Odisha struggling with shortage of doctors
The national average of doctor-population ratio stands at 1: 811 while the World Health Organization's prescribed norm specifies the posting of one doctor for 1,000 people.
The national average of doctor-population ratio stands at 1: 811 while the World Health Organization's prescribed norm specifies the posting of one doctor for 1,000 people.
Five doctors were killed in a tragic road accident here on Lucknow - Agra expressway early Wednesday.
Three doctors of the Bhagwan Das Khetan Government Hospital of Jhunjhunu city of Rajasthan were suspended for wrongly declaring a patient dead, and subsequently performing postmortem the same day.
The largest South Korean doctors' advocacy group voted on Sunday to impeach its chief, holding him responsible for poor responses to a prolonged walkout by junior doctors and various other controversies.
It pertains to six-point suggestions to the government on how to improve state-run healthcare services.
Protests against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee lady doctor are ongoing in Siliguri and surrounding districts.
Rattled by the nationwide protest demanding justice for the horrific incident of rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor at her workplace
Under pressure of agitating medical practitioner’ fraternity Kolkata Police on Monday finally withdrew its summons made to two senior doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarna Goswami separately.
The junior doctors distributed and tied black rakhi bands bearing representational images of the slain R G Kar Medical College student today to mark their protest against slow progress in investigation.
The Chowk, which is a popular venue for protests in the city, was today teeming with white coat professionals. Private and government run hospitals and health care professionals today wholeheartedly supported the daylong boycott call given by the Indian Medical Association.
