VISAKHAPATNAM: A medical student from Andhra Pradesh died in an accident at a waterfall in Kyrgyzstan.

NEW DELHI: BharatPe co-founder and former MD Ashneer Grover is set to launch a new app called 'ZeroPe' that will provide loans for healthcare.

NEW DELHI: The last 10 years have transformed India’s medical education and have added more to the country, said Amitabh Kant, the G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The last 10 years have transformed India’s medical education and have added more to the country, said Amitabh Kant, the G20 Sherpa and former NITI Aayog CEO on Wednesday.

SEOUL: South Korean Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Monday said that the government is ready to discuss the increased quota in medical school admissions with doctors in an open manner if they come up with a unified and more reasonable measure.

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday said that 2,000 is the minimum necessary increase in medical school admissions, ruling out any adjustment despite a prolonged walkout by junior doctors.

SEOUL: An association of medical professors on Saturday urged the government to exclude Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo from making media responses to facilitate talks in the upcoming negotiations for medical reform.

SEOUL: The South Korean government will complete follow-up measures for increased enrollment quotas at medical schools by May, a senior official said on Tuesday, in a fresh sign that it will not back down from the reform push despite a fierce protest by the medical community.

NEW DELHI: Three doctors, including the CMO, of Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital in northwest Delhi were attacked by a 25-year-old man who was caught for creating nuisance in public and then brought to the hospital in an inebriated state by the police for medical examination.

SEOUL: Lamenting the ongoing walkout by junior doctors in South Korea, President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday asked them not to use their medical licences as a tool against the people.

SEOUL: Medical professors are blackmailing people with mass resignations, said South Korea’s Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo on Sunday.

PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Friday that his government has decided to establish a private medical college, under a trust, in the South district.

KANPUR: A jilted lover has been arrested on the charges of killing a paramedical student, whose body was found with serious injury marks near the Sonai Canal bridge on Saifai-Etawah road, here, police said on Friday.

KANPUR: The body of a woman paramedical student of Saifai Medical University was found with serious injury marks near the Sonai Canal bridge on Saifai-Etawah road in Uttar Pradesh.

SEOUL: South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday said the government's decision to increase the medical school enrollment quota by 2,000 to address the shortage of doctors was based on scientific analysis.

SEOUL: South Korean Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said on Sunday that the government would hasten its policy of increasing the number of medical students while issuing warnings against defiant trainee doctors who attacked their colleagues returning to the medical field.

NEW DELHI: Star Indian wicketkeeper-batter K.L. Rahul has returned from London after a medical check-up as he was experiencing some discomfort in his right quadriceps. He suffered an injury during the first Test against England in Hyderabad and was ruled out of the remaining games.

CHANDIGARH: As part of the ongoing Sehatmand Punjab Mission launched by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Dr BR Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) Mohali is all set to get a 6-bedded medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to ensure the best treatment for critical patients at nominal charges, said Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister here on Friday.

SEOUL: Some offices of the Korean Medical Association (KMA), the country's largest doctors' group, were on Friday raided by police as part of an investigation into five current and former Association leaders accused of instigating a walkout by trainee doctors.

GURUGRAM: In a groundbreaking medical achievement, doctors here on Thursday said they have successfully treated an extremely rare case of half uterus, known as adenomyosis in a non-communicating rudimentary horn -- the first-ever in India.

GANDHINAGAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for increasing the number of medical colleges across the country to 706 as well as for his efforts to dissolve the linguistic inferiority complex among India's youth, heralding a new era of linguistic pride.

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh February 26 - The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, has apprehended Dr Narinder Pal Singh, Medical Officer and Ram Singh alias Tenu, a Sweeper, both posted at Civil Hospital Bathinda while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.

CHANDIGARH:Punjab Medical Education & Research Minister Dr. Vijay Singla today admitted that integrating innovation as core objective in medical education and reasonable medical education for Economic Weaker Section (EWS) category is our main motto.

PRAYAGRAJ: A 35-year-old ward boy was found brutally murdered in his room in the premises of the Motilal Nehru (MLN) Medical College in Prayagraj.

HAVERI : The family of Karnataka student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, who died in war-torn Ukraine, has decided to donate his body to a medical college in the state.

PATNA: Some 12 people were injured after students from the Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in Bihar set fire to four shops, two cars and a bike following a clash with employees of a store.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police under the banner of SAANJH on Tuesday organised several activities including awareness talks on cancer, general health and menstrual hygiene and medical and health check-up camps for women including women Police Personnel in all the districts to culminate the week-long celebrations to mark the International Women's Day.

GENEVA: Ukraine is suffering from dangerously low medical oxygen supplies due to the ongoing invasion by Russian forces, and may run out of it within 24 hours, warns the World Health Organization (WHO).

DHARAMSALA: India wicketkeeper batter Ishan Kishan was admitted to a hospital on Saturday night after getting hit on the helmet during 2nd T20I between India and Sri Lanka at HPCA, Dharamsala on Saturday night.

SAN FRANACISCO: Tech giants Twitter and Google blocked advertisements of a special issue of medical journal Health Affairs that focused on racism and health, the companies have claimed.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the National Medical Council's (NMC) response on a plea filed by a group of Indian medical students studying in a Chinese university seeking judicial intervention to help them to pursue their practice in India as they are stuck due to non-availability of visas from Chinese authorities.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju has offered all kinds of possible help to the ETT Teacher-cum-Booth Level Officer (BLO) Gurwinder Singh, who met with an accident in Gurdaspur on Monday.

GENEVA: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste, putting tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, as well as threatening human and environmental health, according to a new WHO report.

NAGPUR: In a shocking accident, at least seven medical students were killed when their SUV lost control and plunged off a bridge into a river.

MOHALI: While addressing an election meeting here on Friday, Congress party Mohali candidate, Balbir Singh Sidhu said that Bhim Rao Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences in Mohali will meet doctors’ shortage problem in Punjab. The admission in this newly built Medical College has already been started with around 100 students are expected to get enrolled for MBBS. Every year 100 doctors will be graduated from this Medical College that would help in a great way to meet the shortage of doctors in Punjab, he said.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday, delving into the binary created between merit and reservation, where the usual perception is that latter becomes antithetical to establishing meritocracy, held that reservation is not at odds with merit but furthers its distributive consequences.

DHARAMSHALA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while addressing the delegation of the employees and pensioners of Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education today announced that all the retired employees of the Board would be provided medical reimbursement facilities as was being given to the other retired employees of the State. This decision of the State Government would benefit over 750 retired employees of the Board.

TRIPOLI: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it provided medical supplies to a hospital and a medical centre in Libya's Tripoli.

CHANDIGARH: Nearly 100 students and resident doctors of the Government Medical College in Patiala in Punjab have tested positive for Covid-19, officials said on Tuesday.

PATNA:Cases of coronavirus are emerging at all levels across Bihar, including the administration and medical facilities, as well as the public programmes of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

NEW DELHI: Protesting resident doctors have called for total shutdown of medical services in Delhi hospitals after the police action against them on Monday afternoon.

NEW DELHI: More than 60 medical doctors have written a letter to National Medical Commission seeking an amendment to the proposed regulations to remove the mandate to use animals and to ensure that animals are replaced by more effective, human-relevant techniques in PG courses

CHANDIGARH:Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab, Dr. Raj Kumar Verka has directed to expedite the remaining work of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) so that the classes in this institute could be started at the specific time.

SRNAGAR: In order to meet the situation of COVID-19, Lal Pathlabs Foundation has sanctioned a project “ COVID-19 Emergency Response” to the Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (RCED), Chadigarh. After covering Haryana and Himachal Pradesh , the RCED in association with Dr LalPath Labs Foundation has distributed medical items in J and K on Monday.

Chandigarh:Distinguished cardiologist of northern India, Dr. Charnjit Singh Pruthi, took over as the President of the Punjab Medical Council in a simple but impressive ceremony. 

CHANDIGARH: With a view to celebrating the 75 years of Indian Independence, Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a series of lectures is being organized on Institution Building and Nurturing Initiatives in Independent India”.

NEW DELHI:The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the non-availability of an emergency operation theatre and the doctor, who is attending the patient, being on foreign visit, cannot be termed medical negligence.

DHARWAD(Karnataka): At a time when life is almost bouncing back to normalcy in Karnataka, as many as 50 students studying at a medical college in Dharwad district of Karnataka have tested positive for coronavirus, health department officials said on Thursday.

PATIALA: The 19th annual conference of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (PAFMAT), a state body of forensic medicine and medico legal experts, was organized by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology in the Government Medical College here on the theme `New Challenges in Medico-Legal Practice’.

CHENNAI:Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday launched 200 special medical camps in association with the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), which will examine and treat people in the Chennai limits.

CHENNAI:  With the Union health ministry granting approval for 150 seats each to the four new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu, the total number of new MBBS seats in the colleges has risen to 1,450.

CHANDIGARH: Reiterating the commitment of the state government to raise the standard of medical education and research, Dr. Raj Kumar Verka said that projects worth Rs. 219 crore are being implemented for the rejuvenation of Patiala government medical college and hospital. With the full implementation of these projects the people of Malwa region would start getting better facilities for treatment.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Dr. Raj kumar Verka, on Monday, directed the department authorities to expedite the work of ongoing development projects in Government Medical College, Amritsar. The minister said that the state government is incurring Rs.341.50 crore for these projects to transform medical facilities in the institution.

AMRITSAR:Bibi Jagir Kaur President Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has inaugurated the medical camp at Bhullath today it was dedicated to birth anniversary of Sri Guru Ram Dass,which was organized by SGPC with the association of team of Sri Guru Ram Das Hospital .

HAMIRPUR (HP): Former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal graced the event of distribution of medical equipments here on Thursday. The items distributed contained Oximeter, hand sanitizer dispenser, steam inhaler, sanitizers, masks and infrared thermometers. The equipments were handed over to Dr R.K. Agnihotri, chief medical officer, Hamirpur.

HAMIRPUR (HP):Former chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal graced the
event of distribution of medical equipments here on Thursday. The items distributed contained
Oximeter, hand sanitizer dispenser, steam inhaler, sanitizers, masks and infrared thermometers. The
equipments were handed over to Dr R.K. Agnihotri, chief medical officer, Hamirpur.

CHANDIGARH: Distribution of medical equipments under COVID-19 emergency on behalf of Dr. LalPath Labs Foundation by Regional Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (RCED) to the CMO’s of six districts of Himachal Pradesh namely Hamirpur, Kangra, Solan, Mandi, Shimla and Kullu.

CHANDIGARH: Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab, Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu today distributed appointment letters to 128 Medical specialists.

MOHALI: Mohali is being developed as the Medical Hub in the state with government medical infrastructure being scaled up multi-fold, said Balbir Singh Sidhu, Health and Family Welfare Minister Punjab while informing that Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has allotted 8.72 acres of land for the construction of New Civil Hospital in Mohali.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday appreciated and thanked all the doctors and other medical professionals for the excellent job they are doing in helping the state fight the deadly Covid pandemic.

BENGALURU:Walmart has announced the expansion of its Covid-19 support efforts for MSMEs with the launch of Vriddhi Cares. The new program helps MSMEs support their family members and employees with telecare services and health advice and provides ongoing access to pandemic-related business advice and resources

CHANDIGARH: Infosys Foundation here today handed over Medical Equipment of approximately Rs. 1.50 crore as a aid from their side in the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Punjab’s fight against COVID-19. They met Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Mr. Hussan Lal and Ms. Tanu Kashyap MD- Punjab Health Systems Corporation in this regard.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister O.P. Soni today approved the drawings of new government medical colleges being set up in the state.

MOHALI: Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot has granted approval to Aryans Institute of Nursing, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh to start various Paramedical Certificate Courses for 20 seats each including Home Based Care Helper, Emergency cum Ambulance Attendant, Hospital and Home based Care Attendant & Operation Theatre Attendant.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Health infrastructure got a shot in the arm as Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu today handed over appointment letters to 16 Medical Officers (Specialist).

CHANDIGARH: Taking cognisance of the exceptional commitment and hard work of the medical college faculty fighting against the Covid pandemic for the past more than one year, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced full credit of earned leave in lieu of their cancelled vacations.

CHANDIGARH: After the signing of the lease deed, the Behlolpur and Jujharnagar Panchayats here today handed over the possession of 10.4 acres of land for the construction of the building of Dr.BR Ambedkar Medical College, Mohali, informed OP Soni, Medical Education and Research Minister Punjab.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Monday virtually laid the foundation stones for the construction of 14 medical colleges in the state.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government is working hard for the development of medical education in the State. In line with this admissions in the Dr B.R. Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences will start this year, said Om Prakash Soni, Minister for Medical Education and Research during a status meeting with various officials of the Ambedkar State Institute of Medical Sciences.

CHANDIGARH:Acting swiftly on Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's announcement, a state-level committee approved the proposal to set up a new medical college in Malerkotla at the cost of Rs 368.92 crore, at its meeting, chaired by the Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, here this morning. Member Parliament from Patiala, Ms Preneet Kaur, also participated in the meeting.

NEW DELHI: Continuing its efforts to provide liquid medical oxygen (LMO) the Indian Railways on Friday said that it has delivered 1,118 MT of LMO to different states, which is the highest so far in a single day.The railways has so far delivered 13,319 MT of LMO to different states in 814 tankers and 208 Oxygen Expresses.

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Tuesday that the government has prepared a 20-bed ward in all the medical colleges of the state to control the black fungus infection or mucormycosis, which is surfacing in Covid-19 patients after recovery and is leading to further complications.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has set up the largest network of medical services in remote areas of Uttar Pradesh.
According to a government spokesman, the chief minister's primary thrust is not only to improve the state's health care system but also to provide the latest technology for treating Covid patients.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed that Lok Sabha MP Kanumuri Raghurama Krishnam Raju, belonging to YSR Congress party, arrested by Andhra Pradesh police on sedition charges should be medically examined at Army Hospital, Secunderabad, in the presence of judicial officer.

SHIMLA:Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA)
Oxygen Plants at Dr Radhakrishanan Government Medical College Hamirpur and Pt.
Jawahar Lal Nehru Government Medical College Chamba with capacity of 300 PLM and
400 PLM respectively virtually from Shimla on Sunday.

OTTAWA: With the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic having devastating impacts in India, Canada has announced that it is sending up to 25,000 vials of Remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its National Emergency Strategic Stockpile to help respond to the critical situation across India.

OTTAWA: With the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic having devastating impacts in India, Canada has announced that it is sending up to 25,000 vials of Remdesivir and up to 350 ventilators from its National Emergency Strategic Stockpile to help respond to the critical situation across India.

PATIALA: Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Shri O P Soni said here today that the existing bed capacity of government medical college hospitals in Punjab was being increased by 25 percent to save precious human lives from the second wave of COVID-19. Mr Soni was interacting with media persons here today after taking stock of the care and treatment arrangements for COVID patients at Rajindra Hospital. He said as per Chief Minister Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh's directions, both Medical Education and Research and Health and Family Welfare Departments are exploring additional capacity of 2000 beds besides setting up of temporary hospitals at Mohali and Bathinda.

PATIALA: Mr. Chander Gaind, Commissioner, Patiala Division said that the students of the final year of Nursing and Medical courses could be voluntarily assisted to meet the impending shortage of manpower during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CHENNAI: Three people including a 30-year-old woman and two men aged 40 and 42 years, died in an ambulance while undergoing treatment for Covid at the Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Memorial Medical College Hospital.

CAIRO:Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed announced on Saturday that 30 tonnes of medical supplies will be sent to India to help contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

NEW DELHI: China on Friday assured India that it would do everything to support the latter's fight against the second wave of Covid pandemic which has taken a heavy toll on the country.

PANCHKULA: Dr Lal PathLabs Foundation under its project “COVID-19 Emergency Response” in collaboration with RCED, Directorate of Health Services, Haryana and Shivalik Development Board distributed medical equipments in three districts –Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunagar.

NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday visited the Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) here to take a comprehensive review of the Covid facilities available there and measures to further strengthen these.

NEW DELHI: Expressing gratitude to India for the support provided by the nation to small and vulnerable member countries earlier in the Covid-19 pandemic, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland on Thursday assured medical help the government and its people facing "heavy burden" with the latest wave of infection.

CHANDIGARH: Firing from all cylinders, Punjab Government has decided to suspend OPDs in all three Medical Colleges and Hospitals till further orders and reserve all the beds in these facilities for COVID patients but the emergency services to be continued.

CHANDIGARH: The government of India has increased the supply of medical oxygen of Haryana to overcome it's shortage, an official said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Indian Railways' Oxygen Express trains have delivered 450 metric tonnes (MT) to different states through 26 tankers.In a statement, the Railway Ministry said: "Indian Railways is continuing its journey of delivering liquid medical oxygen to various parts of the country. So far, 450 metric tonnes have been delivered to Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in six 'Oxygen Expresses through 26 tankers covering more than 10,000 km (in empty and loaded conditions)."

CANBERRA: Australians will be able to continue meeting with doctors virtually until the end of 2021 after the government extended support for telehealth services.Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Monday that the telehealth survices will continue until December 31 as the federal government's financial support for it is due to end on June 30, Xinhua reported.

AGRA: The alarming surge in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Agra has pushed the citys medical infrastructure close to a virtual collapse.
The number of fresh cases officially reported on Monday was 437, with six deaths. The total number of active cases now stands at 4,197.

LONDON: The UK will be sending more than 600 pieces of vital medical equipment to India to support it in fight against Covid-19, the UK government announced.The assistance package, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, includes ventilators and oxygen concentrators from surplus stocks. The Department of Health and Social Care have worked closely with the NHS, as well as suppliers and manufacturers in the UK to identify reserve life-saving equipment that can be sent to India.

NEW DELHI: A mobile digital movie theatre chain is pitching in with a top hospital group to set up a makeshift medical facility for the Covid-afflicted in the Capital, at a time when hospital beds are becoming increasingly scarce.