Health Minister installs executive body of Vidarbha Hospitals Association
Nagpur: All major hospitals of Nagpur joined hands to form Vidarbha Hospitals Association which intends to safeguard hospitals and its employees apart from sensitizing public about the problems faced by them to run this service sector. VHA also aims to...
Demand for more Non Transplant Organ Retrieval centers in the state
Representative Pic Nagpur: Just as Nagpur is in the news for first successful organ transplant case, a question has been raised in the Assembly regarding pathetically insufficient number of Non Transplant Organ Retrieval (NTORC) centres in the state. Two kinds of...
GMC Intensive Care Wards in shabby condition says BJP MLA Sudhakar Deshmukh
Sudhakar Deshmukh, MLA of ruling party representing Nagpur West raised a question in the Assembly today morning regarding condition of the Intensive care wards of Nagpur's premiere Government Medical College and Hospital. The hospital attached to the Medical College which used...
Workshop on new techniques of heart by pass operation held in city
Nagpur: A two day Workshop on “Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery” was held in Nagpur, on 5th and 6th of December at Hotel Hardeo. It was organized jointly by Heart Associates, Platina Heart Hospital, Cardio Thoracic Society, Nagpur and Deccan Cardiovascular...
Madhya Pradesh Govt empanels Orange City Hospital and Research Institute
Nagpur: Nagpur based Orange City Hospital and Research Institute is endorsed by more than 60 major companies and organizations based in Central India. Recently an Inspection team on behalf of Madhya Pradesh State Government had visited OCHRI to review the...
AIDS is not a death sentence, defeat it with right treatment sans discrimination: Dr Nitin Shinde
Nagpur: AIDS which probably seen as the deadly disease could be dealt with right treatment. Proper awareness and no discrimination could help the patient take treatments and respond it with more positivity. Consultant of Infectious Disease in Wockhardt Hospital Dr....
‘F’ form for radiologists soon
Nagpur: With an aim to implement the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act 2003 and to discuss registrations and renewals of Sonography centres, a meeting of the District PCPNDT Advisory Committee was conducted at Dik Clinic in Ramdaspeth on...
World COPD day awareness camp held by Vidarbha Chest Association
Nagpur: On the occasion of World COPD day on November 16, 2016, Vidarbha Chest Association (VCA) with participation from Rotary Club Fort organized a COPD awareness camp at Gujarat Bhawan, Dhantoli from 10 am to 5 pm. The camp was...
API holds CME on Organ Tranplant
Nagpur: Association of Physicians of India, Vidarbha Chapter & kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital had organised a Continuing Medical Education (CME) on “ Organ Transplant: Liver, kidney & BMT” on 20th November in Hotel Raddison Blu, Wardha Road, Nagpur. At the outset,...
COPD, Now a disease of the Non Smokers too: Dr Swarnakar
Nagpur: A disease affecting 30 millions lives, and many more cases undetected COPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease has become the 5th deadliest disease across the globe. COPD is always known to be a smokers’ disease, non smoking COPD has now...
Cytocon-2016 to be held from November 18
Nagpur: The 46th Chapter of Indian Academy of Cytologists’ Annual Conference Cytocon is all set to be inaugurated by Union Minister for Shipping and Road Transport Nitin Gadkari on Friday, November 18, 2016 at Chitnavis Center in the gracious presence...
Mobile ATM for patients at Wockhardt
File Pic Nagpur. Taking into consideration the inconvenience being caused to the patients because of shortage of cash, Wockhardt Hospital in association with Punjab National Bank (PNB) has started mobile ATM facility on its premises. A mobile banking van of Punjab National...
Mercury dips dramatically leading to cold wave and coughs and cold!
Nagpur. Winter is suddenly upon us after playing truant in the first week of November. Mercury has dipped 6 degrees just in the last 48 hours. From an average of 18 degrees last week it has come down to almost 13* on...
Mega scientific program on blood banking
Nagpur: Academy of Medical Sciences, Nagpur organized mega scientific program on blood banking ‘TransMeet-2016’ on Sunday, 6-Nov-2016 at Hotel Radisson BLU, Nagpur in association with 11 other medical associations. The theme of TransMeet-2016 was ‘Marching Towards Safest Blood’. There were...
High levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the air are extremely dangerous caution IMA & Heart Care Foundation of India
New Delhi/Nagpur: Air pollution has reached alarming levels in the light of recent Diwali celebrations coupled with changing weather conditions. The effects are also exacerbated by the cold weather to create poisonous smog. In light of this, IMA & HCFI have...
Pink fever grips orange city
Nagpur: October is globally observed as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To mark this, a group of students, Harkishan Mamtani, Aishwarya Shah, Nikhil Dhimole, Mahak Sipani (all from GMCH Nagpur), and Chaman Mamtani (from Ramdeobaba College of Engineering), began this online...
Media report in Nagpur leads Union Govt to ban 350 drugs
Nagpur: The suo moto cognisance of a media report by Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, over sale of spurious drugs in Nagpur led the Union Government to come clear on the situation. The government informed Nagpur HC bench that...
National Blood Donation Month celebrated by ISBTI, IFSB & Lifeline Blood Bank
Nagpur: National Blood Donation Month-October was jointly celebrated by Indian Society of Blood Transfusion and Immuno-haematology (ISBTI), Indian Foundation for Safe Blood, Bangalore (IFSB) & Lifeline Blood Bank, Nagpur by organizing a felicitation programme of blood donors & camp organizers...
Dengue alert in Nagpur : More than half cases surface in Sept alone!
Representational ImageNagpur: As monsoon draws to an end, here comes a sign of worry in the otherwise healthy pockets of Nagpur. The onset of winter has resulted into a sudden outbreak of mosquito population. This has only multiplied the...
Vidarbha Orthopaedic Society organises hand injuries symposium
Nagpur: In its endeavor to provide continuous orthopaedic education to its members, the Vidarbha Orthopaedic Society Nagpur organized ‘Hand & Nerve Injuries Symposium’ on Sunday 16th October. Senior ‘hand surgeons’ Dr Mukund Thatte from Mumbai and Dr Pankaj Jindal from...
Consumer appeal against Plastic Surgeon dismissed, patient himself found negligent
Representational Pic Nagpur: In a Judgment that is slated to have far reaching consequences, the Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Circuit Bench At Nagpur dismissed the plea of complainant Anil Choudhary who made brazen allegations of Medical Negligence against...
