GMCH’s eye check-up camps examine 1373 patients
Nagpur: Under their parent initiative ‘eye donation fortnight’, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Nagpur had organized eye check-up camps in various places examining total 1373 patients across the city between August 25 and September 7, 2018. To...
Scrub Typhus claims 12 lives in Nagpur
NAGPUR: Four people suffering from Scrub Typhus have died in the last three days in Nagpur taking the total number of casualties from this disease to 12 in the district. Around 44 people were diagnosed positive with Scrub Typhus whereas 60...
Eye check-up camp by GMCH
Nagpur: Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Nagpur organized an eye check-up camp as a part of their initiative ‘eye donation fortnight’ at Gayatri Mandir, Gayatri Nagar, IT Park on Monday. The team comprising Dr Kanchan Selukar, lecturer,...
Intercollegiate Quiz Organised by Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists Nagpur City Branch
Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists Nagpur City Branch conducted Dr. Malti Phadke Intercollegiate Anaesthesiology PG Quiz at VSPM Dental College, NKPSIMS, Nagpur in which teams of PG students of Anaesthesia from medical colleges of all over Vidarbha like GMC, IGGMC, NKPSIMS,...
City surgeon Dr Sushrut Rajan performs Central India’s first ever SPAIRE hip replacement
Nagpur: Dr. Sushrut Rajan, noted Joint Replacement and Reconstruction surgeon, has successfully conducted hip replacement using the novel minimally invasive tendon sparing SPAIRE approach. This is the first case to be done in Central India. Patients from Central India can...
Pre Anaesthetic checkup clinic : Need of an hour
Anaesthesiology is a separate established speciality of field of Medicine . It is the branch of science which has expanded its spectrum and has witnessed exuberant advancement as far as technology, research and modernisation of methodology is concerned. The evolution...
Scrub Typhus: No facility to test except at Nagpur Veterinary College
Nagpur: The research by Veterinary Public Health Department has revealed that scrub typhus is not only caused by the chiggers found on grass but also by the tropical rat mite. The test for confirming this disease is done only at...
Dr Jaitly appeals docs to ensure best medicare to patients
NAGPUR: “Being a doctor, you acutely observe patient’s distress along with their kins. However the one, who could understand anguish, is the only one who could cure it. So it is necessary to understand your patient, as it will fill...
GMC doesn’t even have basic medicines, patients pushed to pvt stores!
Nagpur: It seems that the practice followed by Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), compelling patients to purchase medicines from pharmacies outside the premises at higher price is not going to end anytime soon. The shortage of drugs is still...
Myths about anesthesia
This is a progressive society. Inspite of that we carry with ourselves certain beliefs and pre-conceived ideas about things mainly because of hearsay. There are some myths about anesthesia and surgery too. As the words ‘surgery’ and ‘anesthesia’ evoke the...
Three sure shot ways to avoid getting Dengue as advised by Dr. Ashwini Tayde Infectious Disease Specialist
Representational Pic You've heard the adage - Prevention is the best Cure? Well, in the case of the 'killer viral disease' of Dengue this is more than true. This disease has seen a big spurt in the city recently and...
Know your Perioperative physican Dr Sunita Lawange
Anaesthesiologists are highly skilled medical doctors dedicated to improving patient safety and the broad practice of anaesthesiology in all practice settings. Try to imagine today's health care without surgery. It's almost impossible. Now try to imagine surgery without anaesthesia. Equally...
Organ transplant and the Anaesthesiologist
Transplantation medicine is one of the most challenging and complex areas of modern medicine.Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace...
World Breastfeeding Week: comparison in between women in urban and rural region
Nagpur: World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is celebrated every year from August 1 to 7 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. In a world filled with inequality, crises and poverty, breastfeeding is the foundation...
RST Cancer Hospital rejects chemo of ESIC patients
Nagpur: As a part of Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Scheme of India, when portion of the his salary used to deduct on the pretext of health insurance Vinod Dhoke, who has been serving Khaparkheda power plant, never imagined that he...
OSN hold CME on diabetic rentinopathy and macular disieases
Ophthalmological Society, Nagpur (OSN) had organized a CME on Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Diseases on Sunday 29th of July 2018 from 9.00 am to 2.00pm at IMA Annexe Dinkar Hardas Hall North Ambazari...
Daga hospital cries for help
Nagpur: With no basic facilities to insufficient medicine stock and staff, we have heard many woe stories of government hospitals. Even with increased in luxurious private hospitals in the city, the conditions of government hospitals are the same. However Daga...
Installation of New Team Academy of Medical Sciences
New team of office bearers of Academy of Medical Sciences, Nagpur for the term 2018-19, headed by Noted Blood Bank Expert and Director of Lifeline Blood Bank, Dr. Harish Warbhe, as President and his team was held at...
Dr. Darshan Rewanwar selected as Faculty for Asia Wound Forum 2018
Dr. Darshan Rewanwar, Senior Plastic & Burns Surgeon of Orange City Hospital & Research Institute has been selected as a faculty for ASIA WOUND FORUM 2018 being held at Bali; Indonesia from 13th to 15th July 2018. The...
995 infants died in state in 5 months, reveals Pankaja Munde
Nagpur: Exposing yet another alarming trend, the number of infants dying in Maharashtra has peaked new height. From September 2017 to January 2018 ie in just 5 months as many as 995 infants in 0-6 months age bracket died in...
State-of-the-art AIIMS to boost medical services in Nagpur
Nagpur: Nagpur will soon be among those cities that have the reputed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). AIIMS is established under a special act passed in the Parliament in 1956. There is a provision to establish...
