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Over 25 orgs unite against privatisation of BMC hospitals ahead of civic polls

India, Oct. 28 -- With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on the horizon, a broad coalition of civic organisations and health worker unions has intensified its agitation against th... Read More


As drugs run out, questions mount over BMC's priorities

India, 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 prescripti... Read More


Doctors' bodies threaten statewide strike over Phaltan doctor's death, seek fair probe

India, Oct. 27 -- Around 15,000 doctors representing four major medical organisations in Maharashtra have threatened to launch a statewide strike if an impartial inquiry is not conducted into the deat... Read More


15k docs across Maha to go on strike if probe is biased

Mumbai, Oct. 27 -- Around 15,000 doctors representing four major medical organisations in Maharashtra have threatened to launch a statewide strike if an impartial inquiry is not conducted into the dea... Read More


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