A genetic research pilot study on cystic fibrosis (CF) conducted by a leading private facility here has found "unexpected results", hospital authorities said. CF is considered to be very rare in Indian population.
Three men, including the security guard of a hospital, have been arrested for allegedly raping a woman at a hospital's parking lot in Delhi's Rohini district.
The resident doctors' association at the hospital also wrote a letter to the medical superintendent, demanding action under the Disaster Management Act.
A 50-kg tumour, which was half the bodyweight of the patient, has been removed from her ovary at a city hospital in New Delhi, with the doctors claiming it to be the largest of its kind to be operated in the world.
Dr. Javed Ali had tested positive for coronavirus on June 24, was hospitalised and kept on ventilator in the last ten days. The contractual doctor is survived by his wife and two children.
Nurses protested against the Janakpuri Super Speciality Hospital and Delhi Government on July 20. Protestors accused hospital authorities of getting work done during the pandemic but did not offer them permanent jobs.
The facility was built in a record time of 12 days by Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO along with Home Ministry, Health Ministry, the Armed Forces, Tata Sons and other industry players.
The Delhi Plasma Bank clarified on Thursday that it does not charge any amount for providing plasma to the patients, after a document started doing the rounds on social media where it was mentioned that the bank would charge Rs 25,000 from private and corporate hospitals against the plasma provided to them.
Delhi's leading private hospital Sir Ganga Ram, which was on June 4 declared a COVID-19 facility by the state government, has decided to restart its normal OPD services from July 1.
The Municipal Corporation Doctor's Association (MCDA), set up during the time of the erstwhile unified municipal corporation of Delhi, sent the letter in an e-mail last week, officials said.
In a shocking incident, two patients admitted to a Delhi hospital for cardiac problems have tested positive for COVID-19.
Surgeons have removed a kidney weighing 7.4 kg, claimed to be the world's largest, from a 56-year-old man in New Delhi.
Khusan Saidov, who suffered from enlargement of the thyroid gland due to hypothyroidism, had got himself operated at a hospital in Uzbekistan in 2002.
Most major hospitals in the national capital, including Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital and Safdarjung Hospital, lack valid no objection certificate (NOC), says Delhi Fire Service sources.
Locals created ruckus at Maharishi Valmiki Hospital. Police said, "Some people gathered and created ruckus over rape of a girl.
It was a special moment for 72-year-old Rajamma Vavathil, a retired nurse, when Congress president Rahul Gandhi hugged and held her hand here on Sunday, 49 years after she took him in her hands as a newborn at a Delhi hospital.
The 83-year-old leader came down here from Dharamshala for the check-up at the Max hospital in Saket, sources said.
Veteran journalist Kuldeep Nayyar passed away aged at the age of 95 at a Delhi hospital on Wednesday night.
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