Young Dental Achiever Award for Dr Akhilesh Shewale
Nagpur/Delhi: Dr Akhilesh H. Shewale, Periodontist and Oral Implantologist received the Young Dental Achiever Award in an event organised by International Research Organization for Life and Health Sciences at Delhi. Sports legend former Indian sprinter Padmashri Milkha Singh, Union Minister of...
Rotary Club of Nagpur presents Rotary Arneja Walkathon and Dream Run 2018
Nagpur: Nagpur’s oldest & biggest walk & foot race is back with a new mission and enthusiasm to inspire the paramount importance of health in the minds of the young & the elderly. Jointly presented by Rotary Club of Nagpur...
OCHRI conducts free medical checkup camp in Laxminagar slums
Nagpur: Orange City Hospital & Research Institute (OCHRI), one of private hospitals which have the rare distinction of rendering consistent significant contribution towards uplift of the society, recently conducted a free medical checkup camp in Laxmi Nagar for benefit of...
Govt plans to increase health budget by 11% to $8.2 billion
File Pic New Delhi: The Modi government plans to raise the 2018-19 health budget by 11 per cent to $8.2 billion (Rs 52,295 crore). According to sources, Health Minister JP Nadda had sought a $10 billion budget for stepping up disease...
GMCH, poor man’s hospital turns ‘inhospitable’
Nagpur: The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Nagpur is no more a poor man’s hospital. The OPD charges have been increased to Rs 20 from Rs 10. Interestingly, once you pay the charges and visit the hospital again...
OCHRI conducts cardiac screening camp WCL miners at Badkuhi, MP
Nagpur: Orange City Hospital and Research Institute (OCHRI), as a Corporate Social Responsibility, had organized a free heart checkup camp for the benefit of WCL mine workers at Badkuhi, District Chhindwara, MP, recently. The camp focused on cardiac health education...
Done with MBBS, Now you are a Doctor qualified for Practise- NO you are not, Read Why…
Representational pic Nagpur: The students having MBBS degree will not be able to practice if instead of Medical Council of India, the bill of National Medical Commission comes. The MBBS students will not get registration for practice. As per the NMC...
‘Aglee Peedhi’-OCHRI hold health screening camp at Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Trimurtinagar
Nagpur: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam has rightly said “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.” Inching towards this noble cause, a health screening camp was organized recently under the aegis of “Aglee Peedhi”,...
All’s well that ends well: Wockhart uses Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest to save middle aged man’s life
Nagpur- A 45 year-old man from Nagpur was detect with atypical chest pain and breathlessness at a local hospital here and was diagnosed to have a large pseudo aneurysm (abnormal swelling) arising from ascending aorta. He was referred to Dr....
Why Nagpur doctors are against act to check cut practice?
Nagpur:It appears the flourishing and money-minting doctors in Nagpur do not like the idea of keeping a check on their cut practice. Probably which is why Indian Medical Association (IMA)'s Nagpur branch does not see any need for such an...
Act to deal with hospitals overcharging patients on cards: Health Minister
Nagpur: The State Health Minister Dr Deepak Sawant on Thursday informed the Legislative Assembly that it has come to the notice of government that many private hospitals were overcharging the patients. A tough Act is being enacted to deal with...
Dr Vikas Amte inaugurates workshop on Health Schemes
Nagpur: There is a need to create sensitivity in the society so that it changes outlook towards the leprosy affected patients and helps them to gain their confidence and self respect opined Dr Vikas Amte, a senior social worker of...
Nellore brain dead contractor gives new lease of life to three patients
Nagpur: You have not lived until you do something for some unknown person who cannot repay you. Maddru Sreenivasulu’s family will be remembered for their noble gesture which will help in saving some lives. Madduru Sreenivasulu a 47-year-old Civil Contractor owner...
Health Upgrade : GMCH to have more efficient round-the-clock services
Nagpur: Taking serious note of the complaints about absence of competitive doctors at Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of the government hospitals during night hours, the state government has now decided to refurbish the system to better the doctor-patient relationship and...
47-year old brain dead man’s organs save 3 lives
Nagpur: A 47-year-old brain dead man’s organs have saved three lives after his family decided to donate them. Madduru Sreenivasulu, a 47-year-old Civil Contractor and Nellore resident who suffered from stroke in Bhandara, was admitted in Neuron Hospital on 19/11/2017 and...
OCHRI Cochlear Implant Program successfully achieves a milestone
Nagpur: Orange City Hospital & Research Institute (OCHRI) pioneered in commencing regular Cochlear Implant Surgeries to provide much needed advanced succor to needy children from Central India who were unable to hear from birth. Parents of children born with hearing...
Facebook’s documentary on Indian doc who carried out the delivery of woman in train
Nagpur: Facebook is making a documentary on Dr Vipin Khadse, who carried out a delivery of a pregnant woman travelling in train. He took help of his senior doctors on whatsapp, which belongs to Facebook. Since Vipin Khadse was praised...
Justice Rohee installs new team of Nagpur Epilepsy Association
Nagpur: The new team Nagpur Epilepsy Association headed by renowned senior family physician and Diabetologist Dr Madhukar Kherde, as President and Noted Social Worker and Businessman Sandesh Kanoje as Secretary were installed at the hands of Chief Guest Justice Kishor...
Wockhardt hospital working for a noble cause
Nagpur: Public awareness about organ donation is fast picking up and to save lives. A 22 year old youth who met with an accident on November 22 as his mo-bike skidded in front of LIT College gate was admitted to...
Medical students flay college development fees
Nagpur: In the name of development the Government Medical College is taking fees from the students though no development or facilities are seen. Resentment among students has come in the open and they are now protesting against the college for...
OCHRI ranked 1st in Best hospital list of Nagpur
Nagpur: Orange City Hospital & Research Institute has gained distinction of being ranked 1st amongst all private and government hospitals & medical colleges of Nagpur in the recently announced The Week- Nielsen National Survey of India’s best hospitals list 2017....