As the Lok Sabha elections draw near and poll pitches get louder it is important to make health a part of the narrative. This was the aim of the health conference organised by the All India Medical Sciences (AIIMS) earlier this week. Much of the discussion was focusing on the government’s flagship healthcare scheme: the […]
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Haryana home to new health projects
Haryana is now home to a state-of-the-art National Cancer Institute (NCI), following an unveiling by the Prime Minister on Tuesday. The Institute was one of six health-related development projects Prime Minister Modi inaugurated while attending ‘Swachh Shakti 2019’ events in the state. Swachh Shakti commemorates the role of women working in rural areas of the […]
Twins conjoined at the head: First of its kind surgery in India
![Conjoined X ray. By Mae M. Bookmiller [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://d1o5numy7xgf2v.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Conjoined_X-ray-150x150.jpg "Twins conjoined at the head: First of its kind surgery in India")
Twin boys conjoined at the head have undergone surgery in an attempt at separating them. The surgery is the first of its kind in India. Due to the twins’ skulls being joined, the surgery has presented itself as a particularly complex, highly intricate procedure. Adding to the complication the twins shared veins which returned blood […]
Health minister Choubey tells AIIMS doctors to turn Bihar patients away
Ashwini Choubey, a health minister from Bihar, has accused Bihari patients of overcrowding the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi – and says doctors should turn them away. A ‘BJP veteran’ appointed in September, Choubey has been roundly criticised for remarks allegedly made at the launch of Mission Idradhanush, an immunization drive earlier […]
India to get 49 new cancer centres in next 3 years
![Regional Cancer Centre, By Drcmohank (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons](https://d1o5numy7xgf2v.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Regional_Cancer_Centre_Trivandrum-150x150.jpg "India to get 49 new cancer centres in next 3 years")
The Indian government will open 49 new cancer centres throughout the next three years. “A major medical development” The initiative – called“a major medical development” by NDTV – will be implemented under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke (NPCDCS). The NPCDCS has already seen the construction and upgrading […]
Silicosis: Preventable with better workplace regulation?
An estimated three to ten million workers across India are at risk of developing an untreatable – and potentially lethal – lung condition. Silicosis, is a prominent risk to those in jobs involving stone, rocks, sand and clay. This puts at risk groups involved in work such as manufacturing and mining, and so disproportionately affects […]
Rare conditions should receive more research funding says AIIMS
Rare diseases may affect only a small percentage of India’s population – but because the population numbers more than 1.3 billion, this still adds up to a large number of people. Seven crore (70 million) Indians suffer from over 14,000 identified rare diseases. This huge burden of rare, often complex and difficult to diagnose diseases […]
Martial arts trained doctors, a response to abuse
A rise in attacks on doctors in India has resulted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) providing martial arts lessons to doctors in a bid to aid in self defence. The plan will provide taekwondo (a Korean martial art) lessons to over 1500 staff of the AIIMS Resident Doctors Association. As assaults […]