To make bone marrow transplant affordable, the Union government has planned to set up centres at its three hospitals in Delhi. Till date, only AIIMS Delhi has a facility in the city and the treatment cost is exorbitant in private hospitals.
The lack of an MRI machine at the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) in Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital for years has become an inconvenience for patients and postgraduate doctors.
Five patients developed gallbladder gangrene after recovering from Covid-19, which, according to doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, was the first report of such cases in the country.
The mother, a resident of Noida, was in the 20th week of pregnancy when the tumour was detected in the foetus. Operating on the foetus could have increased the risks, so the doctors decided to wait till after delivery to surgically remove the tumour.
The capital recorded its highest single-day spike with 1,295 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking the total count to 19,844, while the death toll reached 473, the authorities said.
The District Consumer Disputes Redressel Forum directed Delhi ENT Hospital and Sun Diagnostic Clinic in New Delhi to pay Karnal resident nearly Rs 4.20 lakh for deficiency in service and negligence on its part.
The SC said that any violation of this agreement between private hospitals and the government will not be tolerated and it will treated as contempt.
“Even ‘rescue’ antibiotics showed no response in patients, leading to treatment failure,” Dr Mamta Jajoo, professor of paediatrics at the hospital, told TOI.
At 20.15 lakh, Uttar Pradesh has the highest rate of blood collection through replacement donors, a practice discouraged by National Blood Bank Policy 2002, followed by Karnataka (9.88 lakh).
Each receiver would have to pay Rs 35-40 lakh. The donor would be paid 10% of the amount while the rest would be distributed among touts and staff members of the hospital, who would facilitate the operations.
Pulmonologists and medicine experts said 50% of all patients labelled as asthmatics by primary-level physicians may have wheezing or coughing due to other factors, such as viral infection, allergy or tumour in the upper respiratory tract.
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