Essential medicines out of stock for six months at Cooper Hospital, patients forced to buy drugs outside

India, 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, hosp... Read More

Survey flags infra gap, faculty shortage, increasing workload in medical colleges across Maha

India, Oct. 20 -- Resident doctors across Maharashtra are grappling with faculty shortage, poor academic supervision, increasing workload and lack of adequate infrastructure, according to a recent sur... Read More

At peripheral hospitals, ward boys scrub in on surgeries

India, Oct. 20 -- Shabnam Ansari (name changed) was prepped for surgery and wheeled into the operation theatre on three different occasions as the anaesthesiologist failed to turn up each time. Shabna... Read More

Survey flags faculty shortage, lack of infra in medical colleges in state

Mumbai, Oct. 20 -- Resident doctors across Maharashtra are grappling with faculty shortage, poor academic supervision, increasing workload and lack of adequate infrastructure, according to a recent su... Read More

Hiring pause takes a toll, ward boys assist in surgeries, ECGs

MUMBAI, Oct. 20 -- Shabnam Ansari (name changed) was prepped for surgery and wheeled into the operation theatre on three different occasions over 12 days. Yet her surgery for a fractured wrist remaine... Read More

Ceiling plaster collapses on doctor at GT Hospital; PWD launches probe

India, Oct. 17 -- A senior resident doctor at Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) Hospital and Government Medical College in south Mumbai sustained head injuries on Thursday after a portion of the ceiling plaster in... Read More

State asks two VN Desai Hospital doctors to explain alleged irregularities in HIV testing

India, Oct. 17 -- The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has issued notices to two senior doctors at the VN Desai Hospital, following serious allegations of irregularities in HIV testing at the civic-r... Read More

Ceiling plaster falls on doc at GT Hosp

Mumbai, Oct. 17 -- A senior resident doctor at Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) Hospital and Government Medical College in south Mumbai sustained head injuries on Thursday after a portion of the ceiling plaster i... Read More

State asks 2 VN Desai Hosp docs to explain 'irregularities in HIV testing'

Mumbai, Oct. 17 -- The Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has issued notices to two senior doctors at the civic-run VN Desai Hospital in Santacruz, following serious allegations of irregularities in HI... Read More

Activists call new PPP blood banks land grab

Mumbai, Oct. 16 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) plan to convert six of its blood banks into Public-Private Partnership (PPP) units under the Civic Health Collaboration model has come... Read More

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