The surgery involves harvesting skin, blood vessels, nerves and sometimes bone from a brain-dead donor and transplanting them to a recipient. Donor matching, lifelong follow-up are key challenges.
50,000-60,000 robot-assisted surgeries are performed yearly in India. Initially adopted by pvt hospitals, such surgeries are now catching on in govt ones too, but costs remain high.
IIT Kharagpur’s director reached out to boy’s father soon after Supreme Court issued notice on student’s petition challenging the denial of his transfer, ThePrint has learnt.
Experts say even manufacturers don’t claim e-cigarettes are cessation devices, and no amount of ‘harm reduction’ rhetoric can obscure evidence that these devices inflict serious damage.
Resident doctors at AIIMS Patna were on strike since 1 Aug following clash with JD(U) MLA Chetan Anand, son of former MP Anand Mohan. Nitish met Mohan in bid to resolve standoff.
None of the country’s 20 AIIMS institutions have filled even 80% of the sanctioned posts, with faculty shortages ranging from 24 to 73%, government data show.
Doctors contend that current system limits growth opportunities & drive fellow colleagues to private sector. They have set 15 August deadline to implement the policy.
NEET 2025, already known as a challenging exam, was widely considered tougher than previous years—especially the Physics section, which many aspirants found particularly difficult.
Sneh Bhargava took over as AIIMS director the day Indira Gandhi was assassinated. At 95, she’s released her memoir, still wears heels, and recounts being asked, “How will a woman run AIIMS?”
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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