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Punjab authorises civil surgeons to issue chronic certificates at district
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], December 24 (ANI): Punjab government on Wednesday issued orders to give relief to the employees and pensioners in the procedure of reimbursement of medical expenses.
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Vice Admiral Rajat Datta appointed as next DG Armed Forces Medical Service
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Surgeon Vice-Admiral Rajat Datta has been appointed as the new Director-General of Armed Forces Medical Services and would be the seniormost medical officer of the armed forces in India.
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With 50pc mortality, 50pc eyesight loss, COVID triggered deadly Mucormycos
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): In a post COVID recovery, the ENT surgeons at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have come across more than 12 cases of coronavirus triggered deadly Mucormycosis fungus within 15 days, which causes loss of eyesight, removal of the nose and jaw bone and 50 per cen
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HC refuses bail to medical surgeon accused in culpable homicide case
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to a medical surgeon, who was accused of performing surgery on a pregnant woman despite not being a qualified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and nor there being an urgency. The woman, who was 19-20 weeks pre
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Dr Vivek Murthy appointed Surgeon General in Joe Biden's team
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 8 (ANI): Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy, a distinguished physician, and former Vice Admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, has been nominated to serve as the Surgeon General in US President-elect Joe Biden's health team leading the COVID-19 respon
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Two Indian-American doctors in US President-elect Biden's Covid task force
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI): Two Indian-American surgeons Dr Vivek Murthy and Dr Atul Gawande, have been included in Covid-19 Advisory Board, which will help shape President-elect Joe Biden's response to the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 2, 37,000 in the U
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Indian-American Vivek Murthy appointed as co-chair of US President-elect B
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 9 (ANI): Indian American Vivek Murthy, a former US Surgeon General, has been named as one the three co-chairs to lead the coronavirus task force set up by President-elect Joe Biden.
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Immunotherapy may work better in stomach cancer when combined with chemoth
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): Immunotherapy for stomach cancer may work better if the therapy is delivered earlier in the course of the disease and in combination with standard chemotherapy, a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons s
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Female surgeons perform less complex cases than male peers: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Boston [US], October 10 (ANI): Female surgeons at a large academic medical centre perform less complex surgical procedures than their male counterparts, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
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Asia's first 'live' liver donor successfully undergoes cardiac surgery in
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 10 (ANI): An elderly man Syed Ishaque who claims to be the first live liver donor in Asia, and who already had six stents in his heart, recently underwent successful high-risk bypass surgery conducted by a team of doctors led by renowned heart surgeo
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Medtronic unveils new innovation for surgery: The Sonicision™ Curved
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] September 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc, today announced the launch of the Sonicision™ Curved Jaw Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection System, which is a next-generation ultrasonic disse
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Vets remove rubber valve from cockatiel bird's throat
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], September 2 (ANI): A team of veterinary surgeons helped a cockatiel bird by removing a rubber valve from its throat in Kerala's Kozhikode on Wednesday.
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