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Indian Prime Minister undergoes Minor Surgery in AIIMS

Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India underwent a Minor Surgical Procedure yesterday in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The procedure was done to ease the pressure on a nerve in the right wrist//. After successfully completing the operations the right hand was bandaged. The doctors has advised the Prime Minister to take some rest and the right hand will be function...

Minister Defends Hike in AIIMS Treatment Charges

Health Minister of India Anbumoni Ramdoss justified the increase in the fees for lab tests and treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences //(AIIMS), saying that this was necessary to maintain the quality of the services. This is incidentally the first time that a hike is taking place at the institution since 1995. The budget of the AIIMS is at Rs. 420 crores while the revenu...

Prime Suspect Apprehended in AIIMS Question Paper Leak

The prime suspect behind the alleged leak of question papers of the MD/MS and PG Diploma courses entrance examination held by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), // has been identified as a post-graduate student, P. Sathish Kumar, of the Madurai Medical College. Satish Kumar (26),an MD (Paediatric) student, along with Ravi Kannan (28) of Madurai, MD (Physiology) and tw...

Health Ministry’s Interference in AIIMS Could Prove Deleteriou

Most of India’s health ministers have been unable to resist the allure of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the present health minister, Anbumani Ramadoss// , is no different, in fact only worse in this matter. His inability to honor the institutes’ autonomy seems to be particularly acute. Ramadoss has used AIIMS as a site for variegated assertions, the most recent one bei...

Stern Action will be Taken Against 'AIIMS Coterie' warns Ramadoss

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Friday warned of "strong action" against "indiscipline" he said was brewing at New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences// (AIIMS), saying a coterie had turned the prestigious institution into a "political hub". "Some people have converted the AIIMS into a political hub and action will be taken against them when I return to New Delhi June 19,...

AIIMS Doctors yet to Get Pay; Pro-Quota Activists Attack UPA Govt

The anti-quota agitators at AIIMS were still awaiting their salaries for the strike period, a day after the Supreme Court directed the Health Ministry to pay them for strike period. // AIIMS Registrar V P Gupta said the Institute authorities were "awaiting directions" on release of salaries to the anti-quota agitators. "We are waiting for directions," he said adding tha...

New Low-Risk Eye Surgery Option at AIIMS

Losing sleep over laser surgery permanently damaging your eye? AIIMS has introduced a new reversible eye surgery to treat patients suffering from near or far sightedness through the insertion of small plexiglass rings into the cornea. // "A typical vision correction procedure using intrastromal corneal rings (INTACS) would involve making a small incision in the cornea of the eye and i...

Boy Infected with AIDS at AIIMS

Delhi High Court has sought an explanation from medical superintendent of AIIMS for its failure to comply with the disclosure of sufficient details after a boy, suffering from cancer//, became infected with AIDS after blood transfusion at the hospital in 2001. Aggrieved with the defensive attitude of AIIMS, Justice Vikramjit Sen has asked the hospital to explain its unwillingness to dis...

A Boy Undergoing Treatment For Cancer Gets AIDS At AIIMS

The Delhi High Court, which is angered by the defence attorneys of the AIIMS hospital, has sought an immediate explanation from the medical superintendent// about the case where a boy, suffering from cancer, got inflicted with AIDS after blood transfusion at the hospital in 2001. The victim, who was nine years old at the time of his admission to the hospital in July 2000 for treatmen...

AIIMS Counsel Claims Cancer Patient Got HIV Through Needle

The Delhi High Court has demanded an explanation from the medical superintendent (MS) of the AIIMS hospital as to how a boy suffering from cancer got inflicted with AIDS after undergoing blood transfusion in 2001. //The court has also asked for an explanation on why the relevant documents were not being made available despite repeated requests. Justice Vikramjit Sen ruled that the bloo...

Shortage Of Faculty Members At AIIMS

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here is running short of faculty members and its current strength is much less than sanctioned//, Rajya Sabha was informed Friday. Replying to a question, minister of state for health and family welfare Panabaka Lakshmi said that the AIIMS was running with just 479 faculty members as against its sanctioned strength of 543....

User charges imposed on AIIMS patients may be withdrawn

Government is considering doing away with the user charges imposed on patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences// (AIIMS) here, a senior CPI(M) MP said today. This was conveyed to a delegation of Members of Parliment led by CPI(M) member Basudeb Acharia when they called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Tuesday. The delegation, which also included Nirma...

Ramadoss Examines Patients At AIIMS, Warns Striking Doctors

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who is a doctor, today examined patients at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here and warned the protesting medicos to end their strike or face termination of service. // 'Then there is no other option left but to terminate them from service,' he said when asked about the possible action against the striking medicos if they failed to...

Setback to Medical Strike – AIIMS & MAMC Doctors to Resume Wor

New Delhi. Resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) & of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) //have today called-off strike and decided to resume duties from tomorrow to avert a direct confrontation with the Supreme Court. They, however, will continue to support the anti-quota agitation waged by medicos against the government proposal to introduce 27 per...

Assam CM Admitted At AIIMS Due To Dehydration

The Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi had today undergone treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for dehydration //. Sources close to him explained that Gogoi, who had returned to India yesterday, after a 12-day tour of Europe and Canada, was taken to AIIMS as he had complained of uneasiness. Doctors who had attended on Gogoi at the AIIMS said t...

Swaraj concerned over developments concerning AIIMS

Former health minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today expressed concern over the turf war between Union Health Minister A Ramadoss and AIIMS Director P Venugopal// , saying it could "destroy the premier institution". "I am very sad at what is happening concerning AIIMS and the institution is being destroyed by the present union minister," she alleged at a news conference her...

Pro-reservation body seeks removal of AIIMS Director

Condemning the signature campaign for removal of Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramdoss, a pro-reservation doctor's association today sought// removal of AIIMS Director P Venugopal and some senior doctors for allegedly being behind the agitation by medical students in Delhi against reservations for OBCs in higher education. "The AIIMS Director, Superintendent and some faculty members o...

IIM Ahmedabad Signs MoU with US Firm for Corporate Education

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) here Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US-based Duke Corporate Education //CE to offer customised corporate education programmes in India and the Middle East....

AIIMS Doctors Seeks Ramadoss Intervention For Venugopal’s Remova

A group of senior doctors of AIIMS today met Union Health Minister Ambumani Ramadoss demanding removal of the hospital's Director P Venugopal //, alleging he had instigated the institute's medicos to take part in the anti-reservation stir. Besides seeking Venugopal's removal, the delegation, comprising senior medicos and resident doctors of the premier health institute, also demanded...

AIIMS Doctors Assists Police in Rahul Mahajan’s Drug Abuse Cas

Doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are helping the police unravel the medical complexities in the drug abuse case involving Rahul Mahajan. // The police have obtained the medical records of Rahul, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, and managed to substantiate the "conspiracy" of the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital to hide informati...

Minor Fire At AIIMS In The Wee Hours Today

A minor fire broke out in the AII India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here in the wee hours, fire department officials said today. // The blaze broke out in the X-ray department of neurology section due to a suspected short circuit shortly after 1 a.M., they said. Fifteen fire tenders were rushed to the hospital and the blaze was brought under control after around two...

'Humiliated' Dean Contemplates Leaving AIIMS

The dean of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is contemplating leaving the institution, saying he has been subjected to humiliation //by "some colleagues and misguided students". "The day I became the dean of AIIMS, I was offered the post of vice-chancellor of K.G. Medical University in Lucknow. I declined the offer then but might reconsider in view of the prevalent...

Another Senior Doctor From AIIMS Contemplates Leaving Due to Infighting

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) dean is considering quitting the institution //, as he feels of being subjected to humiliation by some colleagues and misguided students. The dean R.C.Deka, a leading ENT surgeon in the country and an expert in cochlear implant surgery is now contemplating leaving the premier institution on account of being badly treated by his colleague...

Senior Researcher Harassed In AIIMS

A senior research fellow at the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi //has alleged harassment stating that her ad hoc appointment was terminated due to her participation in the pro-reservation agitation at the Institute recently. In a letter to Anbumani Ram doss, Union minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Aj...

AIIMS medical Superintendent confirms that salary release has not been permitted

New Delhi: The Medical Superintendent and Officiating Faculty In-charge of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here, Dr. D. K. Sharma//, has completely refuted the charge that the Institute Director, Dr. P. Venugopal, had ordered the release of salaries for the in-living doctors, during the strike period. According to him, there has not been any formal approval from either the...

AIIMS Director Venugopal Sacked

The apex decision-making body of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Wednesday sacked its director P. Venugopal from the post following whichemergency //services in India's premier hospital here came to a standstill. The decision was taken during a three-hour meeting of the 17-members governing body, headed by Health Minister A. Ramadoss. The meeting also ad...

User Charges At AIIMS Rolled Back

In an important move that will benefit poor patients, the Centre today decided to roll back the user charges in the prestigious All India Institute// of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The decision to withdraw the user charges, imposed earlier this year, was taken at a meeting of the AIIMS Institute Body where a majority of the members wanted the user charges to be rolled back. "T...

AIIMS Docs Continue Strike; MAMC, LNJP Join In

Health services at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences remained crippled today as doctors and faculty members continued their strike to protest the move to sack its Director P Venugopal//. All services, including the OPD and emergency, were closed since last evening as resident doctors and faculty of the AIIMS struck work after its 17-member apex body headed by Union Health Min...

Human Chain Seeks AIIMS Status For Tiruchi Medical College

More than 2,000 people today formed a human chain to show their solidarity and support for the upgradation of The Tiruchi Government medical college. This was an initiative to raise the college's present level of care and bring it in par with The All India Institute of Medical Sciences. // The human chain, comprising supporters of various political parties, local people and students,...

AIIMS Strike Enters Second day, Support Continues To Pour In

Doctors, faculty members, and other staff at AIIMS have decided to continue with their strike for another 24 hours//. The governments order on relieving the Director of AIIMS Dr.P Venugopal has raised a feeling of disappointment within the faculty, doctors, and other staff members of the premier institute and also from various leading hospitals from across the state and nation. Meanwh...

Normalcy Returns To AIIMS; Venugopal Attends Office

Normalcy returned to AIIMS today, with medical services functioning smoothly and the institute's director P Venugopal resuming his routine// duties - clearing files and attending to patients - a day after the Delhi High Court stayed his proposed sacking. While health services normalised in AIIMS after doctors, on strike protesting the proposed removal of Venugopal, suspended their ag...

Stern action against AIIMS Medicos, warns Ramadoss

Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss Friday warned of "stern action" against doctors who went on strike at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to protest its chief's sacking//. "It is really painful to see doctors neglecting their duty. What happened to their promise of serving society at any cost? Stern action awaits the protesting medicos," Ramadoss said. "No...

Controversy Over Release Of Salaries Of Striking AIIMS Doctors

The controversy over the release of salaries of doctors participating in the anti-quota stir was likely to erupt again as a senior AIIMS offcial claimed// that the order to do so was issued on the direction of Director P Venugopal. The official said Registrar V P Gupta, who was asked to explain the reason behind the order to release the pay, did so on directions from Venugopal....

Expert panel confident of making AIIMS fully autonomous

Against the backdrop of questions being raised about its autonomy, a high-level expert committee is confident of making the All India Institute of Medical Sciences// (AIIMS) "as immune as possible from authorities". "We hope we can come out with some recommendations which will make AIIMS as immune as possible from authorities," M S Valiathan, who has been named the head of the four-me...

Supreme Court's Order is a Vindication of Our Stand: AIIMS Medicos

Resident doctors Monday said the Supreme Court's direction to the government to release salaries of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) medicos// who were absent from work during the May anti-quota strike, was a vindication of their stand. "We have been demanding our salary for the striking period as we called off the strike as per the apex court's direction. Today's o...

Valiathan Committee Seeks Documents from AIIMS

Setting in motion the process to review the functioning of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the Centre's Expert Committee has sought details about the institute's rules and regulations. // The four-member committee, set up in the backdrop of the bitter row between Health Minister A Ramadoss and AIIMS chief P Venugopal, has sought deatils about the organisation, its various act...

AIIMS Acquires Four-Armed Robot to Assist in Surgeries

The country's premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences' (AIIMS) has acquired a four-armed robot, the first of its kind in Asia, to help in delicate surgeries// at the department of urology, top doctors said Friday. "We acquired the Da Vinci Surgical Robot on July 19 and have so far conducted six prostate surgeries with the help of the machine. The robot is the first of its kind...

Medicos Seek NHRC Intervention on User Charges at AIIMS

The issue of delay in withdrawal of "user charges" at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was today brought to the notice of the National Human Rights Commission // (NHRC) with a medicos' body seeking its intervention on the matter. In a letter to NHRC Chairperson A S Anand, the Medicos Forum for Equal Opportunity, a body of pro-quota medicos, today said the governing b...

High Court Orders Taking Shahabuddin to AIIMS in Police Custody

The appeal of incarcerated Siwan MP Mohammad Shahabuddin for specialised treatment for his nagging spinal problem was granted today with the Patna High Court // ordering that he be taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. The order was passed by Justice V N Sinha on the basis of a confidential report of the state medical board submitted to the court by...

AIIMS Asked to Pay Compensation for Negligence

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was Friday asked by a city court to pay Rs.200,000 as compensation for the untimely demise of a woman suffering// from heart disease. The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission held the country's most prestigious medical hospital responsible for gross negligence. The court asked AIIMS to pay the amount within...