Negligent doctors asked to cough up 3 lakhs for death of patient
In a judgement that might stir up another controversy, pitting the doctors against the consumer activists, negligent doctors in Kerala have been asked to pay three lakh rupees as compensation to the family of a pregnant woman who died due to aftershock of spinal anesthesia.The issue of doctors coming under the umbrella of consumer protection act has been a very controversial one with lega...HIV Cases Steadily Increasing In China With The Toll Over 1.26 Lakh
The spread of the deadly HIV/AIDS is accelerating in China with 126,808 people infected with the virus, including 28,789 confirmed AIDS patients, according to latest health reports//. Experts estimate that China now has 840,000 people infected with HIV including 80,000 AIDS patients. This is considerably higher than the figures reported last year with the figures rising to over a margin o...Jalgaon undertakes Culling of Two Lakh Birds
Culling operations, which began in Jalgaon, on March 29, following fresh reports of bird flu will be completed today. District authorities along with the Maharashtra// Animal Husbandry Department officials has undertaken the culling of approximately two lakh chickens from six tehsils in Jalgaon district. The operation was carried out by 500 health workers, in 82 teams. According to Dr...Lakhs of Indians Exposed to High Levels of Poisonous Gases
New Delhi: Millions of Indians are being exposed to high levels of poisonous gases, including cancer-causing volatile organic compounds and sulphur fumes//, and the country lacks the mechanism to monitor or regulate these toxins, according to a report relased here today. Titled 'Smokescreen: Ambient Air Quality in India,' the report by the Chennai-based Community Environmental Monitori...Over one Lakh Affected by Chikungunya Disease Nagercoil
About 1.50 lakh people have been affected by the chikungunya disease all over the country and in Tamil Nadu the figure was 11,000, Dr Jagadeesh Ramasamy //, Additional Director, Vector borne Diseases, Tamil Nadu, said today. Andhra and Karnataka are the most affected states, he said. Preventive measures are on to restrict the spread of the disease in the state, he said, a...