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Defective HIV Testing Kits Poses Serious Health Risks

...umanitarian society to help the victims of medical negligence and promote better healthcare in India....

New Zealand Authorities Concerned With Overcrowding in Hospitals

...y his family. The report cleared the hospital of negligence over Carroll's death, but said it failed Carroll by not offering him the best care. The report has led to serious soul-searching among the members of the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) members who are calling for a thorough review of the h...

Health Insurance- Play It Safe And Reap The Benefits

...inders a month in advance but sometimes because of negligence or system flaws it doesnt happen, he adds. Most insurance companies, however, give a grace period of seven days, which can be extended to 15 days in case of extreme circumstances, under which a policy can be renewed for keeping it eligible for a no...

AIIMS Fined Rs 5 Lakhs for Negligence

A case of medical negligence has been registered against the premier institute ...se of an error of judgment. It is a case of either negligence or incompetence of AIIMS doctors, as a result of which she underwent surgery and radio therapy," sai...

Police Raids Hospitals and Labs in Orissa

...on be made. Social activists, meanwhile, charged negligence on the part of the state administration, and said police delayed registering a case against the suspects. Local residents said that three infants were found dumped a month ago at the same spot but the police took no action. "We observed there i...

Girls Feet Severed in Amusement Park Accident

Accidents resulting from negligence are becoming common everywhere. Only last fortnight it was reported that a college-going girl fell from a height of 15 ft during a joyride and sustained grievous injuries in Chennai, capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. But for a tr...

Nigeria Launches Seven Billion Dollar Case Against Pfizer

...ent took a seven billion dollar (5.2 billion euro) negligence suit against the world's biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer to court Tuesday, as the US giant demanded the charges be dismissed. But the government's case suffered an early setback when the court rejected a request to allow it to submit "additi...

Court Seeks Explanation from Hospital for Childs Amputation

The shocking story of medical negligence that led to a one-year-old child having his foot ... to file their replies by Aug 3 on alleged medical negligence meted out to Jai. The court also appointed Jubeda Begum, an advocate, to assist the court in the m...

Chikungunya Scare in Orissa: 4 Die

..."The disease spread to other villagers only due to negligence on the part of health officials who didn't bother when the first case was reported," alleged Lokanath Sahu, chairman of Odagaon block. "The cases are increasing day by day. All the affected persons are suffering from high fever and severe pain in l...

Forceps Left in Woman's Abdomen

...ordered an enquiry into an alleged case of medical negligence in which some doctors reportedly left a pair of forceps in a young woman's abdomen after a surgical procedure four years ago. Doctors Saturday removed the five-inch long surgical instruments from the abdomen of 25-year-old Binapani Khatua at a pri...

Womans Death increases Pressure on LA Hospital to close down

...immense pressure trying to survive amid reports of negligence in patient care. The plea for help from a woman dying in the emergency room of the Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital seemed to have been ignored by the in house staff. Like wise two emergency calls to the 911 too was rejected by the dispatche...

Child Seeks Compensation for Medical Negligence

...se leg had been amputated allegedly due to medical negligence , the Delhi High Court has asked the government an... leg had to be amputated on March 5 due to alleged negligence by the doctors in the orthopaedic department of the Safdarjung Hospital. Ram Babu, a tailor by pr...

MPs Vow to Fight Malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh

...ms Sachin Kumar Jain, an activist fighting alleged negligence in government departments. "In the last two years, malnutrition - an indicator of human underdevelopment - has been on the rise in Madhya Pradesh. According to data collected a few months ago by the state government's own Bal Sanjeevani Abhiyan sch...

Six Lose Sight Due to Medical Negligence in Eye Camp

...olice that they had lost their operated eye due to negligence of the doctors, a police official said. The officials however denied the allegation. "The patients were advised by the doctors to stay in the hospital for at least 15 days but they did not listen and left," district medical chief Srinibas Nayak to...

Hope for Obese Canines

...habits as is it primarily due to over- feeding and negligence in exercising their dog, that leads to most canines piling on the pounds. Says Vet Grant Petrie: "The treatment is only for a two month period and at the end of that we are going to rely on diet and exercise and hopefully a change in owner habits a...

NRI Fights for HIV Child Who was Refused Treatment

...ell-known US-based Indian crusader against medical negligence to support him. Sk. Idrish Ali, father of the infected child and a poor labourer, approached the People for Better Treatment (PBT) set up here by Ohio-based Kunal Saha after government hospitals allegedly refused to perform a surgery on his son for ...

Indian American Doctor Fights for Information

...dian doctor Kunal Saha, fighting a case of medical negligence in India over his wife's death, has moved a writ p...Saha's wife Anuradha had died from alleged medical negligence during a trip to Kolkata in 1998. The WBMC acquitted all three doctors accused of medical negligence...

Malnutrition Kills Two Kids In Madhya Pradesh

... occurred at a Gwalior hospital due to the alleged negligence of the staff and doctors," said Sandesh Bansal, an activist with Jan Adhikar Manch. Bansal told IANS: "The cause of Chhottu's death was even more shocking. The district authorities continued to shirk their responsibility of taking care of the child...

Scotland Women Wait For Weeks For Getting Breast Cancer Results

...t if they are affected by breast cancer due to the negligence of the Scotland's screening //services in meeting the basic deadlines – a report says. Most affected were the women from east of Scotland, where one quarter of those tested did not receive their results within the set timescale. The areas covering Ta...

Obstacles to Reducing Human Injury and Death Due to Medical Error

... under the Japanese Criminal Code is 'professional negligence causing death and injury,' a crime not found in U.S. statute books. Secrecy surrounding medical error has been a problem in both countries, but even more so in Japan. Thus, the latter’s criminal code also contains sanctions for attempts to cover up m...

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