Offer An Article

Pandemic Latest News

AIIMS

As elections loom, experts raise fears over Ayushman Bharat

As the Lok Sabha elections draw near and poll pitches get louder it is important to make health a part of the narrative. This was the aim of the health conference organised by the All India Medical Sciences (AIIMS) earlier this week. Much of the discussion was  focusing on the government’s flagship healthcare scheme: the …

As elections loom, experts raise fears over Ayushman Bharat Read More »

Haryana home to new health projects

Haryana is now home to a state-of-the-art National Cancer Institute (NCI), following an unveiling by the Prime Minister on Tuesday. The Institute was one of six health-related development projects Prime Minister Modi inaugurated while attending ‘Swachh Shakti 2019’ events in the state. Swachh Shakti commemorates the role of women working in rural areas of the …

Haryana home to new health projects Read More »

Twins conjoined at the head: First of its kind surgery in India

Twin boys conjoined at the head have undergone surgery in an attempt at separating them. The surgery is the first of its kind in India. Due to the twins’ skulls being joined, the surgery has presented itself as a particularly complex, highly intricate procedure. Adding to the complication the twins shared veins which returned blood …

Twins conjoined at the head: First of its kind surgery in India Read More »

Health minister Choubey tells AIIMS doctors to turn Bihar patients away

Ashwini Choubey, a health minister from Bihar, has accused Bihari patients of overcrowding the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi – and says doctors should turn them away. A ‘BJP veteran’ appointed in September, Choubey has been roundly criticised for remarks allegedly made at the launch of Mission Idradhanush, an immunization drive earlier …

Health minister Choubey tells AIIMS doctors to turn Bihar patients away Read More »

India to get 49 new cancer centres in next 3 years

The Indian government will open 49 new cancer centres throughout the next three years. “A major medical development” The initiative – called“a major medical development” by NDTV – will be implemented under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS). The NPCDCS has already seen the construction and upgrading …

India to get 49 new cancer centres in next 3 years Read More »

Silicosis: Preventable with better workplace regulation?

An estimated three to ten million workers across India are at risk of developing an untreatable – and potentially lethal – lung condition. Silicosis, is a prominent risk to those in jobs involving stone, rocks, sand and clay. This puts at risk groups involved in work such as manufacturing and mining, and so disproportionately affects …

Silicosis: Preventable with better workplace regulation? Read More »

Rare conditions should receive more research funding says AIIMS

Rare diseases may affect only a small percentage of India’s population – but because the population numbers more than 1.3 billion, this still adds up to a large number of people. Seven crore (70 million) Indians suffer from over 14,000 identified rare diseases. This huge burden of rare, often complex and difficult to diagnose diseases …

Rare conditions should receive more research funding says AIIMS Read More »

Martial arts trained doctors, a response to abuse

A rise in attacks on doctors in India has resulted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) providing martial arts lessons to doctors in a bid to aid in self defence. The plan will provide taekwondo (a Korean martial art) lessons to over 1500 staff of the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association. As assaults …

Martial arts trained doctors, a response to abuse Read More »