Artificial Testis Developed by AIIMS a Boon to Suffering Patients

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has developed artificial testis, which will help those suffering from testicular cancer, underdeveloped genitals.// Doctors at the premier referral hospital have already operated upon over 50 patients suffering from such problems, achieving 100 ...

More AIIMS Doctors Joining Hunger Strike Again

The protest by 15 resident doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) against the passage of the OBC reservation bill //in Lok Sabha on Thursday intensified with five more medicos joining on an indefinite hunger strike - Dr Anil Sharma, spokesman of the AIIMS Resident Doctors' Assoc...

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 Si...

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 fo...

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 i...

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 expl...

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 so...

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. // T...

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...

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 co...

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