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Umesh Isalkar & Sumitra Debroy| TNN | Not life-saving and complicated, yet womb transplant in demand The success of the country’s first two uterine transplants in Pune last month has prompted many more women to queue up for it. At… Continue Reading →
PATNA:Patna: The state government, coming down strong on the medical practitioners who were involved in the so called uterus scam of 2012, is all set to recover Rs 3.51 crores from them on account of performing unwanted hysterectomies on 703 BPL women… Continue Reading →
Dr. Bansal is not manipulating a cadaver, which means the patients are not quite dead: ICMR DG Despite ethical and regulatory concerns being raised over a clinical trial to ‘revive’ brain-dead patients, the study’s principal investigator Dr. Himanshu Bansal has… Continue Reading →
Mumbai: Faced with charges of unethical marketing practices which have long tarnished its image and reputation, the pharmaceutical industry is trying to clean up its act. In one of the first such attempts, GlaxoSmithKline has rolled out a new healthcare… Continue Reading →
A simple pizza can dictate a doctor’s prescription. Doctors enjoying free meals from drug-makers are likely to prescribe their medicines and more the number of meals, higher the chances of such prescriptions, says a new international study. However, even low value… Continue Reading →
Prabeerkumar Sikdar,TNN | Sep 3, 2015, 03.30 PM IST Statistics show a spurt in the number of C-section deliveries at the Nampally hospital in June, July and August. (Representational photo) In what can only be termed as unethical medical practice,… Continue Reading →
PLEASE SIGN PETITION TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER HERE The international association DAFOH (Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting) is fighting unethical and illegal organ harvesting. Forced organ harvesting, the removal of organs from a donor without obtaining prior free and… Continue Reading →
ANANT BHAN Illustration: Satwik Gade By revealing the rampant corruption in medical school admissions, the Vyapam scam has further eroded India’s shaky faith in its doctors. The ongoing Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal scam in Madhya Pradesh (commonly known by its Hindi acronym Vyapam)… Continue Reading →
Rema Nagarajan,TNN | Feb 22, 2015, 06.24 AM IST Corporate hospitals only want doctors who can help them earn more money. NEW DELHI: In order to benefit the hospital and meet its commercial needs, one has to do things like keeping… Continue Reading →
TNN | Dec 17, 2013, 05.54 AM IST NEW DELHI: Pharmaceutical companies Quintiles and Sanofi have failed to follow norms while conducting clinical trials of their new drugs on Bhopal gas leak survivors, the health ministry informed the Supreme Court. During hearings… Continue Reading →