New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) District hospital casualty wards should be urgently converted into fully functional Emergency Care Departments with triage, resuscitation, and other facilities, panellists said in a post‑Budget webinar session, according to an official statement on Monday.These emergency care departments should also have ambulance bays, diagnostics, and emergency operating theatres.A Post‑Budget webinar session was conducted where discussions focused on strengthening of Emergency an…
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New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh presented awards here to 26 young medical professionals from across India who excelled in specialities including oncology, paediatrics, endocrinology, orthopaedics and emergency medicine, an official statement said on Thursday.The minister expressed satisfaction that many of the honours went to young doctors rather than senior professionals, noting that early recognition boosts their confidence.The minister said that recognising young…
Bhopal, Jan 5 (IANS) Rashmi Verma, a 24-year-old doctor who had been undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, for the past 25 days after she allegedly took an overdose of an anaesthetic injection, died during treatment on Monday.Dr Verma, an Assistant Professor serving in the Emergency and Trauma Centre at AIIMS Bhopal, was found unconscious in her hostel room on December 11 with a weak pulse rate and heartbeat. She was admitted to the institute the sa…