UN mission applauds Indian doctors helping civilians in South Sudan

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 13:04

The UN mission in South Sudan has voiced appreciation for the critical work done at military field hospitals in the troubled nation by Indian doctors who have treated hundreds of patients during the fighting between the government and rebel forces.

Doctors setup `Cause` to help poor patients in Jammu

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:49

In a humanitarian move to aid the poor patients, a team of young doctors from the Government Medical College hospital here have setup a group called "Cause".

Rajasthan govt hospitals short of doctors, para-medical staff: Minister

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 15:24

The government run hospitals in Rajasthan were short of doctors, para-medical staff, and administrative personnel and this shortage was affecting health services, a minister said on Monday.

Dozens of Nepal doctors resign in strike over medical reforms

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 00:34

More than 100 Nepalese doctors resigned as part of an ongoing strike to push for reform of medical education.

Haryana doctors arrested for sex determination tests

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:40

Two doctors, including a woman, were arrested by police Friday after health department officials found them conducting sex determination tests on pregnant women in Haryana`s Yamunanagar district.

116 gunshot wounds: South Sudan`s bloody violence

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 06:07

Doctors Without Borders has treated more than 100 people with gunshot wounds in South Sudan, a sign of how intense the latest fighting has been.

Doctors can aid in dying: US state judge

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 16:23

Competent, terminally ill patients have a fundamental right under the New Mexico Constitution to seek a physician`s help in getting prescription medications if they want to end their lives on their own terms, a state district judge has ruled.

Yawn caused man`s lung to collapse: Chinese doctors

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 16:59

A 26-year-old man in China suffered an unusual injury - he yawned so hard that his lung collapsed.

South Sudan government says poised to retake key town

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 12:42

South Sudan’s government said it was poised to recapture a key town from rebel forces, as peace talks being held in neighbouring Ethiopia appeared to be making slow progress.

Maharashtra resident doctors call off stir

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 12:23

Around 4,000 resident doctors across Maharashtra, who were on an indefinite strike after an assault on their colleague allegedly by three policemen, have called off their stir.

Doctors, nurses gets one year imprisonment for negligence in Kerela

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 19:34

A Fast Track Court on Wednesday sentenced three doctors and equal number of nurses besides a nursing assistant of a private hospital in the district to one year imprisonment in a case connected with the death of a woman following laparoscopic surgery in 2006.

Compulsory 1-yr rural posting for MBBS doctors from 2015-16

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 19:37

MBBS students applying for admission to post-graduate medical courses from academic year 2015-16 will have to undertake a mandatory rural posting at a public health centre (PHC) for one year.