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Current Heart Attack Screening Tools Miss 45% People At Risk, Claims New Study
The cardiac screening tools used currently may be missing out 45 per cent of people at actual risk of heart attacks, according to a new study.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Alleges CBI Chargesheet Delay, Administrative Lapses
The father of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim on Sunday expressed concerns over delays in the investigation and alleged administrative lapses.
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Delhi Man Dies As Private Hospitals Deny Treatment After Accident
A deeply troubling case in Delhi has spotlighted alarming lapses in the enforcement of emergency medical care protocols.
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Major Lapses Emerge During Bengaluru Stampede, Medical Centre Was Shut
Major lapses have emerged in organising the felicitation ceremony in Bengaluru that was marred by a deadly stampede last evening.
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Why Early Cremation In Kolkata Rape-Murder, Questions Supreme Court's Ex-Judge
Justice (Retired) Madan Lokur today outlined some of the lapses in the investigation in the Kolkata rape-murder case that has raised a storm of protest from the medical community across the country.
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Pune Porsche Crash Probe Reveals Teen Wasn't Taken For Medical Test On Time
After the pizza-burger fiasco, in which the Pune teen who rammed his Porsche into two techies was allegedly given preferential treatment by the police, more lapses on the part of the cops have come to the fore, sources have said.
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"Lapses Unacceptable": Kerala Minister On Doctors' Suspension Over Patient's Death
Kerala Health Minister Veena George justified the suspension of two doctors in connection with the death of a transplant patient at the government Medical College here and said no lapse committed in the treatment of common people was acceptable.
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Kerala Health Minister Issues "Strict Warning" After Kidney Transplant Case
The Kerala Health Minister on Tuesday justified the suspension of two doctors in connection with the death of a transplant patient at the government Medical College here and said no lapse committed in the treatment of common people was acceptable.
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Congress MP Writes To Kerala Minister Over Treatment Of Covid Patient, 67
Congress MP TN Prathapan has written to Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja as he sought action into the alleged lapses in the treatment of a 67-year-old woman, a Covid patient. According to the patient's family, she was found lying on the floor - injured and bleeding - at the Thrissur Medical College.
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Kerala Family Files Complaint After Covid Death, Hospital Denies Negligence
A family in Kerala's Ernakulam district has levelled allegations of negligence against a local medical college, saying their COVID-19 positive relative died under treatment in July, as he was not put on ventilator support on time. A police complaint has been filed over the matter, days after a contractual doctor on Covid duty at the facility spoke ...
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In Jharkhand Mob Killing, 11 Arrests, Doctor Under Probe: 10 Points
The Jharkhand police are focusing on the role of their colleagues and a doctor involved in the case of a 24-year-old man, who died after being beaten by a mob last week. A Special Investigation Team has been formed and two police officers have been suspended for lapses in the case. There is also indication of an attempted cover-up, as the dying dec...
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Exit Test For MBBS, No 'Bridge Course': Centre To Bring Medical Bill Back
The National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, which was introduced in December, 2017, lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.
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Pregnant Woman Given HIV-Infected Blood In Tamil Nadu Government Hospital
A 24-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu is HIV positive after infected blood was given to her during a blood transfusion at a government hospital in Virudhunagar district, around 500 km from Chennai.The government has offered financial compensation and jobs for the woman and her husband but they want help for private treatment after the negligen...
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"Error Of Judgement," Say Police, Under Fire Over Alwar Mob Victim Death
After lapses by the police in getting medical care for the mob attack victim in Rajasthan's Alwar sparked political ripples, action has been taken against an officer and four constables involved in the matter.
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Lapse In Permission To Medical Colleges Could Invite Calamity: Supreme Court To Medical Council Of India
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the Medical Council of India to be cautious in granting permission to instutions imparting medical education saying any lapse could invite a "calamity" in the absence of qualified doctors with impeccable qualities.
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Current Heart Attack Screening Tools Miss 45% People At Risk, Claims New Study
The cardiac screening tools used currently may be missing out 45 per cent of people at actual risk of heart attacks, according to a new study.
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RG Kar Victim's Father Alleges CBI Chargesheet Delay, Administrative Lapses
The father of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim on Sunday expressed concerns over delays in the investigation and alleged administrative lapses.
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Delhi Man Dies As Private Hospitals Deny Treatment After Accident
A deeply troubling case in Delhi has spotlighted alarming lapses in the enforcement of emergency medical care protocols.
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Major Lapses Emerge During Bengaluru Stampede, Medical Centre Was Shut
Major lapses have emerged in organising the felicitation ceremony in Bengaluru that was marred by a deadly stampede last evening.
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Why Early Cremation In Kolkata Rape-Murder, Questions Supreme Court's Ex-Judge
Justice (Retired) Madan Lokur today outlined some of the lapses in the investigation in the Kolkata rape-murder case that has raised a storm of protest from the medical community across the country.
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Pune Porsche Crash Probe Reveals Teen Wasn't Taken For Medical Test On Time
After the pizza-burger fiasco, in which the Pune teen who rammed his Porsche into two techies was allegedly given preferential treatment by the police, more lapses on the part of the cops have come to the fore, sources have said.
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"Lapses Unacceptable": Kerala Minister On Doctors' Suspension Over Patient's Death
Kerala Health Minister Veena George justified the suspension of two doctors in connection with the death of a transplant patient at the government Medical College here and said no lapse committed in the treatment of common people was acceptable.
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Kerala Health Minister Issues "Strict Warning" After Kidney Transplant Case
The Kerala Health Minister on Tuesday justified the suspension of two doctors in connection with the death of a transplant patient at the government Medical College here and said no lapse committed in the treatment of common people was acceptable.
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Congress MP Writes To Kerala Minister Over Treatment Of Covid Patient, 67
Congress MP TN Prathapan has written to Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja as he sought action into the alleged lapses in the treatment of a 67-year-old woman, a Covid patient. According to the patient's family, she was found lying on the floor - injured and bleeding - at the Thrissur Medical College.
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Kerala Family Files Complaint After Covid Death, Hospital Denies Negligence
A family in Kerala's Ernakulam district has levelled allegations of negligence against a local medical college, saying their COVID-19 positive relative died under treatment in July, as he was not put on ventilator support on time. A police complaint has been filed over the matter, days after a contractual doctor on Covid duty at the facility spoke ...
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In Jharkhand Mob Killing, 11 Arrests, Doctor Under Probe: 10 Points
The Jharkhand police are focusing on the role of their colleagues and a doctor involved in the case of a 24-year-old man, who died after being beaten by a mob last week. A Special Investigation Team has been formed and two police officers have been suspended for lapses in the case. There is also indication of an attempted cover-up, as the dying dec...
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Exit Test For MBBS, No 'Bridge Course': Centre To Bring Medical Bill Back
The National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, which was introduced in December, 2017, lapsed with the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.
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Pregnant Woman Given HIV-Infected Blood In Tamil Nadu Government Hospital
A 24-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu is HIV positive after infected blood was given to her during a blood transfusion at a government hospital in Virudhunagar district, around 500 km from Chennai.The government has offered financial compensation and jobs for the woman and her husband but they want help for private treatment after the negligen...
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"Error Of Judgement," Say Police, Under Fire Over Alwar Mob Victim Death
After lapses by the police in getting medical care for the mob attack victim in Rajasthan's Alwar sparked political ripples, action has been taken against an officer and four constables involved in the matter.
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Lapse In Permission To Medical Colleges Could Invite Calamity: Supreme Court To Medical Council Of India
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre and the Medical Council of India to be cautious in granting permission to instutions imparting medical education saying any lapse could invite a "calamity" in the absence of qualified doctors with impeccable qualities.
