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Safdarjung docs call off strike

May 16, 2013
Resident doctors at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital called off their indefinite strike Wednesday after a health ministry official agreed to look into their demands, including better amenities and salaries. ‘A health ministry …

Safdarjung Hospital residential doctors go on strike – again!

May 15, 2013
Around 800 resident doctors from Safdarjung Hospital went on strike again from Tuesday evening after the Health ministry and the hospital administration reportedly failed to satisfactory action on their demands. Patient services …

Safdarjung hospital residential docs call off strike

May 10, 2013
Resident doctors at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi called off their day-old indefinite strike after the administration agreed to their demands for better amenities and salaries, among others. ‘All our demands including release …

Over 600 Safdarjung doctors go on strike

May 9, 2013
After the Maharashtra Association of Residential Doctors (MARD), it’s now Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital's resident doctors turn to go on strike. They’re demanding regular salaries, better hostel facilities and better security …

Kashmir drug scam: Protests shuts down the Valley

May 6, 2013
Life in Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley was affected on Monday by a shutdown against the alleged spurious drugs scam called by the Doctors Association of Kashmir The scam has been hogging headlines in local …

Senior oncologist arrested for charging ‘consultation fees’ in government hospital

May 4, 2013
A senior doctor at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Udaipur district was arrested on Friday for taking bribe of Rs.500 for treating a breast cancer patient, police said. Dr Suresh Kumar Dangayach, the head of radio therapy …

Shocking – Thane doctor allegedly rapes patient in his own hospital

May 3, 2013
In a shocking incident a Thane doctor allegedly raped a young woman who was undergoing treatment at his hospital, the police said. Dr William Jacob admitted the woman in his private hospital in Diva township of Thane district in …

Kashmiris worried about fake drugs

May 1, 2013
What started as an allegation over the wrongful purchase of antibiotics by a government-appointed committee in Jammu and Kashmir has now started haunting the imagination of the public in the Valley. But is the issue being blown …

MCI de-rosters doctors for 15 days for appearing in hospital ad

April 26, 2013
The Medical Council of India (MCI) recently took action against a group of physicians who reportedly appeared in an advertisement released in the hospital they were working in. In all its infinite wisdom, the MCI decided to …

Kashmir drug scam: Court orders immediate arrest of 15 involved in racket

April 25, 2013
Taking cognizance of the seriousness of the spurious drug scam in Jammu and Kashmir, a local court ordered the immediate arrest of 15 people involved in the racket whose names have so-far cropped in investigations. The court …

Novartis sued by US Government for giving kickbacks for immunosupprresant Myfortic

April 24, 2013
The US Government has sued Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp, claiming it gave kickbacks to pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients from competitors’ drugs to its own. The civil health care fraud lawsuit in US District …

Kashmir drug scam: Former Health Minister Lal Sharma gets a clean chit

April 22, 2013
The Omar Abdullah government has given a clean chit to former Health Minister Lal Sharma in J&K and handed over investigations of the spurious drug scam to the Crime Branch. Current Minister of State for Health, Shabhir Ahmed …

J&K Govt promises to weed out spurious drugs

April 25, 2013
On Tuesday, the J&K government started talking tough to check fake drugs promising to upgrade drug testing laboratories in Srinagar and Jammu to facilitate the speedy testing of drugs.  ‘Nobody will be allowed to supply …

Kashmir fake drug scam: Were spurious drugs responsible for high infant deaths last year?

April 16, 2013
Kashmir is simmering again and it has nothing to do with army violence or militant activity. Ten days ago, the Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) and the Jammu and Kashmir Chemists and Druggists Association demanded the …