On 9 September, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition to reconsider its earlier verdict that lawyers fall outside the Consumer Protection Act. The rules are different for doctors.
Nearly 67% of sanctioned doctor posts are vacant in Haryana’s eight government medical colleges, with shortages at every level of the public healthcare system. Doctors are burned out.
In her book 'Daktarin Jamini Sen', Sen's great-niece Deepta Roy Chakraverti takes readers on a journey through the life of one of the first Indian women to enter the medical profession.
The top court will examine whether healthcare services can be excluded from the Consumer Protection Act and if consumer forums should hear complaints against doctors.
Cancer care in India is moving beyond AIIMS or Tata Memorial. Doctors are shifting to their hometowns to open hospitals, and district centres are starting to offer chemo and diagnostics.
Annual Doctors’ Day award ceremony was held in Delhi Sunday. Dr Bhardwaj is associated with Deepanjan Charitable Trust, providing free care to BPL families, with focus on women’s health.
This noble profession has lost its sheen and appeal as a career path of choice for India’s brightest students. We need to analyse and understand the reasons for this decline
According to an IMA report, doctors attacked report facing insomnia, depression, anxiety, and an inability to see their patients without any fear of violence.
A high-level committee, which will have representatives from various ministries and doctors’ associations, will propose law providing legal safeguards in healthcare settings, it is learnt
Latest Monthly Ready Reckoner by Centre’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell shows the sharp increase is largely price-driven, rather than a result of any rise in quantity of crude purchased.
BJP followers are dismissive of Rahul. For them, he’s an object of derision. But Modi has always held the opposite view. He sees Rahul, and the Gandhis, as the only potential threat.
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