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International Nurses Day: Long Hours, Stress, Burnout And Major Challenges For Nurses
Many nurses work 12-hour shifts that easily stretch longer because of staff shortages, emergency admissions, delayed handovers, and endless documentation. As a result, breaks disappear, meals get skipped, and rest becomes an afterthought.
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91% Indian Doctors Don't Want Their Children Pursuing Medicine As A Career, Reveals New Survey
The findings, from a study conducted by the Debabrata Mitalee Auro Foundation over six months and covering more than 1,200 physicians across metros and smaller cities, highlight India's healthcare future.
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Thane Psychiatric Hospital Reunites Over 2,200 Patients With Families, Breaking Stigma Around Mental Illness
Thane Psychiatric Hospital reunites over 2,200 patients with families, breaking stigma around mental illness in India
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Rise In Fake Mental Hospitals And Insurance Fraud Highlights Challenges In China's Ageing Population
Rise in fake mental hospitals, and insurance scams in China shines a spotlight on how the country is struggling to deal with its ageing population, according to a media report.
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Over 80% Of Patients In India Lack Timely Care: Indian Psychiatric Society
Indian Psychiatric Society expresses concern over lack of awareness regarding gaps in mental health treatment. As this further compounds the problem.
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Attention! Cancer Diagnosis Can Make You Suicidal, Says Study: Know More
Awareness among providers to screen for suicide risk and refer to mental health services is important for mitigating such risk and saving lives, especially within the first six months after diagnosis: expert.
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In Karnataka's Rural Pocket, Deepika Padukone Spends Time With Mental Health Patients
While treatment for mental health issues is a huge challenge in towns and cities, in rural areas the situation is even worse. But Jagalur taluk in Davanagere district in north Karnataka is doing some pioneering work with state and private participation
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Online Health Start-Ups E-Connect Patients, Doctors Across India
Armed with technology, young start-up firms offering health services online are challenging taboos associated with many bodily and mental ailments and bridging the digital divide by tele-connecting people in small towns to doctors in big cities.
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Gabon's Mentally Challenged 'Treated Like Animals'
The buildings are decrepit, the lawns unkempt, the patients left to shuffle alone and unwatched among weeds -- welcome to Gabon's sole psychiatric hospital.
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Detailed examination of patients ordered
Instructions have been issued to conduct scan on 41 mentally-challenged patients after allegations that kidneys of some of them had been removed at a private institution where they had been lodged, an official said today.
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Patient under 24X7 watch leaps off terrace
A 20-year-old mentally challenged man, whose hands were reportedly tied to his hospital bed and who was supposed to be under round the clock supervision, jumped off the terrace of the three-storey National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) facility on Tuesday morning.
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International Nurses Day: Long Hours, Stress, Burnout And Major Challenges For Nurses
Many nurses work 12-hour shifts that easily stretch longer because of staff shortages, emergency admissions, delayed handovers, and endless documentation. As a result, breaks disappear, meals get skipped, and rest becomes an afterthought.
-
91% Indian Doctors Don't Want Their Children Pursuing Medicine As A Career, Reveals New Survey
The findings, from a study conducted by the Debabrata Mitalee Auro Foundation over six months and covering more than 1,200 physicians across metros and smaller cities, highlight India's healthcare future.
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Thane Psychiatric Hospital Reunites Over 2,200 Patients With Families, Breaking Stigma Around Mental Illness
Thane Psychiatric Hospital reunites over 2,200 patients with families, breaking stigma around mental illness in India
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Rise In Fake Mental Hospitals And Insurance Fraud Highlights Challenges In China's Ageing Population
Rise in fake mental hospitals, and insurance scams in China shines a spotlight on how the country is struggling to deal with its ageing population, according to a media report.
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Over 80% Of Patients In India Lack Timely Care: Indian Psychiatric Society
Indian Psychiatric Society expresses concern over lack of awareness regarding gaps in mental health treatment. As this further compounds the problem.
-
Attention! Cancer Diagnosis Can Make You Suicidal, Says Study: Know More
Awareness among providers to screen for suicide risk and refer to mental health services is important for mitigating such risk and saving lives, especially within the first six months after diagnosis: expert.
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In Karnataka's Rural Pocket, Deepika Padukone Spends Time With Mental Health Patients
While treatment for mental health issues is a huge challenge in towns and cities, in rural areas the situation is even worse. But Jagalur taluk in Davanagere district in north Karnataka is doing some pioneering work with state and private participation
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Online Health Start-Ups E-Connect Patients, Doctors Across India
Armed with technology, young start-up firms offering health services online are challenging taboos associated with many bodily and mental ailments and bridging the digital divide by tele-connecting people in small towns to doctors in big cities.
-
Gabon's Mentally Challenged 'Treated Like Animals'
The buildings are decrepit, the lawns unkempt, the patients left to shuffle alone and unwatched among weeds -- welcome to Gabon's sole psychiatric hospital.
-
Detailed examination of patients ordered
Instructions have been issued to conduct scan on 41 mentally-challenged patients after allegations that kidneys of some of them had been removed at a private institution where they had been lodged, an official said today.
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Patient under 24X7 watch leaps off terrace
A 20-year-old mentally challenged man, whose hands were reportedly tied to his hospital bed and who was supposed to be under round the clock supervision, jumped off the terrace of the three-storey National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) facility on Tuesday morning.
