Pritha Chatterjee is a journalist and research assistant in the department of social and behavioural sciences, at Harvard University.
May 28, 2012 01:28 IST
The Dubai metro,which has implemented this measure,boasts of zero fatal accidents.
Mon, May 28, 2012May 22, 2012 02:59 IST
Maulana Azad Medical College has decided to appeal against a Health ministry order,putting a cap on the age for holding the office of head of departments. As per the order received by MAMC,University College of Medical Sciences and Vardhaman Institute of Medical Sciences on May 1,a person can retain the post of HoD till the age of 62.
Tue, May 22, 2012May 22, 2012 02:35 IST
Donate an organ,give someone a new life Preeti She joined AIIMS as a young data entry operator,and around the age of 26,she became one of the first and youngest recipient of a donated heart in 2001 from a 14-year-old boy.
Tue, May 22, 2012May 20, 2012 02:17 IST
The Directorate of Health Services and a private pharmaceutical company are under the CBI scanner for alleged criminal conspiracy in purchase of a commonly used injectable antibiotic.
Sun, May 20, 2012May 20, 2012 02:05 IST
Acting on a PIL by the father of one of the inmates of Apna Ghar,licensed by the Delhi government,the Delhi High Court on Friday admonished orphanage authorities for the deplorable condition in which the 30-odd children were housed.
Sun, May 20, 2012
May 20, 2012 01:01 IST
Since Friday,many students have been checking on the possibility of a transfer to a school in Faridabad.
Sun, May 20, 2012May 19, 2012 03:01 IST
Acting on a PIL by the father of one of the inmates of Apna Ghar,licensed by the Delhi government,the Delhi High Court on Friday admonished orphanage authorities for the deplorable condition in which the 30-odd children were housed.
Sat, May 19, 2012May 17, 2012 01:26 IST
A day after Newsline reported that only seven of the 14 ventilators at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital have been functioning for over two months,the Health department held an emergency meeting on Wednesday,to take stock of the citys ICUs.
Thu, May 17, 2012May 16, 2012 03:45 IST
AIIMS authorities have decided to sack a resident doctor for his casual approach in conducting the medical examination of an eight-year-old boy,who looked like he was hit by a sharp object.
Wed, May 16, 2012
May 15, 2012 03:11 IST
Only seven of the 14 ventilators have been in a working condition for the past two months at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital,Delhi governments largest healthcare centre in West Delhi.
Tue, May 15, 2012May 13, 2012 02:59 IST
What does it feel to be an outsider in your own country? With a string of recent allegations of discrimination against people from the Northeast,a Dalit student at AIIMS,a Manipuri cashier in Delhi,a Kashmiri Muslim in Mumbai,a taxi driver from UP in Mumbai and labourers from Bihar in Manipur tell their stories
Sun, May 13, 2012
May 13, 2012 02:11 IST
Nearly a decade of announcements later,AIIMS is going to paperless.
Sun, May 13, 2012May 11, 2012 01:23 IST
NGO Prayas has been founded by former Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights chief Amod Kanth.
Fri, May 11, 2012May 09, 2012 03:16 IST
With the CBI registering cases against five current students of AIIMS for manipulating their entrance exam answer sheets,the institute is now working on measures to step up its examination security system.
Wed, May 09, 2012May 06, 2012 00:26 IST
The staff also claimed that police,who were called in following the altercation,refused to lodge an FIR.
Sun, May 06, 2012May 03, 2012 01:35 IST
This is the current address,in police records,of a boy brought to the hospital with a severed left leg and right arm on April 28.
Thu, May 03, 2012May 03, 2012 00:55 IST
No medicare on board,vans charge random rates; owner claims there is no system for ambulance registration; Health Secretary says rules exist
Thu, May 03, 2012May 02, 2012 01:46 IST
It is admission season in medical colleges but two leading government colleges in Delhi have been instructed by the Medical Council of India (MCI) not to fill their quota of seats for the MD (Radiotherapy) course because radiotherapy machines have not been working at hospitals linked to these colleges
Wed, May 02, 2012May 01, 2012 03:06 IST
The Lok Nayak Hospital is shifting from computerised patient registration system to manual mode starting Tuesday.
Tue, May 01, 2012April 30, 2012 02:16 IST
All of 12 years,and found abandoned at New Delhi railway station,his medical report shows he was diagnosed with epilepsy.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012April 29, 2012 03:18 IST
Sister Nirmal Thakur of AIIMS holds an international patent for designing an important surgical instrument
Sun, Apr 29, 2012
April 25, 2012 00:42 IST
The government may be trying to make doctors sign bonds to return to the country after completing higher studies in the United States but there is no stopping the exodus from premier government medical institutes like the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Wed, Apr 25, 2012April 24, 2012 02:53 IST
Do psychiatry patients have the right to access records of their treatment?
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
April 22, 2012 02:02 IST
Why do those who can afford it go West for cancer treatment when India has more specialised oncology departments than ever? From diagnostics to therapy,there is a glaring knowledge gap.
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
April 18, 2012 03:20 IST
In the din of celebrations and the deafening silence of loss,there were some who stood out.
Wed, Apr 18, 2012





