.The protest will be organised in front of Jawaharlal Auditorium of the All India Institute Medical Sciences here and will commence at 8 am, a press statement by the doctors' body said."It has been decided to resort to a protest wherein patient care services will not be hampered to ensure that the backlog of patients including the patients affected by the strike, is addressed appropriately. A protest march shall be organized from 8 to 9 am on Monday morning in front of Jawaharlal Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi following which, we shall resume duties," it said.Expressing concerns over what they called "situation of doctors" and AIIMS authorities in the statement said that they were in touch with the striking doctors in West Bengal. "We are hereby hopeful that the West Bengal ...
Discovery of new De novo mutation may lead to better treatment: Study
It has been found in a recent study that developmental disorders affect certain skills of humans like attention, memory, language, and social interaction.The study was discussed in a meeting 'European Society of Human Genetics annual conference,' Gothenburg, Sweden.Although many new developmental disorders have been identified in recent years, there are many more which are left undiscovered.In this study, the researchers analyzed genomic data from over 31,000 parent-child trios obtained from the UK's Deciphering Developmental Disorders Project.Analysis of these trios yielded more than 45,000 'de novo' mutation (DNMs). They developed an improved method to test for the enrichment (over-representation) of damaging DNMs in individual genes.Kaplanis, one of the researchers, said: "We found 307 significantly enriched genes, 49 of which are novel. With all of these genes, we were able to explain about 51 per cent of the DNM burden in our dataset. We then modeled different underlying genetic .
Keep protest symbolic: Karna govt to docs
Karnataka Health Minister Shivanand S Patil Sunday appealed to the doctors in the state to keep "symbolic" their protest to express solidarity with their West Bengal counterparts. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has given the call for the nationwide strike Monday with withdrawal of non-essential health services across the country in the wake of the recent assault on doctors in West Bengal. In a letter to Karnataka chapter of IMA, which was released to the media, Patil condemned the attack on doctors in West Bengal recently and made a fervent appeal to those in the private and government hospitals in the state not to put ordinary citizens in trouble. "I fervently appeal to the government and private doctors to keep their agitation symbolic without putting patients in trouble. The people of the state will also support you if you keep your agitation symbolic and I believe that you will not put the poor patients of the state in trouble," he said. Meanwhile, the ...
Pregnant women taking epilepsy drugs more likely to deliver babies with birth defects
Drugs prescribed to control epilepsy in pregnant women with migraine, pain and bipolar disorder are likely to deliver babies with birth defects, according to a new study.The study lays focus on the drugs -- valproic acid and topiramate. The birth defects include spina bifida and cleft lip.For the study, researchers used data to identify pregnancies that resulted in live births between January 2011 and March 2015.From the 1,886,825 pregnancies reported during those years, the researchers looked for the mothers' use of 10 anti-epileptic seizure drugs before and after conception.Researchers further looked for 23 birth defects in the children delivered by these women. The findings indicated that 8,794 women were prescribed a single anti-epileptic drug.Women who were prescribed with valproic acid (10.4 pc of the group of pregnant women prescribed anti-epileptic medication) had 19 times greater risk of having a baby with spina bifida as compared with women who did not take an epilepsy ...
