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IMA Wants Ban on Prenatal Sex Determination Tests to Be Repealed

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said it would ask the government and lawmakers to repeal the law that bans prenatal sex determination, arguing it has achieved little and is being used to hara...

Give Them a Chance

Above photo: pixabay.com Following a petition in the Delhi High Court, the Medical Council of India has said that those with over 80 percent disability won’t be barred from postgraduate courses ...

The Right Prescription?

Above: Medical tests must not be looked at in isolation but as a yardstick/Photo: UNI The amendments in Clinical Establishments Second Amendment Rules, 2019 are aimed at ensuring that patients are ...

Doctor’s Prescription To Buy Dettol, Savlon???

Dr KK Aggarwal In 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) barred the use of 24 ingredients, including triclosan, in over-the-counter (OTC) antiseptic products such as hand washes and surgic...

A Salve for Wounds

Above: A cancer patient being given radiation at a hospital in Agartala/Photo: UNI In a welcome move, the centre has reduced the prices of 42 non-scheduled cancer drugs. This will affect over 390 c...

Sections 269 & 270, IPC: A Case of Paranoia?

Above: A central medical team checking swine flu patients at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad/Photo: UNI Both Sections 269 & 270 deal with negligent and malicious acts likely to spread infections t...

Online Pharmacies: Caught in a Dangerous Web

The sale of medicines through e-pharmacies violates the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and the Pharmacy Act puts the health and life of people at great risk By Dr KK Aggarwal A Delhi High Court bench ...

One India-One Health Policy?

Above: Paramedical staff giving free medicines to patients during a day-long medical camp in Srinagar/Photo: UNI As public health is a state subject, central welfare schemes can be run through it, ...

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