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As the stipulated period of September 30 is over, the doctors have appealed to the AP Medical Council to extend the relaxation by three more months as they are unable to earn the requisite CMU credit hours. (Representational Photo:PTI)

Andhra Pradesh doctors want credit hours relaxed till year end

The doctors say that the decision of AP Medical Council is expected to benefit nearly 45,000 doctors in AP

02 Oct 2021 12:30 AM

Doctors maintain that as the state government is getting ready to face the third wave of Coronavirus pandemic, services of these experienced doctors will come in handy in case the situation deteriorates. (Photo:PTI)

AP to benefit if its doctors retire at 65 years

Amid preparing for a COVID-19 third wave, AP has nearly 150 government doctors scheduled to retire by end of 2021

07 Aug 2021 1:01 AM

As part of nation-wide protest against increased attacks on doctors fraternity being organised under the aegis of Indian Medical Association, the Gandhi Hospital doctors staged a protest on Friday. (Photo:DC)

IMA decries attacks against docs, stage protests

Members of both the medical and non-medical fraternity urged the government to take strict action to protect doctors

19 Jun 2021 12:42 AM

A patient suffering from the coronavirus receives treatment inside the emergency ward at Holy Family hospital in New Delhi. (Photo: Reuters)

Indian doctors, trained abroad, forced to stand by as COVID sweeps nation

Health experts are warning that India will soon face a shortage of medical staff in critical care units

18 May 2021 1:17 PM

Healthcare workers in contact with confirmed cases of Covid-19 without adequate protection as analysed by IMA was 2.8 per cent. (AFP)

Death due to coronavirus higher among doctors, healthcare workers

The risk of death due to infection is 17 times more in doctors and 15 times more in healthcare workers, according to the IMA

11 Sep 2020 2:54 PM

A doctor treats a COVID infected patient at a hospital. — AFP photo

Don’t cover up doctors’ deaths: Stalin

The IMA in Tamil Nadu announced that 32 doctors succumbed to Coronavirus infection and 15 others died with symptoms of the disease

17 Aug 2020 11:28 AM

IndiGo to give 25% discount on airfare to doctors and nurses till year-end. (PTI Photo)

IndiGo offers 25% discount for doctors, nurses under Tough Cookie campaign

The nurses and doctors will be required to provide valid hospital IDs at the time of check-in as a proof of their identity

02 Jul 2020 2:33 PM

A doctor walks in a lane during a free medical camp in Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums in Mumbai, India. (AP)

Life through a COVID prism: How our nurses, docs walk tightrope between work and home

Their days revolve around their COVID-19 patients and their lives around their families and the two can never meet

21 Jun 2020 3:48 PM

Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries to doctors and healthcare workers. (PTI Photo)

Ensure timely payment of salaries to healthcare workers: SC directs Centre

A three-judge bench said that doctors and healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients should not be denied quarantine facilities

17 Jun 2020 12:21 PM

The Supreme Court directed the Centre and the states not to take any action against companies unable to pay full wages. (PTI Photo)

SC: It's OK to hold up workers' wages. But how can you not pay doctors?

Supreme Court took serious note of the non-payment of salary and lack of proper accommodation to doctors

12 Jun 2020 3:39 PM

Team of Kerala doctors, nurses to reach Mumbai to fight COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

100 Kerala doctors, nurses to help Mumbai fight Covid19

A team of 16 doctors from Kerala is expected to reach Mumbai on Monday

01 Jun 2020 1:11 PM

A medic uses a thermal screening device on a boy during a door-to-door survey to detect COVID-19 cases in Nagaon district in Assam. (PTI)

Medics around the world face hostility over virus stigma

In countries like India, Egypt, Mexico and elsewhere, some doctors and nurses are intimidated and treated like pariahs because of their work

16 May 2020 1:55 PM

Liz Vereshko, left, is assisted into PPE equipment by fellow nurse Evana Croda before stepping into a patient's room in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. (AP)

They don't want our IT guys, but they want our nurses, docs

US to offer 40,000 Green Cards to foreign medics while temporarily banning the issuance of work-based visas like H-1B

09 May 2020 12:28 PM

More police, security and health personnel are getting infected by the coronavirus as the total number of cases rises at an alarming rate.(PTI Photo)

Corona cases in India rise at alarming rate after BSF, police personnel test positive

In Maharashtra, 531 Maharashtra police personnel 480 constables and 51 officers tested positive in the 44 days of the lockdown

08 May 2020 8:39 AM

Doctors and nurses rally outside a Kiev hospital in Ukraine to protest against a decrease in their salaries as a result of the ongoing medical reform. (AFP)

Coronavirus infects 90k frontline healthworkers across the globe

International Council of Nurses reveal the disease has killed more than 260 nurses, as per data from 30 countries

07 May 2020 12:41 PM

TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu. (DC File Image)

YSRC MLAs violating lockdown with impunity: Naidu

TDP leaders allege that the government health bulletin itself reflects a shortage of doctors

17 Apr 2020 11:56 AM

Indore was where health personnel were attacked while doing a survey last week. Here, residents of the Taat Patti Bakhal locality apologize to a team of doctors a day after health workers were attacked by some local people. (PTI)

Another doctor falls to Covid-19 in Indore, India's surprise hot-spot city

And over in Bhopal, of the 117 confirmed cases reported so far, 61 are health officials and 12 are cops

11 Apr 2020 8:09 AM

Patients discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi ,and their attendants take refuge amidst unhygienic conditions in a subway near the hospital as the nationwide lockdown left them no means of transport to go back home. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Only doctors and nurses can save India now

Suddenly, Donald Trump wants Indian drugs and Indian doctors

07 Apr 2020 9:56 AM

Why is India so ambivalent about its doctors at a time like this? (AFP)

DC Edit: Does India deserve its doctors?

One week we clang cymbals for them; the next week we kick and chase them away

04 Apr 2020 9:18 PM

Representational Image. (AFP)

Covid lockdown: Government doctors furious over salary cut

TJAC of health and medical dept wants government to give full salary and bonus

01 Apr 2020 11:21 AM

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A woman sacrificed her marriage and got her husband married to his ex-lover in Tirupati district. (Representational Image/DC)

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Pack of 11 stray dogs attack medico at Chest Hospital in Hyderabad

The first-year postgraduate medical student suffered deep wounds from multiple bites on her arms, legs and other body parts. She was immediately taken to the hospital’s casualty ward for treatment. (Image: PTI)

Depression among animals fail to get attention, say experts

Animal experts say although animals express their feelings in a variety of ways, people often fail to meet their emotional needs or improperly interpret their behaviour, leaving pets with serious mental illnesses. (Image: DC)

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