Indian Doctor in World's 65 'caring' doctors
Indian doctor Dr.Sanjiv Malik is among 65 "caring" physicians of the world listed in a new book released by the World Medical Association (WMA).// The Indian doctors form the backbone of health services of many countries including the UK and USA are very popular abroad due to their caring attitude. In India though some of them are now becoming somewhat commercial, there are still a ma...Drug Addicts To Prove ‘Child-Caring Capabilities’ By Clearing Drug Tess
This is a litmus test, for drug addicts, to check out if they really have the potential to care for their children – They will need to tide over drug tests// to prove their child rearing and caring capabilities. This idea is being chewed upon by Peter Peacock, the children's minister, who is mulling over the thought of drug tests that might hold a clue to how the drug addict might tur...Melbourne University Launches Plan To Produce More Caring Doctors
Melbourne University has launched a plan to improve the bedside manners of would-be doctors. For this plan to come into effect, the medical students will be "embedded" with patients suffering from a chronic illness such as diabetes or arthritis for two years. // This program will be compulsory for the students and is identical to a program at Harvard Medical School in the US. "I think...Learning to Prevent Medical Mistakes in Caring for Stroke Patients
Medical errors and adverse events can happen in patients with stroke, and hospital procedures need to be modified to reduce the likelihood// of error and patients getting hurt, according to a study. For the study, researchers analyzed provider-reported adverse events and errors within a voluntary and mandatory event reporting system in stroke patients admitted to Strong Memorial Hosp...World Kidney Day – Caring for the Kidney
March 8th is commemorated as the In today’s world, communicable diseases have paved the way// for non-communicable ailments, like chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases as leading cause of death and despair. There is an increased effort by several groups of doctors to focus attention on matters related to ki...