Ohio surgeon faces serious charges after using ex-wife’s identity to obtain abortion pills for pregnant girlfriend, pleads no contestA former Toledo surgeon, Hassan-James Abbas, faces up to five years in prison after pleading no contest to charges including unlawful distr...
09 May, 2026, 08.50 AM IST
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...
26 Apr, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
End of life, dignify by law and practiceIndia's Supreme Court has allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for Harish Rana. This decision reinforces a structured legal ...
18 Mar, 2026, 11.17 PM IST
Private hospital ordered to pay Rs 34 lakh compensation for delaying ICU treatment over consentWockhardt Hospitals in Nashik must pay ₹34 lakh to the father of a deceased patient. The consumer commission found the hospital negligent f...
30 Jul, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
AI diagnosis is just what the doctor orderedIn India, where the healthcare system is under constant strain, AI can help minimise oversight, make diagnostics more accurate and support ...
08 Oct, 2024, 04.17 PM IST
Plastic surgeon accused of 'Chop-Shop' horrors. Know in detailDr. Arian Mowlavi, known as Dr. Laguna, demanded his patients get completely naked for a test and touched their bodies without permission. ...
18 Dec, 2023, 06.28 PM IST
Companies fear new data law may upset cross-selling cartBanks, telcos say seeking user nod each time to access info to sell different products will hurt operations
12 Nov, 2023, 12.49 PM IST
Companies fear new data law may upset cross-selling cartThe Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, which received the President’s assent on August 11, has proposed that companies and busin...
11 Nov, 2023, 11.30 PM IST
Patients' health data is not shared with insurance, pharma firms without consent: Govt'Privacy by Design' is one of the key guiding principles of ABDM and implemented following the principles of federated digital architecture...
20 Dec, 2022, 06.24 PM IST
New scheme to provide nutritional support to TB patients to be rolled out on FridayHealth ministry officials said the genesis of the idea came about when UP governor Anandiben Patel adopted a girl with TB, following which ...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.28 AM IST
More than 800 active integrations on Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: NHAAs per the ABDM website, more than 22.33 crore health IDs have been created, 62,182 health facilities registered, 14,840 doctors registered...
13 Jun, 2022, 07.47 PM IST
Covid-19 patients' health data being sold on dark webFor example, a Covid patient's blood reports, health history, plasma infusion details are now available on the dark web. They can be access...
13 May, 2021, 10.15 PM IST
Building a consent-based mental health database puts patient privacy in focus“How do you get consent from patients belonging to different demographics? How to authenticate the information, is something that we are lo...
21 Jul, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
Clinical trials: The uncanny similarities between principal investigator's ordeals and 'Life of Pi'The PI needs to be trained in Good Clinical Research Practice (GCRP) and then train his staff. He can delegate but can never abdicate.
13 Nov, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Volunteers put off by camera consent for clinical trialsA growing number of patients – close to 30% – are walking out of new clinical trials, wary of facing the camera during illness.
22 Apr, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
DCGI wants mandatory recording of clinical trial consentThe apex court had issued this directive so that any uninformed or false consent from patients enrolling into trials could be avoided.
16 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Pharma companies, research bodies face confidentiality testSay keeping audio-visual data of clinical trial patients would emerge as a massive challenge.
12 Sep, 2013, 04.50 AM IST