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Artificial nose can 'sniff out' cancerous tissues during brain surgery
Scientists have developed an artificial nose that may help doctors identify cancerous tissue during surgery, and enable them to remove tumours with more precision. Electrosurgical resection using devices such as an electric knife or diathermy blade is currently a widely used technique in neurosurgery. When tissue is burned, tissue molecules are dispersed in the form of surgical smoke. Researchers at Tampere University in Finland developed a method in where surgical smoke is fed into a new type of measuring system that can identify malignant tissue and distinguish it from healthy tissue. "In current clinical practice, frozen section analysis is the gold standard for intraoperative tumour identification. In that method, a small sample of the tumour is given to a pathologist during surgery," said Ilkka Haapala from Tampere University. The pathologist undertakes a microscopic analysis of the sample and phones the operating theatre to report the results. "Our new method offers both a ...
Rights groups see red as Pak court issues death warrant to mentally ill prisoner
A court in Pakistan has issued a death warrant to a mentally unwell prisoner, paving the way for his execution on June18 amidst growing concern among human rights groups, a media report said on Sunday. Ghulam Abbas, 36, a death row prisoner languishing in a jail for13 years, was sentenced to death in 2006 by a district and sessions court in Rawalpindi for stabbing one of his neighbours. Abbas, who has clear symptoms of mental illness, was issued the death warrant by the session court in Rawalpindi, Dawn news reported. Following the death warrant, there have been calls from human rights organisations to halt the execution considering the mental illness of the prisoner. Justice Projects Pakistan, an human rights law firm, said that Abbas' execution should be stayed and he should be transferred to a mental health facility. Abbas' execution must be stayed and he should be transferred to a mental health facility to be comprehensively assessed, Sarah Belal from JPP was quoted as saying by ..
Bihar: Encephalitis death toll rises to 84 in Muzaffarpur
With four more deaths reported from Muzaffarpur due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), the death toll in the district mounted to 84 on Sunday afternoon, including one death during Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan's visit at the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) here."My 5-year-old daughter, Nisha, died due to Encephalitis fever. She was admitted to the hospital on Saturday," the mother of the deceased told reporters here.Harsh Vardhan accompanied by Mos Health Ashwini Choubey met the patients and their families at the hospital. He reviewed public health measures for containment and management of AES.Earlier, attendants of patients admitted to the government hospital SKMCH alleged that there were no doctors on call during the night."My daughter is in the ICU room of SKMCH. The death toll is increasing day by day. There were no doctors after 12 in the night and only nurses are here. There are four bodies inside ICU," Mohammad Aftab told ANI.Another attendant, ...
Patients suffer as bengal doctors strike enters 6th day
Health services in West Bengal remained partially disrupted and state-run hospitals wore a deserted look on Sunday morning as the doctors strike entered its sixth day.
Asthma patients skipping doses owing to high cost: Study
Out-of-pocket costs are preventing many people from taking vital asthma medication, says a new study, calling for urgent interventions to promote discussions between patients and doctors about the cost of medicines to treat asthma.
Wearable devices to help people with mobility issues walk
Researchers in the UK are working on a project that would develop soft, wearable rehabilitative devices to help the elderly and disabled people walk and move from sitting to a standing position in comfort and safety.
Lupin recalls over 18k bottles of antibiotic drug in US
Drug major Lupin is recalling over 18,000 bottles of Cefdinir for Oral Suspension, used to treat bacterial infections, from the US market. Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc, an American subsidiary of the Mumbai-based company, is recalling the lot due to "complaint received of metal piece identified in the product bottle prior to the reconstitution", as per the latest Enforcement Report of the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The company is recalling 18,408 (60 ml) bottles, it added. The impacted lot has been manufactured by Lupin's Mandideep manufacturing facility for Baltimore (Maryland) based Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. The USFDA has classified it as a Class-II recall, which is initiated in a "situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote". In January this year, the company had announced recall of 2,87,784 bottles of Cefdinir
As doctors demand security, Telangana surgeon narrates ordeal of 'harassment'
Warangal-based orthopaedic surgeon Dr P Sudhir Kumar was left stunned when a woman patient, who had come for a checkup, accused him of misbehaviour and created a scene at a hospital here earlier this week."A female patient came with the complaint of backache and body pains. I heard the patient's complaint, asked her to turn around and was about to examine her back when she pushed my hand away and started shouting. I was surprised by her reaction," said Dr Kumar while narrating his ordeal.Alleging a conspiracy to defame the hospital, he said, "Even before I could react, one male patient who was in the room and two other from outside came and started shouting and abusing me. After some time, her husband along with others came and abused me. I told them I was only about to examine her and did not do anything wrong."It took the doctor to call the police to tackle with the staged incident, as he calls it. He later went to the police station and "lodged a complaint against them for defaming
Bihar: Heatwave claims 25 lives in Aurangabad
Scorching heat claimed lives of at least 25 people in Aurangabad district of Bihar on Saturday.Aurangabad civil surgeon Dr Surendra Prasad Singh confirmed that at least 25 people died due to heatwave in the district. He said that the toll could further rise as number of patients being admitted in the hospital with related cases was increasing.Many people were undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the district. "All of them (dead) were suffering from high-temperature fever," said SinghChief minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief over the deaths due to heat and announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased. He also directed all district magistrates to take precautionary measures in the wake of severe heatwave condition in the state.Meanwhile, Aurangabad Sub-division officer Pradeep Kumar and Sub-Divisional Police Officer Anoop Kumar reached the district hospital with the forces to tackle any with untoward incident.
Doctors' protest swells in Puducherry
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPGMER) has announced that OPD, Laboratory and Elective Surgeries services will remain suspended on Monday.The notice here has been issued in solidarity with protesting doctors in Kolkata, who have refused to blink and go back to their duties, following a gruesome attack on a fellow practitioner.The doctors of JIPGMER have decided to participate in the nationwide 24-hour strike called by the Indian Medical Association from 6 am on Monday."In view Of the strike announced by Junior Residents Doctors Association, all OPD services, laboratory services and elective surgeries will remain suspended on Monday," a press note said.However, all emergency services will function as usual, it said.Doctors across the country have been protesting against growing attack on medicos.The agitation across the nation broke out following clashes between junior doctors and relatives of a 75-year-old patient who died due to alleged medical
Muzzafarpur: Encephalitis toll mounts to 77, CM announces ex gratia
The death toll of children in Muzaffarpur district affected by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) on Saturday mounted to 77.In Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), 66 children have lost their lives while in Kejriwal hospital, the toll touched to 11.In the wake of the fatalities, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to families of the children who died due to AES in Muzaffarpur. He has also given directions to the health department, district administration and doctors to take necessary measures to fight the disease.Earlier in the day, Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey said the state government is doing its best to save children.Speaking to ANI, Pandey said doctors and nurses are being called in from Patna for additional help."We are trying everything and anything that can save children's lives. Everything is being made available from medicines to doctors. We have even called doctors and nurses from AIIMS in Patna," he said. "There is .
MHA issues advisory to Bengal government on doctors' strike
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday issued an advisory to the West Bengal government on the ongoing strike by doctors and sought a report on the matter on priority, said sources familiar with the development.
Instead of resolving situation, TMC creating chaos: Naqvi on WB doctors' stir
Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal of not resolving the issues faced by the agitating doctors, saying the ruling dispensation was creating chaos."This is sad and unpleasant. The doctors have the responsibility of protecting the health of the people. If they themselves are unsafe, then it is a worrying matter. Instead of resolving the situation, the TMC and the Chief Minister are creating chaos. This issue should be resolved soon," Naqvi told reporters here.As defiant striking doctors skipped a meeting with her for the second day, Chief Minister Banerjee on Saturday extended an olive branch to them by promising not to invoke the stringent Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and appealed to them to resume work immediately."For the sake of humanity, I do not want to invoke the ESMA Act in the state. I want the junior doctors to resume work as we have accepted all their demands. ...
WB doctors in no mood to relent despite Mamata offer
Agitating doctors Saturday turned down West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's offer for talks at the state secretariat saying they fear about their security and rejected her appeal to end their stir, which entered the fifth day. As medical services in the state remained paralysed, Banerjee urged the agitators to resume work and said her government has accepted all their demands. The Ministry of Home Affairs issued an advisory seeking a report on the stir. But Banerjee reacted sharply to it and said such advisory should be "sent to states like Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat where several murders are reported since the last couple of years". Bengal Governor K N Tripathi wrote to Banerjee advising her to take immediate steps to provide security to the medicos and find out a solution to the impasse. Banerjee later said that she has spoken to the governor and apprised him about the steps taken by the state government to resolve the impasse. She also said her government has not invoked the
WB Guv asks Mamata to provide security to doctors
West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi has asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take immediate steps to provide security to doctors and speedy investigation of the incidents of assault on doctors.The direction comes in the wake of the ongoing doctors' strike across the country after a junior doctor was seriously injured over an issue of alleged negligence at the NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday.Manab Bandyopadhyay, Press Secretary to Governor, said, "Governor, today, wrote to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee advising her to take immediate steps to provide security to doctors, and quick investigation of the incidents of assault on doctors."Meanwhile, West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) urged the agitating doctors of the state to call off their strike, stating that children are dying due to lack of timely critical medical services.Earlier today, Mamata appealed to doctors to resume work, adding that demands of the doctors will be ...
AIIMS resident docs take out candle march demanding security
The resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) took out a candlelight march here on Saturday in solidarity with the junior doctor who was allegedly attacked in West Bengal, demanding justice for him and also increased security for government doctors.On Friday, Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of AIIMS had met Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan with regard to the violence against doctors in West Bengal and demanded security for their fraternity.Early today, medical practitioners at AIIMS called off their protest and gave a 48-hour ultimatum to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to fulfil the demands. In their ultimatum, the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) at AIIMS stated that if the demands are not met within 48 hours, they would be forced to resort to an indefinite strike."200 people attacked the doctors in West Bengal, 5 days have passed and culprits are not booked. We want that attacking doctors should be made a non-billable offence," ...
Nationwide 'symbolic strike' by doctors demanding adequate security
Amidst chanting the slogan of 'We want justice,' the doctors across the country on Saturday observed a 'symbolic strike' and demanded adequate security in hospitals for themselves and strict action against those who assault doctors.The strike at NRS Hospital in Kolkata on Saturday entered the fifth day where even advocates joined the protesting doctors."We are with these doctors. We request the state government to resolve the problem so that the general people do not get affected. Over 300 doctors have resigned by now," said Shariq Siddiqui, an advocate.Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) in the national capital observed strike in over 14 hospitals including RML, LHMC, DDU, Central Hospital of the Northern Railways and GTB. During the protest OPD, wards, routine operations were non-functional while emergency services were not hampered.Dr Sumedh, president of FORDA, said that the agitation might intensify as there has been no development for the safety of medical ...
Enact strict laws to protect doctors, says Goa minister
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane Saturday demanded stringent laws to protect doctors and other medical staff against violence. The medical fraternity across the country have been protesting after two doctors were seriously injured in an assault by relatives of a patient who died in Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata earlier this week. On Friday, doctors in several parts of the country, including Goa, had held protests marches on a call given by the Indian Medical Association. Condemning any form of violence, especially against medical professionals in the country, the IMA had launched a four-day nationwide protest from Friday and called for a strike on June 17 with withdrawal of non-essential health services. The apex medical body also wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah over their demands regarding safety of doctors in hospitals. "I stand by the decision of the IMA. We will be calling on the Union health ministry seeking laws to protect ...
Have accepted all demands, please come back to work: Mamata appeals to doctors to end strike
As defiant striking doctors skipped a meeting with her for the second day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday extended an olive branch to them by promising not to invoke the stringent Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) and appealed to them to resume work immediately."For the sake of humanity, I do not want to invoke the ESMA Act in the state. I want the junior doctors to resume work as we have accepted all their demands. Thousands of people are awaiting medical treatment," she a press conference as the strike by doctors continued for the fifth day.Banerjee said that the state government will bear all medical expenses for the treatment of the two junior doctors, who were assaulted in a Kolkata hospital that triggered the strike."The state government is fully committed to taking necessary steps. We have taken the decision to bear all the expenses of medical treatment of the junior doctor who is admitted at a private hospital," the TMC supremo said.Banerjee ...
Harsh Vardhan for action against doctors' assaulters
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday called for punitive action against those attacking healthcare professionals, saying "strict action must be taken against any one who assaults them."
