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Covid is now hitting young Indians in a shocking new way, doctors say people in their 30s are suddenly needing hip replacementsHip replacement surgeries among Indians in their 30s and 40s have reportedly risen by nearly 40 per cent in the post-Covid period. Doctors ...- How ultrasound plays critical role in healthcare and why PC-PNDT Act deserves careful reformIndia's PC-PNDT Act, enacted to curb female foeticide, has had a modest impact on sex ratios over 30 years. While the law's intent is valid...
- Robotic joint replacement surgery and insurance: The gap patients should know aboutRobotic surgery offers better outcomes for knee and hip pain patients. However, many Indians cannot access this advanced treatment due to i...
- Mother of two gets new hands after accident, 12 hour transplant brings fresh hopeA young mother received a new lease on life after a successful bilateral hand transplant. The complex 12-hour surgery was performed by spec...
- BHU tragedy: Radhika Devi, 71-year-old, goes for spine tumour; doctors perform hip-replacement meant for Radhika Singh; woman diesIn a case of gross medical negligence at BHU Trauma Centre in Varanasi, a 71-year-old woman Radhika Devi was wrongly operated upon for hip ...
- Waiting time for orthopaedic surgeries increases at AIIMS, DelhiWaiting times for orthopedic surgeries at AIIMS, Delhi have doubled to 12 months due to limited operating room functionality. Only four or ...
- AB-PMJAY scheme: AIIMS says over 23,000 beneficiaries availed benefits since 2018Since September 2018, over 23,000 beneficiaries have benefited from the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme at AIIMS, Delhi. The majori...
- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee undergoes medical procedure to extract fluid from kneeBanerjee reached SSKM hospital at around 2 pm and underwent the medical procedure, people in the know said. The procedure took around 15 mi...
- Know about arthroscopy, the minimally invasive knee procedure MS Dhoni underwent 2 days after CSK win IPL 2023Chennai Super Kings skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni underwent arthroscopy, or keyhole, surgery two days after completing the IPL season. Foll...
- Aakash Healthcare lines up Rs 100 crore to set up specialised orthopaedics facilitiesAakash Healthcare plans to come up with specialised orthopaedic hospitals in Tier II cities across the country over the next three years en...
- As pandemic ebbs, hospitals see a rise in elective surgeriesElective surgeries are planned procedures and don't involve a medical emergency. These include joint replacements, as well as piles, kidney...
- 64 lakh have benefited from Ayushman Bharat so farAs of November 28, 2019, 63.7 lakh beneficiaries had availed of hospitalisation services and almost 20,000 public and private hospitals acr...
- Government notifies 15 medical devices as drugs for price regulationApart from catheters, stents and orthopaedic implants, the list also includes heart valves, intra-ocular lenses, syringes and needles.
- Give your knee a new lease of lifeThe demands for artificial knee have increased in recent times.
- Orthopaedic implants cost less than a third of the surgery: IMS HealthProcedure charges, doctor fees, medicine and consumable costs contribute around 65-75 per cent of the overall cost of a procedure concernin...
- Karnataka's health policy to define treatment cost for four categoriesA committee is formulating the Karnataka Public Health Policy in which experts are working out a costing mechanism.
- US Firm Stryker banks on India R&D to gain edge in emerging marketsStryker said the product, branded System G, is expected to be commercialised soon and that it will be positioned in the mid-tier segment of...
- Issue disability certificates within 21 days: AAP Gvernment to hospitalsAs per the circular issued by the AAP government, hospitals should register a blood donor within 24 hours after he approaches a blood bank.
- Insurance for Knee-replacement, Is it Worth it?Four out of every five patients get their applications for reimbursement of the cost of surgery rejected by insurance firms, leaving many w...
- Johnson & Johnson eyes larger pie of orthopaedic marketIn a bid to grow its presence in the Indian orthopaedic devices market, US healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is planning to roll out...
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