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No Doctors in Ghaziabad Hospital, 13-yr-old Gang-rape Victim Awaits Medical Examination

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No Doctors in Ghaziabad Hospital, 13-yr-old Gang-rape Victim Awaits Medical Examination Medical examination of the victim and the accused could not be conducted even after two days due to non-availability of doctors at the government hospital, Senior Sub Inspector of Sahibabad Jitender Singh said. The accused threatened her against disclosing the incident, the complainant said, adding that the victim narrated the ordeal to her parents after reaching home. Medical examination of the victim and the accused could not be conducted even after two days due to non-availability of doctors at the government hospital, Senior Sub Inspector of Sahibabad Jitender Singh saidhaziabad:  A 13-year-old girl, gang-raped two days ago, was still awaiting a medical examination as were the two minor accused detained in connection with the case, police said on Monday. The minor victim was playing with two boys from her neighbourhood on Saturday evening when they took her to a secluded pl...
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Inside the mind of Nikolas Cruz and other mass school shooters

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Inside the mind of Nikolas Cruz and other mass school shooters Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old suspect that killed 17 people in a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, Wednesday, was armed with an assault rifle and had a gun obsession. About 18% of adults in America have a mental illness. Medical experts note the traits of mass killers include depression and  a fascination with violence. The  Wednesday massacre  at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead and 14 others wounded is the  eighteenth school shooting in the last 45 days.  Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old suspect armed with an assault rifle, was charged with 17 counts of murder in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. According to research, those with mental illness —  about 18 percent of adults , according to the Kaiser Family Foundation — are no more likely to commit violent acts. But the fact remains that when you look at the...
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Medical errors are to blame for more than 250,000 deaths in the US every year

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Medical errors are to blame for more than 250,000 deaths in the US every year A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers to be as high as 440,000. Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. Advocates are fighting back, pushing for greater legislation for patient safe "My little angel" is how Christopher Jerry describes his daughter Emily. At just a year and a half, Emily was diagnosed with a massive abdominal tumor and endured numerous surgeries and rigorous chemotherapy before finally being declared cancer-free. But just to be sure, doctors encouraged Chris and his wife to continue with Emily's last scheduled chemotherapy session, a three-day treatment that would begin on her second birthday. On the morning of her final day of treatment, a pharmacy technician prepared the intravenous bag, filling it with more than 2...
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Cancer research breakthrough shows a better way to predict drugs that will work

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Cancer research breakthrough shows a better way to predict drugs that will work A new study used lab-engineered microtumors to predict if cancer drugs will work in patients. It could lead to more effective disease treatments and less patient side effects. Cancer patients need time and drugs that, over time, are effective. They might have more of both according to the results of a new study by researchers in Britain and Italy. The study, just  published in  Science , showed that the creation of what the researchers are calling microtumors can help predict drug effectiveness in cancer patients better than the current standard method of testing the drugs on rodents. Researchers took biopsies from 71 colorectal cancer patients and made "cancer organoids," or cell culture models of cancerous organs. Researchers then treated these microtumors with drugs and observed the effectiveness in the laboratory. In the past, doctors predicted how effective a treatment would be ...
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Nine Children Die in Ahmedabad Govt Hospital in One Day

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Nine Children Die in Ahmedabad Govt Hospital in One Day According to initial reports, the children breathed their last at Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. Five of them had been shifted from other hospitals in the state, while four were born in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad:  As many as nine children died at the Government Civil Hospital in the city in one single day on Saturday, official sources said. According to initial reports, the children breathed their last at Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. Five of them had been shifted from other hospitals in the state, while four were born in Ahmedabad. Police force was deployed at the hospital to prevent untoward incident by angry relatives of the children. Denying reports that the children died because of absence of doctors, Civil Hospitals' Medical Superintendent M.M. Prabhakar told a Gujarati TV channel: "We always have doctors present 24 hours." He claimed the patients could have been sent to the Civil Hospi...
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Bihar Govt Orders to Terminate Services of 80,000 Striking Health Workers

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Bihar Govt Orders to Terminate Services of 80,000 Striking Health Workers Principal Health Secretary R.K Mahajan, in a letter to all district magistrates and civil surgeons, urged to start hiring against the striking workers as essential services in government hospitals have been severely affected Patna:  The Bihar government on Wednesday ordered to start the process of terminating the services of almost 80 thousand striking Health workers, who were hired on contracts and are now demanding equal pay for equal work. Principal Health Secretary R.K Mahajan, in a letter to all district magistrates and civil surgeons, urged to start hiring against the striking workers as essential services in government hospitals have been severely affected These workers include nursing staff, accountants, lab technicians and health managers. They were hired on contracts under National Health Mission. Their continuing strike has crippled health services across the state as reports of p...
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Public Healthcare On Life Support: A Day in Delhi’s Government Hospitals

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Public Healthcare On Life Support: A Day in Delhi’s Government Hospitals An old guard at the door doesn’t blink an eye even if you are physically injured. Patients, some of them in a critical condition, lie wherever they find space. Their family members huddled around them, desperately seeking staff’s attention New Delhi:  It’s not the best feeling to walk into a hospital. Things are worse if it’s a government hospital.  An old guard at the door doesn’t blink an eye even if you are physically injured. Patients, some of them in a critical condition, lie wherever they find space. Their family members huddled around them, desperately seeking staff’s attention. But the long queue to fill up forms extends till the end of the hospital gate. Unable to find a bed, these patients and their family members often spend days outside, waiting for their number to arrive. “The doctors said my wife may have stomach ulcer. They have given medicines, but she’s still in pain. W...
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