Recent Highlights
All Stories for Patients
DRDO herbal drug Lukoskin proves helpful for vitiligo patients with 70% success rate
• 3 years agoTill now, more than one lakh patients suffering from the skin condition, also known as leucoderma, have been treated with Lukoskin, said Nitika Kohli from AIMIL Healthcare
After a hospital stay for COVID-19, patients may face months of rehabilitation
• 4 years agoMany struggle with cognitive and psychological issues like memory loss, depression, anxiety and shortness of breath, fatigue, confusion and body aches.
Coronavirus pandemic claims a new type of victims: Prestigious medical journals — The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine
• 5 years agoJournals used to take many months, or a year, to scrutinize and edit a complicated study, now peer review may be condensed to as little as 48 hours.
Study finds that ventilators could be safely shared by two COVID-19 patients for up to two days
• 5 years agoDuring acute shortages, ventilator sharing is a reasonable stopgap to support patients for short periods in centres with appropriate expertise.
Clinical trials are showing that Remdesivir can be life-saving drug for COVID-19 infected patients
• 5 years agoRemdesivir mimics the genetic material of the coronavirus and prevents new virus copies from being produced.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Kanika Kapoor to donate plasma at King George’s Medical University, Lucknow for treating patients
Fp Staff • 5 years agoKanika Kapoor had tested positive for novel coronavirus on 20 March
Doctors' strike in Bengal: MARD joins protest against alleged assault of compeer in Kolkata
• 6 years agoIn the light of the recent assault on doctors in Kolkata, Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors joined the nationwide protest on Friday in demand for protection of their colleagues. 'We will abstain from providing our routine services from 8 am to 5 pm today', said President of the association. This comes nearly five days after a junior doctor at Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata was allegedly attacked by the relative of a patient who died on 10 June.
Doctors' strike in Bengal: Amid all meyhem, NRS Medical College principal, vice-principal step down
• 6 years agoAmidst the ongoing strike by the junior doctors at NRS Medical College, the Principal and the Vice-Principal have resigned from their respective posts. All the havoc started after the relative of a patient who died in NRS had allegedly attacked a junior doctor in the hospital.
As West Bengal witnesses surge in dengue deaths, Mamata Banerjee says 'no need to panic'
Fp Staff • 7 years agoWest Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, said that some people were attempting to create panic regarding a dengue outbreak in the state.
Gujarat swine flu: H1N1 virus claims nine more lives as death toll reaches 280 since January 2017
• 8 years agoWith swine flu claiming nine more lives in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, the death toll in the state due to the infection has reached 280 since January 2017