Ahmedabad: Dr Apurva Vyas, head, department of minimal access and gastro intestinal surgery at Sterling Hospital, Ahmedabad, claims to have successfully performed a unique robotic surgical procedure on a 37-year old patient to relieve him of acute pain caused by a rare condition of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS). more

New Delhi: Bengaluru-based Narayana Hrudayalaya has entered into an agreement with Panacea Biotec to fully acquire its subsidiary NewRise Healthcare for Rs 180 crore. more

Chennai: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has advised tertiary care hospitals to avoid at least three antibiotics — Carbapenems, Polymyxin and Colistin — used to treat multi-drug resistance. more

New Delhi: The National Heart Institute here celebrated ‘World Health Day’ on April 7. The theme for this year’s World Health Day was ‘Depression’ which is so common in the society, including the medical fraternity. The main programme was organised at the NHI auditorium where senior faculty members, administrators, DNB residents and nursing staff took active part. more

Mumbai: A patient reportedly in an inebriated state slashed a KEM Hospital resident doctor on the forearm while the latter was suturing his wound. more

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has asked the union health ministry to put in additional efforts to reduce the number of vacancies at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi so that it can maintain the status of institute of national importance. more

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the Maharashtra government to submit the CCTV footage of recent assaults on resident doctors in government hospitals at Dhule and Thane. more

New Delhi: The AIIMS residents doctors have threatened to join the ongoing strike by residents doctors at west Delhi’s Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital if the government doesn’t intervene urgently. more

Bhubaneswar: In a letter to the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), Narayana Hrudayalaya on Wednesday announced to ‘discontinue’ its 1000-bed cardiac hospital project in the city. more

Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday promised to revamp the healthcare system of the state. more