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UP cardiologist jailed for putting substandard pacemakers while billing expensive devices

The assistant professor at the UP University of Medical Sciences in Saifai was under the scanner for his expensive lifestyle and foreign trips.

Dehradun doctor who was ‘yelled at’ by health secy’s wife quits after transfer; Dhami orders probe

Dr Nidhi Uniyal of Government Doon Medical College and Hospital resigned, alleging the health secretary’s wife resorted to 'unpleasant language'. Health secretary says transfer routine. 

Anandi Gopal Joshi — the first Indian woman to study western medicine, sponsored by Tilak

Anandi Joshi wanted to work for women 'who would rather die than accept at the hands of a male physician.' She got letters from Queen Victoria & Tilak.

The Indian doctor who saved Indians in Burma during cholera epidemic with just three nurses

In ‘The 24th Mile’, Tehmton Mistry writes about Dr Jehangir Anklesaria, who took part in the war effort in Rangoon and set about to vaccinate a camp of suffering Indians.

Traumatised, burnt out & depressed — the silent crisis of Indian doctors in the second wave

Constant high-risk exposure to the virus, surrounded by death & long hours in sweat-drenched PPE kits that make even washroom breaks tricky, the struggle is nightmarish for doctors.

Bengaluru’s ‘doctor on wheels’ works 20 hours a day, has treated 250 patients since Covid

Dr Sunil Kumar Hebbi has been running a mobile clinic for 11 years. Since pandemic struck, he works nights at a BBMP Covid clinic, and then drives across Bengaluru to help patients.

A look at Covid Ground Zero through a millennial doctor’s eyes

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Dr Mahinder Watsa — the man who brought sex education to the discussion table in India

Popular for his daily column on Mumbai Mirror, Dr Mahinder Watsa was the first to propose a sexual counselling and education programme in India.

PPE-clad Assam doctor dances to cheer up Covid patients, ‘terrific spirit’ says Hrithik Roshan

Dr Arup Senapati, an ENT surgeon at the Silchar Medical College in Assam, says he is a fan of Hrithik Roshan, Prabhu Deva and Michael Jackson.

Indian-origin doctor is Johns Hopkins’ new director of heart failure & cardiac transplantation

Dr Kavita Sharma is also an assistant professor of medicine at the advanced heart failure/transplant cardiology in Johns Hopkins' cardiology division. 

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.