Kochi, Kerala, India: Health Minister has declared Ernakulam district as Nipah free. Dr. Azad Moopen urges the state government to take immediate steps to make level four virology lab a reality and offered Rs 50 lakh to buy equipments for it. After 53 days’ hospital stay, 23-year-old Nipah patient […]
Honourable Governor of Karnataka Shri Vajubhai Vala Inaugurates Multi-Specialty Aster RV Hospital in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India: Aster DM Healthcare, the third largest healthcare company in India, launches its second healthcare facility in Bangalore, a 250 bedded multi-specialty quaternary care hospital with state-of-the-art technology This would be Aster’s 13th hospital in India and a part of its global network of 25 hospitals, 116 […]
First Batch of Doctors From Wayanad Medical College Enter Medical Service
Kochi, Kerala, India: Governor Justice (Retd.) Shri P. Sathasivam, the Chancellor of KUHAS will award MBBS degrees to the first batch students of the DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences (DM WIMS), on Saturday, 6th April, in a grand ceremony at Naseera Nagar. Prof. M. K. C. Nair, Vice Chancellor, […]
Aster Medcity Doctors Successfully Performs Laparoscopic Anterior Resection for Klippel Trenaunay’s Syndrome
Kochi, Kerala, India: In a rare surgery, doctors at Aster Medcity have successfully resected last part of colon and rectum of a 43-year-old male patient, who was suffering from Klippel Trenaunay’s Syndrome with intractable rectal bleed, using laparoscopy. Klippel Trenaunay’s Syndrome, a rare congenital vascular disorder, is characterised by three […]
First in Asia, Aster CMI Doctors Rescue Teen Suffering from Rarest of the Rare Genetic Disease
Bangalore, Karnataka, India: Doctors give a new lease of life to teen through a bone marrow transplant Till now, less than 10 such cases have been successfully transplanted in the world The hospital highlights the need to increase awareness on Immune Deficiency Aster CMI’s Pediatric Immunology Department recognized as […]
Aster DM Healthcare Wins Six Awards at AHPI Awards 2019
New Delhi, Delhi, India: Six hospitals of Aster DM Healthcare group, out of which four are India based, received awards in different categories Excellence in Community Engagement award given to two Aster hospitals: Aster Aadhar, Maharashtra and Aster WIMS, Wayanad, Kerala Quality beyond Accreditation conferred to Aster Medcity, Kochi […]
National EHR to be Mandatory in Singapore Health Facilities
Singapore’s health institutions will soon be required to contribute data to the country’s National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) as a vehicle to improve patient care. NEHR is a shared network between providers that aggregates and combines patient records. While close to all public healthcare institutions contribute patient data, only 3% […]
USAID to Begin ‘Transform’ Initiative in Ethiopia
Singapore’s health institutions will soon be required to contribute data to the country’s National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) as a vehicle to improve patient care. NEHR is a shared network between providers that aggregates and combines patient records. While close to all public healthcare institutions contribute patient data, only 3% […]
Pakistan Kidney, Liver Hospital Expected to Open Soon
Singapore’s health institutions will soon be required to contribute data to the country’s National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) as a vehicle to improve patient care. NEHR is a shared network between providers that aggregates and combines patient records. While close to all public healthcare institutions contribute patient data, only 3% […]
Research from Low-Income Countries Faces Bias
A new study suggests that Western physicians hold strong biases toward medical research coming from prestigious Western academic institutions compared to that from institutions in low-income countries — and these biases appear to be independent of the actual research. Presented with abstracts of research papers that were identical except for […]
