Pritha Chatterjee is a journalist and research assistant in the department of social and behavioural sciences, at Harvard University.
August 16, 2012 01:52 IST
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences plans to be the first apex institute in the government sector in north India to seek international accreditation for its laboratories from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).
Thu, Aug 16, 2012August 16, 2012 01:49 IST
Two months after a meningitis patient died waiting for an ambulance to shift him from a private hospital to a facility that was better equipped,the Delhi government told the High Court that it was not usual for its CATS (Centralised Accident and Trauma Services) ambulances to ferry patients between private hospitals.
Thu, Aug 16, 2012August 13, 2012 01:36 IST
Organisers tried to infuse the spirit of youth in Ramdevs agitation at Ramlila Maidan on Sunday,but there were hardly any youngsters in the crowd.
Mon, Aug 13, 2012
August 12, 2012 21:49 IST
His first acquaintance with pain came early.
Sun, Aug 12, 2012
August 10, 2012 01:21 IST
Fourteen months after the midnight police crackdown at Ramlila Maidan,Ramdev returned to the venue for another round of protest and yoga exercises.
Fri, Aug 10, 2012August 03, 2012 03:29 IST
Ketone levels fall instead of rising; Team Anna doctor says its naturopathy,experts not convinced
Fri, Aug 03, 2012
August 03, 2012 01:58 IST
Usha Devis newborn came into the world a few hours after the Northern Grid collapsed...
Fri, Aug 03, 2012August 02, 2012 02:38 IST
The nimble fingers of a puppet-maker in Kathputli Colony trembled as he tried to paint eyebrows in a perfect arch,and stitch arms and legs into an hour-glass figure.
Thu, Aug 02, 2012
July 30, 2012 01:22 IST
27 from Kerala in MBBS list of successful 72,many of them girls
Mon, Jul 30, 2012
July 28, 2012 03:54 IST
Robots reduce errors during surgery,leave no scars and shorten patients recovery period. However,doctors say,they are not ideal for all procedures
Sat, Jul 28, 2012July 26, 2012 02:16 IST
All Delhi government blood banks will soon introduce a hi-tech test to provide immediate and accurate result on infectious diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis in donated blood before transfusion.
Thu, Jul 26, 2012July 25, 2012 03:16 IST
Four months after a reserved category first-year MBBS student hanged himself in a AIIMS hostel room because he was unable to keep pace with its English medium of instruction,the institute has become the first government medical college in the country to get the go-ahead for a medical humanities course,a practice followed by all international centres of excellence in medicine.
Wed, Jul 25, 2012
July 25, 2012 01:43 IST
On eve of swearing-in,they remember him as the loving,strict brother.
Wed, Jul 25, 2012
July 24, 2012 21:40 IST
Amid big day jitters,sisters remember President Pranab as the loving,strict elder brother.
Tue, Jul 24, 2012July 24, 2012 02:41 IST
A retrospective study by a Delhi hospital of over 77,000 patients admitted to it between 2000-2009 has found a rise in antibiotic resistance by 40-97 per cent with increased prescription of drugs
Tue, Jul 24, 2012
July 21, 2012 01:07 IST
So far,86 have died on the way to Amarnath; medical camps lack facilities
Sat, Jul 21, 2012
July 19, 2012 02:00 IST
Injured in celebratory firing,17-year-old Sadhana gets back part of preserved skull bone from Max Hospital for reinstatement surgery at Gangaram
Thu, Jul 19, 2012July 19, 2012 01:07 IST
The ministry will no longer provide funds for new transplantation units or to strengthen the existing ones.
Thu, Jul 19, 2012July 12, 2012 05:11 IST
Outreach campus to start day-long OPDs by October this year
Thu, Jul 12, 2012July 12, 2012 01:53 IST
Outreach campus to start day-long OPDs in medicine,paediatrics,ENT,gynaecology,ophthalmology and dermatology by October this year
Thu, Jul 12, 2012July 11, 2012 01:37 IST
An RTI reply has revealed crippling shortage of state-run ambulances in Delhi and,in some cases,drivers being sent on long holidays without replacements.
Wed, Jul 11, 2012July 10, 2012 02:48 IST
Sonu Singh,a 19-year-old polio-stricken undertrial in a robbery case,spent a year in prison No. 4 of Tihar Jail.
Tue, Jul 10, 2012July 10, 2012 02:25 IST
Lack of facilities to suit their needs compound the hardships of jail life for disabled and ailing prisoners of Tihar,South Asias largest prison complex,an RTI reply reveals.
Tue, Jul 10, 2012July 09, 2012 01:14 IST
The central laboratory of AIIMS has stopped 36 key diagnostic tests since December last year following a controversy over the source of funding for the tests.
Mon, Jul 09, 2012
July 06, 2012 03:15 IST
Double-amputee in South Africa squad for London Games uses carbon fibre prosthetics
Fri, Jul 06, 2012



