Why hospitals are hotbeds for coronavirus transmission
At 31.9%, the intensive care unit specialised for taking care of COVID-19 patients was the most contaminated in the hospital. And nearly 14% of all commonly used hospital objects and…
Category: Hospital
IMA condemns attack on doctors, nurses during JNU violence
In a strongly-worded statement, the Indian Medical Association has condemned attack on doctors and nurses when they tried providing medical aid to people injured in violence at JNU. If doctors…
When hospitals become a theatre for police brutality
The wanton abuse of power by Karnataka police inside a hospital in Mangaluru a few days later set an even more dangerous precedent. It goes against the grain of the…
India on the brink of dry eye disease epidemic
Incidence of dry eye disease in India is about 1.9 million. The prevalence of dry eye disease will be about 40% of the urban population by 2030. Men get it…
An earthquake and a lie changed my life forever: Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi
In a Facebook post, Dr. Pankaj Charurvedi, a cancer specialist at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, recalls how his determination to reach Latur soon after the devastating earthquake 25 years…
TB infection in the eye can lead to autoimmunity
Researchers from L V Prasad Eye Institute have for the first time found evidence of how TB infection of the eye leads to autoimmunity causing widespread disease of the eye…
Hyderabad researchers grow miniature eyes using stem cells
Researchers at the Hyderabad-based L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) have successfully grown miniature eye-like organs that closely resemble the developing eyes of an early-stage embryo. The miniature eyes were produced…
Indian researchers’ novel approach to early diagnosis of retinal diseases
Early diagnosis of certain eye diseases and studying the early progression of the diseases has now become possible, thanks to the work carried out by a team of researchers from…
