Tag: Patients
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Single pill wonder for TB patients
According to the government's new drug regimen, patients suffering from tuberculosis will now be given fixed drug combinations in a single pill daily.
November 1, 2017 -
PGIMER Chandigarh shows TB patients way to quit smoking
The School of Public Health department of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, has found in its research on first randomised trial on pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in the country that a brief Smoking Cessation Intervention for Tuberculosis (TB) patients may help smokers quit smoking and improve treatment results. PGIMER has also...
September 8, 2017 -
Patient deaths: NHRC notice to MP chief secretary
Taking suo motu cognizance of a case of 11 patients, including two children, dying at Maharaja Yashwantrao (MY) Hospital in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, allegedly due to lack of oxygen supply for around 15 minutes between 3 am and 4 am on 21 June. The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the MP chief secretary...
June 27, 2017 -
Eight more patients die as Bihar doctors continue strike
Eight more patients have died duing the ongoing strike by junior doctors at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) since Wednesday night, taking the total deaths to 15, official sources said on Thursday. The strike has left hundreds of other patients, many of them serious, in a lurch. Ther attendants and family members do...
May 25, 2017 -
Hearing tests may not detect common form of hearing loss
Traditional clinical hearing tests often fail to detect patients with a common form of inner ear damage that might otherwise be detected by more challenging behavioural tests, new research has found. Such tests may not be able to diagnose those facing problems in certain situations, like hearing speech in a noisy room, said the study...
April 21, 2017 -
Stress may trigger seizure for epilepsy patients
For people suffering with epilepsy, facing stressful events such as the war, trauma or natural disaster, or the death of a loved one, may act as a common trigger for seizures, a study has found. Epilepsy is a disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures. The findings showed that...
April 4, 2017 -
Patients, attendants at PGI shivers in cold
This year winter in Chandigarh is adding to the miseries of the patients and their attendants who are forced to sleep on the pavements in the open at Post Graduate Institute of Medical and Research (PGIMER). The patients are undergoing an agonising experience. With the entire north Indian region is under a spell of severe...
January 20, 2017 -
20 UK hospitals declare ‘black alert’
More than 20 hospitals in England have declared a black alert this week after becoming so overcrowded that they could no longer guarantee patient safety and provide their full range of normal services. Unprecedented numbers of patients requiring care has led to at least 23 hospital trusts declaring they cannot cope since Monday, the Guardian...
January 12, 2017