New team of ASN installed with Dr Hedawoo as President, Dr Saxena Gen Secy

Nagpur: The new team of office bearers of Association of Surgeons, Nagpur (ASN), headed by President Dr. Jagadish Hedawoo, Associate Professor and presently working as Medical Superintendent, Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, was installed on Sunday, April 3, 2016...

Construction work of AIIMS in Mihan begins

Nagpur: The construction work of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Mihan, Nagpur has been started by Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation Limited (HSCC) from Wednesday. Union health & family welfare ministry has already transferred the 150 acres of...

Breast Pain or Lump: Is It Cancer?

Early detection can help overcome the disease and improve quality of life: Breast Cancer: Breast cancer is the most common tumor found in women. The number of suffering individuals is increasing each day. The irony is - breast cancer awareness is...

Second kidney transplant successfully carried out at GMCH

Nagpur: The Super Specialty Hospital of Government Medical College and Hospital at Nagpur successfully performed the second kidney transplant on March 28, 2016. While speaking to Nagpur Today, Dean of Government Medical College and Hospital Dr. Abhimanyu Niswade said that this...

GMCH purchases Rs 30 lakh laser machine to treat women having hairy problem

Nagpur: Good news for women having hairy problem. The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) soon to be a kind of “Beauty Parlour.” The GMCH is soon going to be equipped with the facilities the women crave for.to ged rid...

‘Gastrocon’ to sensitise docs about gastric disorders held

Nagpur: Midas Medical Foundation's (MMF) 'Gastrocon' was recently held at Chitnavis Centre, Civil Lines. The conference was essentially for general practitioners and family physicians to reorient them about common problems in gastroenterology and liver disorders. The programme was a success with nearly...

CB Nat machine inaugurated at GMCH

Nagpur: A new machine gene expert 'CB Nat' was inaugurated at the hands of MP Krupal Tumane at AIDS control society of Government Medical College and Hospital on Saturday. The machine is in service since February 16. Shockingly out of...

Dental Mechanics Assn to move court over ‘illegal’ dental labs

Nagpur: Across Maharashtra, there are thousands of 'illegal' dental labs that are run by people who do not have the necessary qualifications. Despite having made complaints to the police, civic authorities and even technical education minister Vinod Tawde, there has...

New body of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2016-17 to be installed on March 19

Nagpur: The Installation Ceremony of new body of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2016-17 headed by Dr. Prashant Bawankule as President and Dr. Viral Shah as Hon. Secretary, will be installed on Saturday 19th March, 2016 at 8 p.m. at Hotel Centre...

Swine Flu hits rural Nagpur, 7 positive, 1 dead since Jan

Nagpur: With the fresh bout of H1N1 affecting the health of Maharashtra, Pune scores high with more deaths due to swine flu this year while the rural pockets of Nagpur are reeling into its effect. Of the 11 H1N1 cases resulting...

RTI revelation: Over 20 lakh patients visited GMCH in the past 3 years

Surprisingly, the RTI reply did not specify how many times the doctors on duty at the hospital were attacked by patients or their relatives in the past three years. Nagpur: The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), considered the biggest hospital...

Workshop on ‘Tribal Health’ by MUHS in city on March 18, 19

Nagpur: A two-day state-level workshop on ‘Tribal Health’ is being organized by Regional Centre and Department of Tribal Health of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik, on March 18 and 19. The workshop, to be held at API...

Asthma Diagnostic Camp for kids by Govt Ayurvedic Hospital on Mar 10

Nagpur: Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Sakkardara Square, Nagpur, is organizing an Asthma Diagnostic and Treatment Camp for children on March 10 to mark its Golden Jubilee Year. The camp is being organized by the Paediatric Department of the hospital....

GSI felicitates GMC Dean Dr Niswade for promoting Geriatrics

Nagpur: Geriatric Society of India, (GSI) Vidarbha Chapter Felicitated Dr. Abhimanyu Niswade, MD, Dean, Government Medical College, Nagpur today at his chamber to place on record their appreciation for all the efforts taken by Dr. Abhimanyu Niswade to get a...

RTI stunner: 1197 unmarried mothers registered for MTP in the past 4 years

Nagpur: In an astonishing revelation, a staggering 1197 unmarried mothers registered for Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) or induced abortion in the past four years in city of Nagpur. Of the 1197 unmarried mothers, six died during the procedure. Similarly,...

IMA Nagpur holds a Health Checkup Camp at Wadner (Hinganghat)

Nagpur: Indian Medical Association, Nagpur in association with Sanjivan Socio Medical Foundation Nagpur and Swargiya Ramdasji Legha Gramin Seva Trust Daroda organized a Health Checkup Camp at Rural Hospital Wadner, Hinganghat, District Wardha. The response to the Health Checkup Camp was...

CM orders appointment of 1100 doctors at PHCs directly to overcome shortage

Hitherto the appointments were made through Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) only. Nagpur: Taking the shortage of doctors at Public Health Centres (PHCs) seriously the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered appointment of 1100 doctors directly. Following the orders, the State...

3,000 generic drug stores, dialysis centres to come up: Jaitley

Nagpur: The government will set up 3,000 new generic medicine stores across the country to tackle the shortage of drugs in rural areas, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday. “For the better availability of generic medicines in the country, especially...

Chief Clinical Perfusionist Mukund Deshpande awarded “Life Time Achievement Award”

Nagpur: Chief Clinical Perfusionist Mukund Keshao Deshpande, at Dr. K.G.Deshpande Memorial Centre Nagpur Maharashtra was recently awarded “Life Time Achievement Award” for the year 2016, at Annual Conference “ISECTCON-2016” (Indian Society of Extra Corporeal Technology) held at Lucknow from February 19 & 20, 2016. Mukund...

Palliative Care Unit for Patients Living with Cancer

• Jointly organized by NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences And Research Centre (NKPSIMS&RC) and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital (LMH) 

• VSPM’s &LMH, Digdoh Hills, Nagpur celebrated concluding ceremony of ‘Silver Jubilee’ year.