Panel to submit kidney racket report

The state-appointed inquiry committee designated to monitor organ transplants and also probe the Dr LH Hiranandani hospital kidney transplant racket, will submit its final report on Monday.

25 Jul 2016 1:08 AM

Stents to cost less, poor will benefit most

The stents used for people suffering from coronary heart diseases are set to get cheaper in India after the Union health ministry accepted the recommendations of a sub-committee looking into the issue

24 Jul 2016 12:58 AM

Doctors remove 3-kg tumour from infant

In a rare surgery performed at Sion Hospital, doctors removed a 3-kg tumour from the stomach of a nine-month-old baby girl weighing 10kg.

23 Jul 2016 1:48 AM

Mumbai cattle samples test positive for lepto virus

A report by the National Leptospirosis Reference Centre (NLRC) at Port Blair has revealed that most of the cattle samples from Mumbai have tested positive for leptospira bacterium.

23 Jul 2016 1:20 AM

Nair Hospital’s blood bank licence suspended

19 Jul 2016 1:36 AM

15 leptospirosis cases recorded

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) health department on Saturday recorded 15 suspected cases of leptospirosis from all the wards of the city and one death from the disease.

18 Jul 2016 1:44 AM

After MBBS, very few students opting for forensic science

Data from the last few years has revealed that after MBBS, post-graduation students do not opt for forensic science and toxicology to the extent that every year, nearly five out of the total eight sea

17 Jul 2016 2:15 AM

Kidney racket accused involved in 35 cases

Following the arrest of four persons at Hiranandani Hospital, Powai, for allegedly forging documents and running a kidney racket, Powai police station sources have now confirmed that the culprits were

16 Jul 2016 1:28 AM

19-year-old boy is city’s first dengue victim

The city reported its first dengue death this year on Wednesday when 19-year-old Shahid Sayyed, a resident of Govandi in Chembur, died at Sion Hospital after his condition aggravated owing to fever.

14 Jul 2016 2:28 AM

This year’s first dengue patient in Sion

Even as the central government has asked states to develop micro-plans to tackle the predicted rise in vector-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria during the monsoon, Mumbai has witnessed its fir

13 Jul 2016 1:46 AM

Tread lightly on Mumbai roads: Doctors

Doctors have advised Mumbaikars to be careful while walking on the footpath and travelling on roads during the monsoon season, as ill-fitted paver blocks and potholes are endangering citizens.

13 Jul 2016 1:39 AM

Nair hospital gets cath lab to treat heart patients

Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray (centre) along with Mumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner Ajoy Mehta goes around the Cardiac Cath lab after its inauguration at the BMC’s Nair Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: Asian Age)

09 Jul 2016 2:11 AM

State’s first scar-less surgery at JJ Hospital, successful

J.J. Hospital has become the first state-run hospital to perform scar-less endoscopic thyroid key-hole surgery.

09 Jul 2016 1:35 AM

UK to help cure rare disorder

Imagine your stomach was a bottomless chasm and no matter how much you put in it, you’re never full.

06 Jul 2016 3:24 AM

Ephedrine in demand after MD is banned

Ephedrine is now the new substitute for MD.

05 Jul 2016 3:04 AM

Admin department asks 16 JJ hospital doctors to return ‘extra’ salary

A senior woman doctor from the pathology department of JJ Hospital has been asked to cough up Rs 22 lakh to be returned to the administrative department; all this, because the hospital paid her an add

04 Jul 2016 1:48 AM

20 swine flu deaths seen in state this year

Maharashtra witnessed 20 swine flu deaths from January to June this year, a report from the state health department has revealed.

04 Jul 2016 1:41 AM