Peripheral hosps in the grip of a crippling drug shortage

MUMBAI, Oct. 27 -- Outside the gates of Ghatkopar's Rajawadi Hospital, one of Mumbai's biggest civic-run peripheral hospitals, private pharmacists hover just beyond the entrance. Waving used prescript... Read More

Carboplatin with chemotherapy increases survival in triple-negative breast cancer: TMC study

India, Oct. 25 -- A low-cost, platinum-based chemotherapy drug, carboplatin, can now be utilised to increase chances of survival among women with aggressive breast cancer, as per a 10-year-long study ... Read More

Carboplatin increases survival rate in aggressive breast cancer, finds study

MUMBAI, Oct. 25 -- A low-cost, platinum-based chemotherapy drug, carboplatin, can now be utilised to increase chances of survival among women with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a form of aggre... Read More

Malad civic hospital turns away medico-legal cases due to missing register

India, Oct. 22 -- Patients are being denied the care they deserve at a civic hospital in Malad due to a peculiar problem - a missing register. Sources in the hospital, however, claim it's the other wa... Read More

Malad civic hosp turns away medico-legal cases due to 'missing' register

MUMBAI, Oct. 22 -- Patients are being denied the care they deserve at a civic hospital in Malad due to a peculiar problem - a missing register. Sources in the hospital, however, claim it's the other w... Read More

Essential medicines out of stock for six months at Cooper Hospital

MUMBAI, Oct. 21 -- Patients visiting the BMC-run Cooper Hospital in Juhu have been struggling for months as several essential and psychiatric medicines continue to remain out of stock. The crisis, hos... Read More

Essential medicines out of stock for six months at Cooper Hospital, patients forced to buy drugs outside

India, Oct. 21 -- Patients visiting the BMC-run Cooper Hospital in Juhu have been struggling for months as several essential and psychiatric medicines continue to remain out of stock. The crisis, hosp... Read More

Survey flags infra gap, faculty shortage, increasing workload in medical colleges across Maha

India, Oct. 20 -- Resident doctors across Maharashtra are grappling with faculty shortage, poor academic supervision, increasing workload and lack of adequate infrastructure, according to a recent sur... Read More

At peripheral hospitals, ward boys scrub in on surgeries

India, Oct. 20 -- Shabnam Ansari (name changed) was prepped for surgery and wheeled into the operation theatre on three different occasions as the anaesthesiologist failed to turn up each time. Shabna... Read More

Survey flags faculty shortage, lack of infra in medical colleges in state

Mumbai, Oct. 20 -- Resident doctors across Maharashtra are grappling with faculty shortage, poor academic supervision, increasing workload and lack of adequate infrastructure, according to a recent su... Read More

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