After NMC flags deficiencies, Telangana sets up Monitoring Panels to inspect GMCs

Hyderabad: To address the infrastructure and staffing shortages in government medical colleges, the Telangana State Health Department has established Medical College Monitoring Committees (MCMCs). After conducting field visits to 34 GMCs…

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Unnecessary emergency hospitalisation due to erroneous lab report: Dr Lal Pathlabs slapped Rs 3.5 lakh compensation

New Delhi: Holding that the patient's medical expenses were directly attributable to the lab's erroneous report, which falsely indicated life-threatening conditions and necessitated emergency hospitalisation, the Delhi Consumer Court has…

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Newborn screening, early treatment cut Sickle Cell Anaemia Mortality below 5 per cent: ICMR study

New Delhi: Post-birth diagnosis resulting in early treatment can substantially improve the quality of life and reduce mortality in patients with sickle cell disease to less than five per cent…

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Sanofi Sarclisa recommended for EU approval by CHMP for transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

Paris: Sanofi has announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending the approval of Sarclisa in combination with bortezomib,…

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